Whatever nickname you know him by, you're probably familiar with the ex-heavyweight champion boxer and current celebrity entertainer Mike Tyson. But did you know he's also made himself into a hit on social media? Tyson has gathered some 4 million combined followers on Twitter and Facebook, and his YouTube channel has amassed nearly 23 million views. He posts photos to Instagram, too, and is one of

Pinterest is Now the No. 3 Social Network in the U.S. [STUDY] A new report from the researcher shows Pinterest got 21.5 million visits during the week ending Jan. 28, a nearly 30-fold increase over a comparable week in July. Not surprisingly, the site skews female with a 60/40 ration of women to men visitors. Experian rep Matt Tatham says Pinterest beat its next-closest competitor, LinkedIn, in to

I ask myself this question every day (and every night at 2 a.m. when I'm still pinning). But seriously, what is so great about spending hours browsing other people's images? Column Five created this infographic to examine the Pinterest addiction that seems to be spreading like a zombie apocalypse virus. Proof? Pinterest users spend an average 98 minutes on site per month, third only to Tumblr (2.5

The launch of the new MySpace begins today; it marks not only the release of a completely overhauled design, but the start of a fundamental shift in focus for what was once the world's preeminent social network. MySpace will roll out a completely revamped interface to its users starting today, but the rollout won't be complete until the end of November. And because so much has changed, we can't po

MySpace has launched Music Romeo, an iPad app that makes it simple to play, discover and save music videos in a way that's strikingly similar to Pandora Radio. The free application uses a very simple discovery mechanism to deliver MySpace's vast catalog of music videos to the iPad. First, you choose the type of music you want to hear (e.g. Jazz, Rock, Pop, Blues), then you pick your mood (e.g. Hap

If you catch a glimpse of this feature in the wild, you'll see a slim strip of avatars on a user's profile right above the grid of people that user follows. The headline above this reads, "You both follow." You can also choose to click the link below this avatar-strip snapshot to see all of the people you and the other Twitter user both follow. We're thinking this will make Twitter a lot more inte

Now Foursquare users can browse venues, "Like" them and instantly share that activity back with their Facebook friends. Users' liked venues will not only be shared on Facebook in the activity feed and visible on Foursquare, but will also become a part of their Facebook profiles. It's more free promotion that could help the most "Liked" venues attract significant offline foot traffic. For users, th

A few hours ago, Twitter CEO Evan Williams keynoted SXSW in an on-stage interview with Umair Haque of Havs Media Lab. During it, Mr. Williams announced the @Anywhere platform and answered Mr. Haque's questions. While Mr. Haque did ask a lot of questions, some thought that he did not ask enough tough questions about the future of Twitter. Perhaps that's why Twitter's CEO decided to answer more ques