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Have you logged on to Twitter.com today? If so, you were probably greeted with a much whiter background than you remember setting. That's because Twitter has decided to remove...

Is Your Social Media Customer Service Improving?

Over the past decade, social media has presented businesses with a tremendous amount of opportunities to reach and engage with customers and potential customers in ways that were n...

People Are Interacting With Links More On Facebook

It looks like links are getting better for interactions on Facebook as interactions on other post types are on the decline. Have you seen better reach and/or interactio...

Facebook Tests ‘View Insights’ And ‘Watch Later’ Buttons

Facebook is always testing new features. Sometimes they eventually roll out to everyone. Sometimes they don't. In the case of both of these features, users would only stand to bene...

Twitter Gives Users New Account Dashboard

Twitter is rolling out a new dashboard to help users monitor and manage their accounts. it can show you things about your login activity, manage contacts, download your Twitter arc...

Twitter Shows Users More Details About Web Content In Their Timelines

Summary Cards can be used for various types of web content including blog posts, news articles, products, etc. It gives the user a preview of the content before they click through...

Communication App Slack Just Got Better For Communication

Team communication tool Slack just got better at team communication. It's a minor adjustment, but one that make things a lot less annoying for people on the receiving end of broadl...

Facebook May Not Let You Edit Article Headlines Anymore So That ‘Publishers’ Content Is Not Misrepresented’

Though it's not an entirely new phenomenon, headline skimming has most certainly increased in the social media era. Who the hell has time to read every article someone posts on Fac...

Shareaholic Adds Total Share Count Option

Shareaholic announced that in addition to share counts for its social media share buttons, it now offers the option to display a total share count. All share buttons powered by...

Facebook’s Real Name Policy Compelled a Woman to Change Her Name to Jemmaroid Von Laalaa

Facebook's "real name policy", as it's been called, is frustrating to a lot of people. Facebook has long required its users to use their real names on the site, and this has been c...

Twitter Pulls Flashing Ads After Epilepsy Group Takes Issue

Twitter-owned Vine's videos autoplay in users' timelines, unless you turn off autoplay in your settings – so it's pretty hard to avoid them unless you've made a real effort to. Twi...

A Million People Have Published A Post On LinkedIn

LinkedIn announced that it has surpassed the one million publishers milestone. It began letting everyone use its publisher platform in February of last year. The company says o...

Facebook Just Gave Pages a Path to Better Visibility

For all intents and purposes, Facebook just gave users more control over what they see in the news feed than ever before. And with it, a pathway (albeit a tough one) for pages to r...

Facebook Puts Women Up Front with Icon Redesign

Facebook's friend icons have just received a redesign – and there's more to them than better haircuts. Yes, both the male and female silhouettes have had their day at the styli...

This Feature Should Get People Watching A Lot More Video On Facebook

Facebook is testing a new video feature, which would should help increase views on the desktop. It lets you pop a video out of your News Feed (or out of a Facebook Page) and contin...

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