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Pinterest announced a new way for businesses to track their pinned links. It is adding support for Google Analytics UTM variables to give businesses a look at their performance in...

Emojis Now Work on Web Version of Twitter

All you emoji lovers can now sleep sound knowing that your smiley faces and little piles of poop will be able to be seen by those browsing their Twitter timelines on the web. B...

LinkedIn Kills Products/Services Tab On Company Pages

Back in November, LinkedIn launched "Showcase Pages" for companies to show off specific brands and products, which users can follow separately. Users can follow Microsoft Office sp...

Teen Stabs Friend 65 Times Over Nude Facebook Selfies

In well-that's-just-a-horrible-turn-of-events news, a Mexican teen was stabbed 65 times after posting racy photos of herself and her best friend on Facebook, according to police in...

Forrester Says Marketers Need To Be Using Google+

Forrester Research surveyed 60,000 adults in the U.S. about the social sites they use, and 22% said they visit Google+ each month, which is the same as they got for Twitter, and g...

Google+ Now Shows How Many Views You’ve Had

Google now tells you how many people have viewed your Google+ profile and content right on your profile page. The number is the sum of your profile, post and photo views since Octo...

Baseball Fandom Map Based on Facebook Likes Looks Pretty Accurate

Facebook is great for a lot of things, and it's also really bad for a lot of things. If you hate babies, stay away. If you just had your heart broken, stay away. If you don't want...

Biz Stone’s Jelly Gets An Update

It's been about two months since we last reported on any significant updates to Biz Stone's Jelly app (other than the the company finally...

YouTube, Google+, LinkedIn & Twitter Are All Better Than Facebook For Post-Click Engagement [Report]

Shareaholic has a new report out called "Social Referrals That Matter," which looks at the avera...

Popular Brand Leaves Facebook, Will Others Follow?

Could we be seeing the beginning of a brand revolt against Facebook? Facebook is so huge, that it's unlikely that it will amount to a mass exodus, but the tensions between brands a...

Somebody Thinks The Facebook Organic Reach Decline Is A Good Thing

At least somebody thinks the brutal slashing of your Facebook Page's organic reach is a good thing. Have you found a silver lining to Facebook showing less people your...

‘Cancel Colbert’ Is Your Daily Dose of Dumb Twitter Outrage

In people clearly not understanding the basic idea of satire nor differentiating between network and personal Twitter accounts news, Twitter's all fired up over a joke made by Come...

Facebook Tests Saving Stories for Later, Once Again

Apparently, Facebook is experimenting with the "save" button again. Josh Constine over at TechCrunch has acquired...

Report: Instagram Smartphone Usage Gives Twitter’s A Run For Its Money In U.S.

Instagram announced this week that it has surpassed 200 mill...

This Infographic Teaches You About Facebook’s News Feed Image Sizes

You may have noticed some changes to the way Facebook's News Feed looks lately. Facebook marketing app Gain has the imaging of the new design figured out, and has...

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