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Facebook announced earlier today that it is rolling out Verified Pages and profiles, much like the system already in use by Twitter, Vine, and Google+. As with Twitter, Facebook's verified accounts are denoted by a small blue check mark. The site stated that “Verified Pages belong to a small group of prominent public figures (celebrities, journalists, government […]

In a small survey (1,038 sample) conducted recently by Posterous co-founder Garry Tan, Tumblr was found to be the most used social network among Internet-users aged 13-25, narrowly beating out Facebook. Though that may not come as a shock to you, Tan, who is 31 said the results “blew [him] away.” “To be honest, it's […]

Facebook has launched a 2012 Year In Review site where they present the top Facebook Stories of 2012, including the most popular songs, memes, public figures, books and more. They also narrow down the trends by country. Here are some of the music and pop-culture-related highlights.  Most listened songs (by app plays):  1.     […]

According to a study by Recommend.ly, musician and band pages on Facebook garner the most fans, surpassing those of runners-up actors and directors by an average of about 1,000. The study used a sample of 5.76 million Facebook Pages and observed behaviors of both the pages and the people who like them.  It also found that […]

Feeling lonely in the colder months and need some comfort? Wish Facebook was creepier than ever? All your dreams come true with the Like-A-Hug vest.  Developed at an MIT Media Lab in 2011 by Melissa Chow, Andy Payne and Phil Seaton, the vest hooks up to the wearer's Facebok account and inflates every time a status update, photo […]

A Facebook account is no longer mandatory for Spotify registration in the United States, according to Billboard. Currently, US users may still sign up with their FB account, but the option of e-mail only registration has been added. The lift marks almost an exact year since the requirement was first put into place. Billboard claims […]

Green Day and Rovio Entertainment have released a Green-Day-themed musical episode of Angry Birds . The new Angry Birds episode, which is being tagged #GreenDayPigs, features 10 new levels, “bad pig” characters based on the members of Green Day and the songs “Oh Love” and game-exclusive “Troublemaker.” Additional episodes with Green Day are set for release […]

Start-up platform Limited Run, which aims at musicians and labels to create webstores that sell physical and digital products, posted in a note on Facebook today why they will be deleting their account. The company explains in detail how when utilizing Facebook ads to promote their service that they found 80% of the clicks they […]

Facebook is making serious moves to enter the smartphone business in 2013, according to a report from the New York Times' technology blog, Bits. The story notes that this will be the third attempt at phone manufacturing from the social networking giant—after a scrubbed first attempt in 2010 and a second, a partnership between Facebook […]

(Image: Mashable) Since Facebook's mandatory switch to Timeline at the end of March, artist profiles on the social network have seen a steep drop in traffic. Via Digital Music News: “We saw marked declines heading into Facebook's official switch to Timeline. But it now looks like Timeline is eviscerating the Facebook artist app, or at […]

Popular photo sharing/editing mobile app Instagram has been acquired by social media behemoth Facebook for $1 billion. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted the following to his profile: “I’m excited to share the news that we’ve agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook. For years, we’ve focused on building the […]

It’s a fairly safe assumption that social networking and its trappings dominate our lives, whether we want them to or not. The proliferation of activity on platforms like Facebook and Twitter has helped millions of people gain access to more information than ever before, and similarly, has enabled musicians reach a much larger audience than […]

A band’s online presence is more important than ever. Keeping an audience attentive and satisfied, however, requires acts to adapt to new techniques and an always-evolving Internet culture. This isn’t easy: As every band bum-rushes Web 2.0 with reckless abandon, a plethora of ineffective strategies and vexing habits plagues musicians everywhere. The trick is to […]