Social Media

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talked to Maria Bartiromo Thursday about the company’s growth in mobile, as well as its recent acquisition spree.

Chinese Twitter clone Weibo closed 19% above its U.S. initial public offering price after slashing the offering size in an attempt to overcome tepid demand for momentum stocks. 

After a roller-coaster market debut last week, “Candy Crush Saga” maker King Digital Entertainment is looking to add another 160 people to its workforce.

Sour Start: King Digital Entertainment closed nearly 16% below its initial public offering price.

Twitter suffered a glitch on Tuesday afternoon in which some users were not able to access the micro-blogging site. 

Facebook's Instagram has scored a one-year ad deal valued around $50 million with global advertising giant Omnicom. 

Smartphones offering the recently deleted "Flappy Bird" app are selling on eBay at extreme premiums. 

LinkedIn logged 4Q earnings and revenue that narrowly topped forecasts, but the professional network unveiled below-consensus guidance that sent shares diving 12%.

In its debut earnings report a as public company, Twitter revealed 4Q adjusted earnings and revenue exceeding views, but modest user growth appeared to spook Wall Street.

Zynga will axe 15% of its workforce as it seeks to cut up to $35 million in costs but will spend $527 million to buy privately-held game maker NaturalMotion and its 260 employees. 

Facebook revealed surging 4Q profits Wednesday that topped forecasts, as revenue soared 63% thanks to strong mobile advertising growth.

Compared to everyone’s utopian online persona, real life is a real downer.    

Hackers from the Syrian Electronic Army have claimed responsibility for a breach of CNN's social media sites.

Zynga unveiled plans to begin testing Bitcoins for its online games.

Shares of Groupon traded in the red on Friday after it announced that rival LivingSocial will sell all 13.8 million of the Groupon shares it owns.

Twitter is expected to benefit from a sharp rise in online video advertising over the next few years,. 

Facing a slew of downgrades, Twitter might be an alluring short. But borrowing the shares to make the trade is becoming challenging. 

Amid ongoing management changes and a rocky stock performance, Twitter is finding itself at a crossroads.  Does Twitter have what it takes to remain a public company or is time to sell itself?

One of Twitter’s earliest investors, Chris Sacca, did not hold back in his 8,500 word explanation of what he thinks the company needs to do in order to maximize its potential.

Facebook rolled out is new publishing partnership on Wednesday, allowing sites like New York Times and Buzzfeed to post content directly to the social media site. The move has proven to be controversial.