Social Networking Apps

Facebook’s new rating system catches flak from some business owners

Small businesses are lashing out against a new star rating feature on the site

Facebook killing off one kind of ad that some users hated

A program pairing user activity with promotional content will disappear come April 9

Snapchat says sorry for the hack, with a tweak to its app

The company's mobile app now lets users de-link their phone numbers from their usernames

Pixeom lets you set up cloud services without the data center

The company is appealing to users worried about data privacy

Twitter co-founder launches Jelly, a social search app

The mobile app answers people's questions using the knowledge of friends

Pinterest buys VisualGraph to better understand all those pins

The technology could help Pinterest learn more about how people use its site

Oracle thinks global with its social media analysis software

Oracle's tools can now analyze social content in more languages

Privacy suit against Facebook a warning for businesses

Facebook made of Teflon when it comes to privacy, analysts say

Social network sued for allegedly scanning users' private messages

Snapchat, feeling the heat, will let users opt out of compromised feature

New controls will let people stop themselves from being searchable based on their phone numbers