1. Twitter Releases Improved Dashboard Data The new and improved Twitter analytics dashboard now includes detailed data on the performance of organic tweets. Read more… 2. LinkedIn Acquires Newsle, A Google Alerts Style Network LinkedIn has acquired a service called Newsle that allows users to import their Facebook and LinkedIn contacts and receive alerts whenever a friend or contact is…
Category: Social News Roundup
Social News Roundup | July 11, 2014
1. The New Social Networking App Sobrr Erases Everything After 24 Hours To encourage users to go out and live in the moment, photos and comments that are posted on the new social networking app Sobrr will expire after 24 hours. Read more… 2. LinkedIn Replaces Contacts iOS App With Connected To help strengthen professional relationships, LinkedIn replaced its Contacts app…
Social News Roundup | July 9, 2014
1. LinkedIn Is Gaining Two New Members Every Second, Every Day Some fascinating facts about LinkedIn: LinkedIn adds two new members every second of every day. 1.5 million users look for jobs on the site every day through mobile devices. By the end of 2014, more than 50% of LinkedIn users will be mobile users. Read more… 2. Facebook is…
Social News Roundup | July 2, 2014
1. Facebook Experimented With Emotional Posts On Timeline with 700,000 Users Facebook conducted a psychological experiment manipulating people’s news feeds and found that people who saw fewer positive posts on their feed wrote more negative posts, and people who saw fewer negative posts became more positive themselves. Read more… 2. Twitter Rolls Out Mobile App Install Ads Twitter is releasing…
Social News Roundup | June 25, 2014
1.Facebook Slowly Moving to Real Time Stream Facebook plans to compete with Twitter’s real time stream and convince users that Facebook is the dominant social channel to discuss current events. Facebook’s VP of Media Partnerships believes Facebook has an advantage over Twitter in the battle due to its audience size and real identity. Read more… 2. Twitter Testing Threaded Commentary…
Social News Roundup | June 20, 2014
1. Twitter to Acquire SnappyTV To integrate the best video content into Twitter’s real-time conversation, Twitter announced plans to acquire SnappyTV. Read more… 2. MiTú, the YouTube Network for Latinos Raises $10 million MiTú, a Latino-focused YouTube network has raised $10 million in funding. MiTú aggregates videos from 1,200 partners and attracts an audience that generates 400 million views a…
Social News Roundup | June 6, 2014
1. LinkedIn Profile Changes Coming Soon Similar to Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, LinkedIn announced that users would be able to upload cover photos to their profile pages. For premium subscribers, premium users also will receive personalized suggestions for how they should optimize their profile as well as be able to see how they “rank” against their connections. Read more… 2. Pinterest…
Social News Roundup | June 4, 2014
1. Apple Announces iOS 8 Apple’s latest update offers a slew of new features that includes health metrics, predictive typing suggestions, and the option to search for photos by location. Read more… 2. Instagram Unveils New Photo Features Instagram announced 10 new editing tools that include adjustments to contrast, brightness, saturation, and intensity. Read more… 3. Adding Value to Ads…
Social News Roundup | May 30, 2014
1. Former Twitter Employee Creates “Choose Your Own Adventure Games” On Vine A former Twitter employee has made the popular Choose Your Own Adventure Games come alive on Vine. Called “The AdVINEture,” users can star in their own adventure by jumping from video to video. Read More… 2. Domino’s No-Hitter Promotion Not a Hit with Fans Domino’s Pizza launched a…
Social News Roundup | May 28, 2014
1. Yahoo Set to Launch a YouTube Competitor This Summer This summer Yahoo plans to launch a video service that can directly compete with Google’s. Similar to YouTube, Yahoo’s new service will allow users to create their own channel pages and embed their videos on other sites. Read more… 2. Facebook Makes Explicit/Implicit Third Party App Changes to Edge Rank…