May 21, 2013
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pewinternet: 13% of internet users ages 18-29 use Tumblr. Compare Tumblr user demographics to other social networking sites: http://pewrsr.ch/VBAYby

pewinternet:

13% of internet users ages 18-29 use Tumblr.

Compare Tumblr user demographics to other social networking sites: http://pewrsr.ch/VBAYby

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May 20, 2013
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Pinterest announced a new partnership with brands and launched pins that feature more information. Pins from brands including eBay, Sony, Target, and Netflix will show expanded info such as recipes, movie reviews, and prices. 

Pinterest announced a new partnership with brands and launched pins that feature more information. Pins from brands including eBay, Sony, Target, and Netflix will show expanded info such as recipes, movie reviews, and prices. 

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May 20, 2013
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To mark the 50th anniversary of its 50cc motor scooter, Vespa is celebrating the milestone with a user-generated digital and social campaign. Fans are encouraged to share their stories on lavespavita.com and submit photos to Vespa’s Twitter and Instagram accounts.

To mark the 50th anniversary of its 50cc motor scooter, Vespa is celebrating the milestone with a user-generated digital and social campaign. Fans are encouraged to share their stories on lavespavita.com and submit photos to Vespa’s Twitter and Instagram accounts.

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May 16, 2013

Sarah Tighe Hayes, the wife of the highest-profile trader named in the Libor scandal, has started speaking out on Twitter. Her husband Tom Hayes, a former UBS and Citigroup trader nicknamed “Rain Man,” was charged last year with trying to manipulate the lending benchmark Libor, but he has remained mostly silent in the case. Some of Mrs. Hayes’ tweets have openly criticized the US Justice Department amidst its ongoing investigation into the scandal.

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May 15, 2013
Google announced at its annual Google I/O conference that it plans to launch a paid subscription music-streaming service. The company signed licensing agreements with record labels Sony, Universal, and Warner Music Group. Last month Twitter launched a music-discovery app, in a similar attempt to rival services such as Spotify and Pandora.

Google announced at its annual Google I/O conference that it plans to launch a paid subscription music-streaming service. The company signed licensing agreements with record labels Sony, Universal, and Warner Music Group.

Last month Twitter launched a music-discovery app, in a similar attempt to rival services such as Spotify and Pandora.

google music Social media
May 10, 2013
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Just in time for Mother’s Day, CTP designed the above infographic on how savvy moms are leveraging their buying powers thanks to social media. Online recommendations are key, with 59% of moms buying products recommended by a parenting website and 44% purchasing a product after a friend vouches for it on social media. Click the image to see the full infographic.

Just in time for Mother’s Day, CTP designed the above infographic on how savvy moms are leveraging their buying powers thanks to social media. Online recommendations are key, with 59% of moms buying products recommended by a parenting website and 44% purchasing a product after a friend vouches for it on social media. Click the image to see the full infographic.

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May 10, 2013
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T-Mobile and DISH took the top spots in Socialbakers’ Q1 rankings of the most “socially-devoted” US brands on Facebook. The firm calculated brand responsiveness based on the number of questions answered per quarter and found that the best brands answer at least 65% of questions asked.

T-Mobile and DISH took the top spots in Socialbakers’ Q1 rankings of the most “socially-devoted” US brands on Facebook. The firm calculated brand responsiveness based on the number of questions answered per quarter and found that the best brands answer at least 65% of questions asked.

Social media consumer brands
May 08, 2013
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Unmetric studied 5,000 brands on Pinterest to find which boards generated the largest engagement in terms of followers, comments, likes, and repins. The most popular branded boards fell into categories that most interest Pinterest’s predominantly female users, such as fashion, home, and food. Click the image to see the full infographic. (via Mashable)

Unmetric studied 5,000 brands on Pinterest to find which boards generated the largest engagement in terms of followers, comments, likes, and repins. The most popular branded boards fell into categories that most interest Pinterest’s predominantly female users, such as fashion, home, and food. Click the image to see the full infographic.

(via Mashable)

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April 30, 2013
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"Please help us keep your accounts secure. There have been several recent incidents of high-profile news and media Twitter handles being compromised. We believe that these attacks will continue, and that news and media organizations will continue to be high value targets to hackers… Help us protect you. We’re working to make sure we have the most updated information on our partners’ accounts."

— Twitter’s memo to media outlets about how it expects more high-profile account hacks, such as the one that happened to the Associated Press last week. In the memo, the company offered tips on how to make accounts more secure.

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April 22, 2013
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What The Wall Street Journal calls “an unlikely alliance of regulators and industry groups” is pushing to allow financial firms to be able to monitor employees’ personal Facebook and Twitter accounts. Regulators are concerned that a number of new state laws aimed at protecting employees’ privacy would put investors at risk. A last-minute amendment to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act banning companies from peeking at social media accounts was struck down by the US House of Representatives last week. The amendment’s sponsor said he wrote it in response to the trend of prospective employers asking for interviewees’ social media passwords before offering them a job.

What The Wall Street Journal calls “an unlikely alliance of regulators and industry groups” is pushing to allow financial firms to be able to monitor employees’ personal Facebook and Twitter accounts. Regulators are concerned that a number of new state laws aimed at protecting employees’ privacy would put investors at risk.

A last-minute amendment to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act banning companies from peeking at social media accounts was struck down by the US House of Representatives last week. The amendment’s sponsor said he wrote it in response to the trend of prospective employers asking for interviewees’ social media passwords before offering them a job.

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