Top 50 Social Media News & Stories - July 10
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London-based startup This Place has developed a software that lets Google Glass users snap a photo just by thinking about it, and even share it to social media sites. The app MindRDR works with NeuroSky’s commercially available bra...
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A recent study by YouGov found that while more than half of Americans agree that it’s easier to find a date online than in a public place, and over one-third of them think that online relationships can last, only one-fifth of Ameri...
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Though T-Mobile is once again the most socially devoted Facebook brand in the U.S., overall response rate from brands dipped by 10 percent over the past month, according to a report by Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer...
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LinkedIn announced that it is launching a new iPhone app called Connected, which is replacing its Contacts app. The app lets you know when people in your network change jobs, are mentioned in the news, have work anniversaries or birthday...
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Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. Aereo Signals it Sees Path to Survival if Classified as Cable System ( The Wall Street Journal ) Aereo Inc., the online video company that was widely expected to go...
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Would you like to improve your LinkedIn marketing? Are you wondering what LinkedIn marketing tips the pros like to use? We asked top social media pros to share their hottest LinkedIn marketing tactics. In this article you’ll discov...
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Do you need ideas for new blog topics? Do you use social media to find them? Social media conversations can lead to topics that feed your blog. In this article I’ll share five ways you can use social media to find new blog topics y...
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Scrubbing painful memories from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other sites can be a challenge.
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Professional photography comes to social media.
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Virginia Sen. Mark Warner isn't letting Facebook off the hook for experimenting with user emotions Warner, a member of the U.S. Senate since 2008, is encouraging the Federal Trade Commission to "fully explore" a 2012 Facebook study in wh...
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Facebook has begun circulating another survey about its News Feed – appropriately, via its News Feed — with this one focusing on whether or not News Feed posts from pages feel like ads. (more…) New Career Opportuniti...
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Some Ryan Gosling fans reacted as if a piece of their soul had withered and died when they heard the news that Eva Mendes is seven months pregnant with his child. It’s just a rumor at this point, but that didn’t stop hilarious memes from...
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Many feared that Brazilians would riot after their team's crushing loss to Germany in the World Cup semifinal match on Tuesday. A 1-7 loss would be hard for any home country to swallow, but many Brazilians already were protesting the exp...
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How can you leverage mobile to increase profitability for your company? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. There are only a few tickets left! Days after the Elect...
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Digital marketing expert Sandi Krakowski , founder of A Real Change International , took to the Facebook for Business page to share five tips for businesses looking to launch Facebook pages . (more…) New Career Opportunities Dail...
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Vimeo, which acquired the video-making app Cameo earlier this year , released a new update for the app today. The upgrade focuses on promoting artist discovery — songs that are part of the app’s catalog will be promoted throu...
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By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - (Story has been refiled to correct the extent of FDA e-cigarette research in paragraph 2) One team of researchers assessing the risks of electronic cigarettes is counting the puffs taken by volunteer...
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Facebook has made a lot of changes to their image policies recently. More recently, they have also taken a pro-animal rights stance, removing hunting photos from a popular huntress' account. White's toddler photo, censored per ...
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When LeBron James isn't on a basketball court, he enjoys biking. While he weighs his options and chooses a team, the bike-friendly state of Minnesota is letting its presence be known as a viable candidate. Pedal MN , a coalition of Minne...
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It's clear that mobile and social have become more than a shotgun marriage. Findings from comScore last month showed that more than 70% of time spent in social media takes place on mobile devices (including tablets). And total mobile eng...
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Facebook will announce its official Q2 numbers on July 23, but quarterly figures from Strategic Preferred Marketing Developer Nanigans show that it’s getting increasingly costly to advertise on the social network. According to Nani...
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Half of each twin pair got treated to eight weeks of the pricey ProX by Olay Intensive Wrinkle Protocol and Tone Correcting Protocol, and the other half got bupkes. Experts followed skin changes by microscope.
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Slingshot , the photo- and video-sharing application released by Facebook last month , is one of the components of the social media campaign backing the digital video-on-demand re-release of feature film Affluenza by FilmBuff , a company...
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The effort, via Cleveland-based Marcus Thomas, is hosted by Mark andTheresa Clement from MyFixitUpLife.com and includes a dedicated website. In each episode, hosted on YouTube and the web site, the couple are joined by other DIYbloggers.
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The competition intensifies as FORBES' #MyTopCollege social media campaign spreads east.
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Officials from the European Union ’s central competition authority, the European Commission , sent detailed questionnaires to rival online messaging companies as part of the EC’s pending investigation of Facebook’s $19 billion deal to ac...
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Brands hoping to connect with consumers on social media might consider mixing man's best friend with the heroism of first-responders. That's exactly how pet food delivery service PetFlow.com scored the two most popular Facebook posts in ...
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At each stop, the company is touting EnduraCool by talking about heat illness and the benefits of using cooling strategies. The tour involves giveaways, product sampling, and heat safety information paired with social media elements and ...
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Cord cutting has been at various times a pain for broadcast television and a boon. When they host streaming content, television networks are able to distribute their content to a wider audience, many of whom may not have cable, or even a...
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"Glee" fans around the world recently got a big scare after Chris Colfer Tweeted a message saying he'd been let go from the hit Fox show. Thankfully, the info was false -- the actor (who plays Kurt Hummel on the series) ha...
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"Glee" fans around the world recently got a big scare after Chris Colfer Tweeted a message saying he'd been let go from the hit Fox show. Thankfully, the info was false -- the actor (who plays Kurt Hummel on the series) ha...
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An eclectic mix of celebrity tweeters helped make Germany's 7-1 demolition of Brazil the most tweeted-about sporting event since Twitter was lauched
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OR: The Tao of Yo: "Sometimes the message IS the message."
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After six straight quarters of falling behind in the social login sphere, Facebook has bounced back to take over the top spot. According to Janrain, Facebook overtook Google and LinkedIn as the most popular choice on...
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Could Slingshot go the way of Poke, Facebook's previous attempt at a Snapchat-like app that it pulled in May after a year after failing to gain traction? Although Facebook is not likely to give up on Slingshot so quickly, it should reali...
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A few weeks ago, after I said goodbye to a friend who was moving across the country, I texted her an emoji of a crying face. She replied with an image of chick with its arms outstretched. This exchange might have been heartfelt. It could...
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GrowthBeat, VentureBeat’s brand-new event on the data, apps, and science of successful marketing, is coming up on August 5-6 at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco. Today we’re excited to announce that nominations are open for the G...
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MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte is an angel investor who’s funded more than 40 startups, including Wired . He is the author of the book Being Digital , and his latest project, One Laptop per Child , designs, manufactures...
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In 2013, Mashable hosted the first-ever Mashies awards program to celebrate the best and most creative work in digital marketing, and it's returning once again to highlight the cutting-edge campaigns and people powering the industry in 2...
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FIFA is claiming two Twitter records for Germany's stunning 7-1 win over Brazil in the World Cup semifinals. FIFA says there were 35.6 million Twitter posts about the game on Tuesday, making it the most ...
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Some members of the Facebook for Android Beta Testers program briefly received access to a feature in which notifications from the social network appeared on their devices’ lock screens . (more…) New Career Opportunities Daily: ...
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Police here believe they have quacked the code for finding followers on social media.
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The Amazon has nothing on the river of tears unleashed by Germany's systematic demolition of Brazil in their World Cup semi-final on Tuesday, which the football-obsessed host country lost 7-1 in an unprecedented blowout, making it the wo...
