The Facebook F8 conference in San Francisco starts today. Here’s what you need to know about how Facebook is going to change your brand’s online experience.

While its still working out a few post-release kinks in functionality, Twitter’s @anywhere feature is slowly trying to find its place through its “for the tweeters, by the tweeters” approach.

Here’s something to dip into your morning’s cup-o-joe. Dunkin’ Donuts just crowdsourced their way to 12 new doughnut varieties. And the head of research and development? You.

…it would be a pretty dull one. That’s the observation we draw from the latest updated Twitter infographic, courtesy of Gerardo Obieta, a graphic designer in Minneapolis. Obieta points out that for every 100 Tweets, just eight are “good,” or re-tweet worthy.

There’s a funny thing about investing time and effort in social/disruptive media….it can be pretty disruptive to your business. That realisation was brought home with a thump today on hearing the news that Ning, the “build your own social network for free” platform is no longer, um, free.

What do your biggest detractors and fans on Twitter think of you at this moment? Until now, it’s been a tricky question to answer.

We’re curious to get your thoughts on Twitter’s new “Promoted Tweets” ad platform. What do you think? Should brands pay for preferable placement of their tweets? Or, will it just cause a backlash among the Twitter faithful? Let us know on this poll.

You may not agree with Don Blankenship’s politics, nor with the Massey Energy CEO’s dim view of climate change science. You may find that his coal mining operation’s practice of detonating mountain tops to get …

Recently, we looked at Facebook’s striking growth rate, noting 70 percent of the Facebook 400 million now come from countries outside the United States. Twitter too has just revealed its overseas usage figures and it’s a similar story:

Are you a witty blogger? A Facebook virtuoso? A crackerjack YouTube videographer? What about Twitter? Are you adept at tweeting, re-tweeting and building a Twitter following? If so, you may just have all the job skills needed to compete in one of the worst job markets in memory. And the gigs are pretty sweet.