Facebook Buys Branch for Reported $15M in Effort to Boost News Feed Quality
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Facebook Buys Branch for Reported $15M in Effort to Boost News Feed Quality

12y Liva Judic

Facebook Buys Branch for Reported $15M in Effort t...

Facebook is starting its first ever operations in New York after purchasing conversation startup, Branch, for a reported $15 million. Read More...

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Gmail's Google+ Integration Leaves More Questions Than Answers
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Gmail's Google+ Integration Leaves More Questions Than Answers

12y Jessica Lee

Gmail's Google+ Integration Leaves More Questions ...

A new Gmail feature connects Google's mail service to Google+. If you don't have someone's email, but that person is on Google+, you can presumably em...

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Facebook to Eliminate Sponsored Stories
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Facebook to Eliminate Sponsored Stories

12y Jennifer Slegg

Facebook to Eliminate Sponsored Stories

As of April 9, domain and open graph sponsored stories will no longer be served to users. Read More...

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Pinterest Acquires VisualGraph to Boost Image Recognition
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Pinterest Acquires VisualGraph to Boost Image Recognition

12y Jessica Lee

Pinterest Acquires VisualGraph to Boost Image Reco...

Pinterest acquired two-man startup VisualGraph, an image recognition and visual search platform. Many say this move primes Pinterest to be a leading i...

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Twitter Founder Unveils Social Search App, Jelly
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Twitter Founder Unveils Social Search App, Jelly

12y Lee Bell

Twitter Founder Unveils Social Search App, Jelly

Twitter co-founder, Biz Stone, launches a social search app called Jelly on iOS and android. Read More...

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Facebook Acquires Android Analytics Startup Little Eye Labs for Advertiser Insights
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Facebook Acquires Android Analytics Startup Little Eye Labs for Advertiser ...

12y Dan Worth

Facebook Acquires Android Analytics Startup Little...

In its first Indian acquisition, Facebook has bought up a startup to help it gain better insights for advertisers into how the social network is used ...

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5 Ways B2B Companies Can Evaluate Their On-Site SEO Program in 2014
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5 Ways B2B Companies Can Evaluate Their On-Site SEO Program in 2014

12y Jasmine Sandler

5 Ways B2B Companies Can Evaluate Their On-Site SE...

You have immediate control over on-site optimization; it's one of the most impactful marketing strategies for a B2B or corporate site. Here are 5 ways...

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North American Advertisers Will Invest $33 Per Social Network User in 2014
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North American Advertisers Will Invest $33 Per Social Network User in 2014

12y Yuyu Chen

North American Advertisers Will Invest $33 Per Soc...

Social network advertising spending in North America will be the highest over the next two years, eMarketer says. Read More...

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Pinterest Pins Hopes on Appeal: Trademark Defeat May Force Name Change
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Pinterest Pins Hopes on Appeal: Trademark Defeat May Force Name Change

12y Chris Merriman

Pinterest Pins Hopes on Appeal: Trademark Defeat M...

Pinterest may be facing a rebrand after a UK company won their trademark challenge over the visual social network's name. Read More...

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Intel: Why 2014 Will Be The Year of Content Distribution [Video]
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Intel: Why 2014 Will Be The Year of Content Distribution [Video]

12y Adaline Lau

Intel: Why 2014 Will Be The Year of Content Distri...

Intel's social media strategist for APAC weighs in on the content marketing trends for the year. Read More...

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Class Action Facebook Suit Alleges Link Data in Private Messages Shared with Advertisers
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Class Action Facebook Suit Alleges Link Data in Private Messages Shared wit...

12y Michael Passingham

Class Action Facebook Suit Alleges Link Data in Pr...

A class action suit out of California has Facebook defending allegations of data mining their users' private messages. Defendants claim Facebook recor...

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Snapchat Promises App Update to Fix 'Find Friends' Hack
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Snapchat Promises App Update to Fix 'Find Friends' Hack

12y Dave Neal

Snapchat Promises App Update to Fix 'Find Friends'...

In a blog post Friday, photo sharing app Snapchat promised to release an update to correct the loophole that allowed hackers to expose more than 4 mil...

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Google Shutting Down Bump & Flock Apps Not Long After Acquisitions
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Google Shutting Down Bump & Flock Apps Not Long After Acquisitions

12y Chris Merriman

Google Shutting Down Bump & Flock Apps Not Long Af...

Bump, an information-sharing app, and photo sharing app Flock, will cease to exist January 31st, though they may live on within other Google products....

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Invite Social Media Influencers to Your Brand's Home
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Invite Social Media Influencers to Your Brand's Home

12y Russ Fradin

Invite Social Media Influencers to Your Brand's Ho...

If a brand is serious about actively engaging with its core audience, then social media influencers need to be embraced as part of its holistic market...

