{"id":4304,"date":"2014-04-25T12:01:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T16:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/en-ca\/blog\/social-media-roundup-7\/"},"modified":"2015-09-15T13:49:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T17:49:02","slug":"social-media-roundup-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/en-ca\/blog\/social-media-roundup-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New This Week! April 21-25, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/socialnewsdaily.com\/37049\/linkedin-remembers-its-not-1995-adds-mobile-photo-sharing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2891 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/linkedin-mobile-photo-sharing.jpg\" alt=\"linkedin mobile photo sharing\" width=\"830\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/linkedin-mobile-photo-sharing.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/linkedin-mobile-photo-sharing-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/socialnewsdaily.com\/37049\/linkedin-remembers-its-not-1995-adds-mobile-photo-sharing\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn adds mobile photo sharing<\/a>: Next time you snap a photo at a conference, work event, or in the workplace, forget Facebook \u2013 upload it to LinkedIn to share with your connections and improve your professional profile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubergizmo.com\/2014\/04\/linkedin-polls-for-groups-will-be-shutting-down-15th-may\/?utm_source=mainrss\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn polls for groups will be shutting down May 15<sup>th<\/sup><\/a>: With LinkedIn\u2019s poll feature headed towards retirement, professionals looking to poll their network of connections will soon have to find another outlet to do so<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news-story\/4474247-linkedin-tops-300-million-members\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn tops 300 million members<\/a>: By the end of 2014, over half of LinkedIn\u2019s global traffic will be generated from mobile devices, according LinkedIn\u2019s senior VP of products and user experience, Deep Nishar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2457089,00.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2892 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/355874-moves-app.jpg\" alt=\"facebook moves app\" width=\"571\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/355874-moves-app.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/355874-moves-app-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/355874-moves-app-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2457089,00.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook acquires fitness-tracking \u2018Moves\u2019 app<\/a>: The fitness-tracking app for iOS and Android announced its acquisition by Facebook earlier this week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/recode.net\/2014\/04\/20\/here-comes-facebooks-ad-network-mobile-ads-launching-this-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here comes Facebook\u2019s ad network: Mobile ads launching this month<\/a>: Facebook is reportedly set to announce its plans for a mobile ad network at its F8 developer conference in San Francisco on April 30<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/04\/23\/facebook-passes-1b-mobile-monthly-active-users-in-q1-as-mobile-ads-reach-59-of-all-ad-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook passes 1B mobile users, 200M messenger users<\/a>: In its Q1 earnings report, Facebook announced that it has surpassed the 1 billion milestone of active monthly users on mobile and tablets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2014\/04\/24\/pinterest-debuts-guided-search-custom-categories-improved-related-pins\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2893 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/7066410885_f0f9e5ee5d_z.jpg\" alt=\"pinterest custom search\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pinterest<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2014\/04\/24\/pinterest-debuts-guided-search-custom-categories-improved-related-pins\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest debuts guided search, custom categories, improved related pins<\/a>: Notable improvements to the search function on Pinterest include the ability for mobile users to narrow their search terms visually by swiping through new categories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/233286\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2894 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1398115715-instagram-improves-explore-tab-what-means-you.jpg\" alt=\"instagram explore tab\" width=\"610\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1398115715-instagram-improves-explore-tab-what-means-you.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1398115715-instagram-improves-explore-tab-what-means-you-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/233286\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram improves \u2018Explore\u2019 tab<\/a>: Instagram will begin to display a variety of photos and videos liked by people you follow, in addition to content that is trending through the Instagram community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thoughts? Questions? Let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New This Week! 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