{"id":4220,"date":"2014-07-18T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/en-ca\/blog\/social-media-roundup-14\/"},"modified":"2015-09-15T14:02:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T18:02:14","slug":"social-media-roundup-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/en-ca\/blog\/social-media-roundup-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #575757;\">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\u2019s hot in the social world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #575757;\"><strong>New This Week! July 14-July 18, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/07\/17\/facebook-buy-button\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3105 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/3u2y5k1tk4mcf1mfx3asz2r439.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/modify_final.png\" alt=\"Facebook buy button\" width=\"625\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/modify_final.png 625w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/modify_final-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/07\/17\/facebook-buy-button\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Tests Buy Button To Let You Purchase Stuff Without Leaving Facebook:<\/a> In a possible attempt to keep up with Twitter\u2019s latest ecommerce features, Facebook is testing a new buy button that will allow you to pay for ecommerce purchases from other businesses without leaving Facebook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/07\/14\/linkedin-newsle\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3106 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/3u2y5k1tk4mcf1mfx3asz2r439.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LinkedIn.jpg\" alt=\"LinkedIn newsle\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LinkedIn.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/LinkedIn-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/07\/14\/linkedin-newsle\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn Buys Newsle to Show Relevant News About People In Your Network:<\/a> LinkedIn has acquired web app Newsle, which aims to deliver news to you about your connections on Facebook and LinkedIn. LinkedIn hopes this will provide professional insights for its users, helping them to know more about the people in their network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/07\/15\/google-profile-name\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3107 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/3u2y5k1tk4mcf1mfx3asz2r439.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-15-at-3.13.30-PM.png\" alt=\"Google Fake Names\" width=\"633\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-15-at-3.13.30-PM.png 633w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-15-at-3.13.30-PM-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Google+<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/07\/15\/google-profile-name\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google+: Fake Profile Names Are Now Allowed:<\/a> Looking to maintain your anonymity online? Good news! Google+ has lifted its ban on fake names, allowing you to come up with a creative alias for your online persona.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/07\/17\/twitter-cardspring\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3108 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/3u2y5k1tk4mcf1mfx3asz2r439.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cardspring_slide2.png\" alt=\"Twitter CardSpring\" width=\"634\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cardspring_slide2.png 634w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cardspring_slide2-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/07\/17\/twitter-cardspring\/\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter Acquires CardSpring To Power In-Tweet Commerce And Offers:<\/a> Twitter is taking full advantage of those spur of the moment buying decisions! Twitter\u2019s newest acquisition, CardSpring, will allow developers to create card-linked offers such as electronic coupons, loyalty cards, and virtual currencies. Users who choose to take advantage of a discount offer from a retailer\u2019s tweet may be asked to enter their credit card number. When that user goes to make a purchase with that retailer (online or <strong>offline!<\/strong>), CardSpring will recognize their credit card number and apply the discount.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Will you be taking advantage of Facebook and Twitter&#8217;s new online purchasing and saving capabilities? Let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Social Media Roundup, our weekly roundup of the latest social media news, controversies, and new features. 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