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4.6 Million Snapchat Users’ Phone Numbers Posted Online in Protest of Site Vulnerabilities
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4.6 Million Snapchat Users’ Phone Numbers Posted Online in Protest of Site ...

12y Alastair Stevenson

4.6 Million Snapchat Users’ Phone Numbers Posted O...

Hackers posted information from over 4.6 million Snapchat user accounts after the firm failed to "adequately address" reports of a security flaw in th...

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2014 Trends: More Social Media Engagement, Less Vanity Metrics [Video]
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2014 Trends: More Social Media Engagement, Less Vanity Metrics [Video]

12y Adaline Lau

2014 Trends: More Social Media Engagement, Less Va...

Is social advertising a necessary evil? Social media practitioners weigh in. Read More...

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2013 a Great Year for Twitter Users, Advertisers & Investors
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2013 a Great Year for Twitter Users, Advertisers & Investors

12y Jessica Lee

2013 a Great Year for Twitter Users, Advertisers &...

From launching Twitter Vine to their IPO and all the news in between, 2013 was a memorable year for Twitter users, advertisers, marketers, and investo...

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Facebook Exec Hacks for a Cause: Typhoon Haiyan [Video]
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Facebook Exec Hacks for a Cause: Typhoon Haiyan [Video]

12y Adaline Lau

Facebook Exec Hacks for a Cause: Typhoon Haiyan [V...

Sixty developers gathered for 12 hours of solid coding to help Typhoon Haiyan victims. The Hack for a Cause founder shares his insights on social tech...

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Pinterest’s Top Pins of 2013: Taco Cupcakes, The Real Django & More
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Pinterest’s Top Pins of 2013: Taco Cupcakes, The Real Django & More

12y Jessica Lee

Pinterest’s Top Pins of 2013: Taco Cupcakes, The R...

What were the most popular topics among users of social imagery site Pinterest in all of 2013? From history to pop culture to taco cupcakes, Pinterest...

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Facebook Will Add Instant-Play Video Ads to Newsfeed
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Facebook Will Add Instant-Play Video Ads to Newsfeed

12y Dan Worth

Facebook Will Add Instant-Play Video Ads to Newsfe...

Facebook plans to add instant-play video advertisements to user newsfeeds, though they say users won't hear sound unless they choose to. Read More...

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Vanity URLs Coming to Twitter's Vine Users December 20
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Vanity URLs Coming to Twitter's Vine Users December 20

12y Lee Bell

Vanity URLs Coming to Twitter's Vine Users Decembe...

Verified Twitter accounts will be among the first to access vanity URLs on Vine, with everyday accounts getting access by December 23. Read More...

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Dunkin' Donuts and Toyota Tap Google+ Hangouts for Entertainment and Brand Visibility
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Dunkin' Donuts and Toyota Tap Google+ Hangouts for Entertainment and Brand ...

12y Mary Lisbeth D'Amico

Dunkin' Donuts and Toyota Tap Google+ Hangouts for...

Dunkin' Donuts hosts a live recipe contest linked to Bravo Top Chef, while Toyota lets users collaborate on car choices. Read More...

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When Customers Understand Your Business, You Win
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When Customers Understand Your Business, You Win

12y Dave Evans

When Customers Understand Your Business, You Win

Ultimately, building advocates is in your business interest. Transparency -- not only in conduct, but also in the processes that create customer exper...

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Twitter Pushes Promoted Account Ads Into Timelines, Rolls Out Conversion Tracking Tool
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Twitter Pushes Promoted Account Ads Into Timelines, Rolls Out Conversion Tr...

12y Matt Kapko

Twitter Pushes Promoted Account Ads Into Timelines...

Promoted accounts, one of Twitter’s few ad products currently available, are now coming to the timeline via the company’s iOS and Android apps. The co...

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Explore Twitter's Year in Review on Interactive Microsite
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Explore Twitter's Year in Review on Interactive Microsite

12y Jessica Lee

Explore Twitter's Year in Review on Interactive Mi...

What do the World Series, the Royal Baby, and actress Lea Michelle have in common? They were all the center of this year's most popular and trending t...

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Inside WestJet's Christmas Marketing Miracle
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Inside WestJet's Christmas Marketing Miracle

12y Susan Kuchinskas

Inside WestJet's Christmas Marketing Miracle

Canadian airline WestJet used an in-house flash mob to fulfill Christmas wishes -- and its own marketing dreams, with the help of Toronto agency studi...

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Twitter Flips Switch Back on Block Functionality - Turns on Broad Match Targeting
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Twitter Flips Switch Back on Block Functionality - Turns on Broad Match Tar...

12y Liva Judic

Twitter Flips Switch Back on Block Functionality -...

Twitter backtracked on its decision to change its block functionality, pressured by concerned users. The social network is also refining its ad target...

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