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With Interest Lists, Facebook Wants to Be a Personalized Newspaper

Lauren Goode in Social on March 8 at 10:00 am PT

As numbers trend toward more “Unfriending” on Facebook, the social network is looking to tidy up your news feed with stuff that you’re actually interested in.

Facebook Wants Writers and Famous People to Promote Its New Subscribe Feature

Liz Gannes in Social on December 7, 2011 at 10:15 am PT

Facebook will “imminently” launch a plugin for publishers and public figures to ask their readers to subscribe on Facebook directly from their own Web sites.

At Long Last, Facebook Adds Twitter-Style Following, Calls It “Subscribe”

Liz Gannes in Social on September 14, 2011 at 10:00 am PT

Though asymmetrical relationships are something Facebook has long resisted, Facebook users will now be allowed to offer people the option to subscribe to their public updates.

A Social Update From AllThingsD’s Social Media Editor

Drake Martinet in Social on August 15, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Today, we’re updating social media on AllThingsD, and I’ll be your guide to all the changes.

The Future of Social Media at AllThingsD

Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg in News on August 15, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

AllThingsD has undergone a few changes to the social media on our site, including adding a social media editor, Drake Martinet.

D: Dive Into Mobile: The Full Interview Video of Spotify's Daniel Ek

Kara Swisher in News on December 16, 2010 at 9:05 am PT

And today, here’s Spotify’s Daniel Ek singing for his supper. Well, not in the U.S. as yet, where the Swedish CEO and co-founder of the innovative streaming music service has not been able to make good on his promise to strike deals with music labels.

New Nook Brings a Little Color to E-Reading

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on November 16, 2010 at 2:44 pm PT

If you love reading and want smart ways to share your books with friends or reading updates with social networks, the Nook Color has you covered.

Meebo Foursquarifies the Web with Check-ins

Liz Gannes in Social on November 14, 2010 at 9:21 pm PT

Meebo on Tuesday plans to announce an update to its popular Meebo Bar (which is used on this Web site, and many others, to make it easier for users to share content). The goal is to help users discover new Web sites (kind of like StumbleUpon) and become loyal to them by using a check-in system (kind of like a virtual Foursquare).

Hearst Is Ready to Show Off Its Skiff E-Reader Platform, but It Doesn’t Want to Tell Quite Yet. Is Anyone Ready to Buy?

Peter Kafka in Media on January 8, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Here’s another e-reader clamoring for attention in a Consumer Electronics Show full of e-readers: The Skiff Reader, produced by a company funded by publisher Hearst Corp. and supported by Sprint. But in many ways, the Skiff Reader’s specs are beside the point, because the real point of its parent company isn’t to produce e-reader devices at all–it wants to create a publishing and distribution platform. Does this sound familiar? And does it sound like something another publisher might want to buy?

A Clicker To Watch TV Online

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on November 24, 2009 at 5:43 pm PT

Katherine Boehret looks at Clicker.com, which helps viewers find their favorite shows online faster.