{"id":4312,"date":"2014-04-18T12:31:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T16:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/en-ca\/blog\/social-media-roundup-6\/"},"modified":"2015-09-15T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T17:53:10","slug":"social-media-roundup-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/en-ca\/blog\/social-media-roundup-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New This Week! April 14-18, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidefacebook.com\/2014\/04\/14\/facebook-testing-popular-pages-in-your-area-feature\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2856 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/unnamed.png\" alt=\"facebook popular pages in your area\" width=\"650\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/unnamed.png 650w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/unnamed-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Facebook<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidefacebook.com\/2014\/04\/14\/facebook-testing-popular-pages-in-your-area-feature\/\">Facebook is testing a \u2018Popular Pages in Your Area\u2019 feature<\/a>: Perhaps Facebook\u2019s attempt to get its users to like more pages, some people have begun to notice a sidebar module in their News Feed displaying popular pages that are liked by people in their area.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/fdc\/welcome_mjx.shtml\">Facebook is preparing a money-transfer service<\/a>: According to a source in the financial services industry, Facebook is planning a European-wide financial service that allows end users to transfer and store money via Facebook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/04\/15\/us-twitter-gnip-idUSBREA3E17D20140415\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2857 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/s1.reutersmedia.net_.jpg\" alt=\"twitter gnip\" width=\"580\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/s1.reutersmedia.net_.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/s1.reutersmedia.net_-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Twitter<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/04\/15\/us-twitter-gnip-idUSBREA3E17D20140415\">Twitter has purchased social data provider Gnip<\/a>: On Tuesday, Twitter announced its purchase of social data provider <a href=\"http:\/\/gnip.com\/\">Gnip<\/a>, which led to an increase in Twitter\u2019s shares by 11 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/04\/15\/pinterest-event\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2858 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/youre-invited-1.jpg\" alt=\"pinterest choose your own adventure\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/youre-invited-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/youre-invited-1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Pinterest<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/04\/15\/pinterest-event\/\">Pinterest is planning a \u201cChoose Your Own Adventure\u201d product announcement for April 24<\/a>: Though we\u2019re not certain what Pinterest is about to unveil, it\u2019s likely a new effort to connect users with pins that match their interests, corresponding with what Pinterest\u2019s head of engineering, Jon Jenkins, claimed was on the timeline for 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marketingland.com\/google-releases-post-ads-brand-1000-google-followers-80496\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2859 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/google+-post-ads-600x464.png\" alt=\"google+ post ads\" width=\"600\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/google+-post-ads-600x464.png 600w, https:\/\/www.hellospark.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/google+-post-ads-600x464-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Google+<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marketingland.com\/google-releases-post-ads-brand-1000-google-followers-80496\">You can now turn your Google+ posts into interactive display ads<\/a>: +Post ads have officially launched, allowing advertisers to place Google+ posts onto Google\u2019s display advertising network. Does this sound too good to be true? There\u2019s a catch, so don\u2019t get your hopes up just yet, small business owners! This feature is only available to pages with at least 1,000 followers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any thoughts? Let us know below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New This Week! 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