Google+ finally rolls out Hangouts on Air to everyone

Google’s live video broadcasting feature, Google+ Hangouts on Air has finally completed its beta testing and is now available to Google+ users worldwide.

Google+ Hangouts on Air was first introduced last year to a ‘limited number of users’ and was subjected to several weeks of testing from a number of hand-picked ‘content creators’.

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Facebook to Sell Stocks at $25 to $35 Per Share

Facebook is set to go on public this May. You can now own a piece of Facebook at the price of $25 to $35 Per Share.

Based on the papers they filed last Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the social networking giant will be worth as much as $86.6 billion once it goes public on May 18th. Stock prices are also predicted to increase as the day of the launch nears.

Facebook seem to be a good investment, so if you can afford it, purchase as many shares as you can.

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Facebook, Now The Proud Owner of Instagram

Facebook has bought the popular photo sharing app Instagram, for a hefty amount of $1 billion. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckenberg, made the official announcement in a post in his Facebook Timeline: “I’m excited to share the news that we’ve agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook.”

Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom is likewise happy with the acquisition and has issued a statement in Instagram’s company blog saying: “We’re psyched to be joining Facebook and are excited to build a better Instagram for everyone.”

The sale is said to be finalized, later this quarter and will bring the nine-person staff of Instagram to Facebook’s corporate quarters.

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Madonna Joins Twitter for One Day

Madonna has joined Twitter for a day to promote her latest studio album, MDNA. Her fans had the chance to interact with the pop icon at 10:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. PST last Monday.

The website, Madonna.com/AskMadonna has announced this news:

“Madonna joins Twitter for one day only to answer fan questions and celebrate the release of her MDNA album. Got a question? #AskMadonna,”

Madonna’s official twitter account is “@MadonnaMDNAday”, with the first tweet sent last Sunday, promoting her one day twitter engagement with her fans. Fans can send her a message with the hashtag, #askmadonna. As of this time, the twitter account has almost 43,000 followers. This is Madonna’s opportunity to increase her social media presence. Her Madgesty also has an official Facebook account, where she has over 9 million subscribers.

It’s not clear if Madonna’s Twitter account will be shut down after this online event.

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Facebook Updates Photo Viewer with Hi-Res Photos and Full Screen Viewing

Facebook has rolled out a couple of new updates for its photo viewer. Starting today, the photo viewer will automatically display images in the highest resolution possible that could go “up to four times” bigger on a large display.

It also includes a full-screen mode that gives an expanded view of those hi-res images that takes up your entire screen.

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Yahoo Sues Facebook for Patent Infringement

Internet Giant, Yahoo has filed a case against Facebook in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, for patent infringement.

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CNN To Buy Mashable For $200 Million

Time Warner’s CNN is said to be working on its biggest acquisition to date. Reuter’s Felix Salmon on Sunday reported from Austin’s South by Southwest conference (SXSW) that CNN is currently on talks to buy the social media and technology website Mashable for “upwards of $200 million”.

Salmon also stated that CNN will likely announce the outcome within the week or as early as Tuesday. The New York Times’ Brian Stelter also confirmed that CNN and Mashable ‘are in advanced talks that may lead to an acquisition of the social news website’.

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Walmart Buys Facebook App, Social Calendar

Retail giant Walmart, adds the Facebook app, Social Calendar, to its list of acquisitions. Social Calendar, was founded by Raj Lalwani and David Gordon, is an app that allows a Facebook user to birthday and holiday reminders by email and SMS, and to send and post virtual gifts and greeting cards to a friends wall on their birthdays. This is a good buy for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. because this app boasts of 5 million installed users and around 400,000 monthly active users.

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Facebook Launches Messenger For Windows

Facebook on Monday unveiled its first standalone desktop app for the Windows platform. The aptly named Messenger for Windows is a desktop app that allows you to keep track of your conversations from your desktop, ‘without having to keep a browser tab open’.

The app, which looks and works very much like the social networking site’s chat bar, also allows you to keep track of your notifications with its own version of the site’s news ticker and notification inbox.

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Flickr Co-Founder Announces Pinwheel

Caterina Fake, co-founder of Hunch and photo-sharing site Flickr, is back with a new startup called Pinwheel.

Pinwheel, which is currently in private beta, is something that Fake calls a new way to ‘find and leave notes all around the world’.

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