{"id":4254,"date":"2014-06-13T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/en-ca\/blog\/social-media-roundup-11\/"},"modified":"2015-09-15T12:55:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T16:55:43","slug":"social-media-roundup-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/en-ca\/blog\/social-media-roundup-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>New This Week! June 9-13, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/06\/09\/facebook-has-another-go-at-snapchat-with-slingshot\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3001 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/3u2y5k1tk4mcf1mfx3asz2r439.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/slingshot1.jpg\" alt=\"facebook slingshot\" width=\"738\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/slingshot1.jpg 738w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/slingshot1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/06\/09\/facebook-has-another-go-at-snapchat-with-slingshot\/\">Facebook Takes on Snapchat with Slingshot:<\/a> Facebook is currently developing a new photo and video-sharing app called Slingshot. Slingshot was designed for friends to \u2018sling\u2019 photos and videos to each other on the service. I am sure you\u2019re asking, what\u2019s the difference between Snapchat and Slingshot? Slingshot requires users to sling something back before they can view their friend\u2019s shots. What do you think?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/tech\/facebook-is-now-telling-advertisers-what-youre-doing-88571764134.html\">Facebook Reveals New Advertising Updates:<\/a> Over the next couple of weeks, Facebook will roll out tracking on sites outside of Facebook.com, along with a new option to control the type of ads users see in their newsfeed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/google\/2014\/06\/11\/google-business-debuts-help-small-businesses-connect-customers-via-search-maps-google\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3002\" src=\"http:\/\/3u2y5k1tk4mcf1mfx3asz2r439.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/GMB_desktop_final_final-641x1024.png\" alt=\"Google My Business\" width=\"439\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/GMB_desktop_final_final-641x1024.png 641w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/GMB_desktop_final_final-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/GMB_desktop_final_final.png 1003w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Google+<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/google\/2014\/06\/11\/google-business-debuts-help-small-businesses-connect-customers-via-search-maps-google\/\">Google Launches Google My Business:<\/a> Fantastic news! Google officially launched, Google My Business, a new free tool that allows small businesses to connect with their customers in a much easier way. All under one tool, businesses will be able to update its information on Search, Maps, and Google+, add business photos and a virtual tour, stay on top of reviews, and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/06\/09\/instagram-international-ads\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-SocialMedia-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-SocialMedia-Partial&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_reader=feedly\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3003 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/3u2y5k1tk4mcf1mfx3asz2r439.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-13-at-12.33.57-PM.png\" alt=\"instagram ad\" width=\"631\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-13-at-12.33.57-PM.png 631w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-13-at-12.33.57-PM-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Instragram<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/06\/09\/instagram-international-ads\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-SocialMedia-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-SocialMedia-Partial&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_reader=feedly\">Instagram to Go International with Its Advertisng Efforts:<\/a> Instagram announced this week that in-feed ads will begin rolling out to international users in the coming months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3u2y5k1tk4mcf1mfx3asz2r439.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shutterstock_186312422.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3004\" src=\"http:\/\/3u2y5k1tk4mcf1mfx3asz2r439.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shutterstock_186312422-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"youtube\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shutterstock_186312422-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shutterstock_186312422-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/06\/10\/lose-youtube-subscribers\/\">You\u2019re About to Lose YouTube Subscribers:<\/a> As of June 16, YouTube is going to remove all suspended accounts. Even though your subscriber count will go down, your list and numbers will be much more meaningful with only real fans remaining.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thoughts? Questions? 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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