Welcome to the Social Media Roundup, our weekly roundup of the latest social media news, controversies, and new features. Stay tuned each week to find out what’s hot in the social world.
New This Week!
January 13-17, 2014
- Facebook ‘PAPER’ News App: Facebook is gearing up to launch a mobile news reader app similar in many ways to Flipboard.
- Infographic: 2014 Tips to Improve Facebook: Social marketing firm ShortStack compiled all of the important Facebook marketing lessons of 2013, allowing for marketers to improve in 2014.
- Facebook Rolls Out Trending Topics: Facebook began rolling out its new Trending feature, designed to surface relevant conversations, like the upcoming Oscars telecast, and help users discover more content.
- Twitter Improves Targeted Ads: Twitter just made a major improvement to its targeted ads program. Advertisers can now create custom lists of people they want to target based on email addresses. Find out more!
Vine
- 12 Celebs Who Can’t Get Enough of Vine: Celebrities and cameras go hand in hand. Thus, it makes perfect sense that stars in the spotlight enjoy using the six-second video app, Vine.
- Understanding Gender Stats on Instagram: A new infographic from Instagram analytic company Nitrogram breaks down gender distribution of Instagram users across the globe.
- How To Make Your Instagram Photo Visible On Twitter: Many of you know that in 2012 Instagram pulled the function that allowed users to view Instagrams just like any photo embedded inside Twitter. Discover the quick fix now!
Google+
- Google+ Users Will Get Better, More Private Email Settings: Google+ and Gmail users will soon be able to send messages right into your inbox, even if you never gave them your email address.
More News to Check Out:
- 9 Ways to Improve Your Social Media in 2014: Recently, the Buffer team announced Buffer for Business, with some great improvements to existing features and a few exciting new ones.
- Why 2014 is the Year of Social Media Advertising: This year, the photos and links in our news feeds are joined by something else: ads. So, which social networks are already integrating ads into their feeds, and what does that mean for brands?
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