Social Media Epic

Messaging apps are proving enormously popular across the globe; WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum recently solidified that point by claiming that his company's service has grown even bigger than Twitter.

While there are a plethora of music services, they differentiate by focusing on various aspects of how we interact with musicPandora is great for creating instant playlists and background musicSpotify is better when you want to hear something...

Facebook has brought its Promoted Posts feature for pages to its mobile apps for iOS and Android, as well as m.facebook.com.

New York Daily News
Richard Whalley harnesses social media to find parents wounded in Boston ...

Billboard Twitter #Music, Hands-On: The Good and the Bad Billboard #Music arrives with the potential to streamline the way the music-consumption process happens within the Twitter ecosystem by focusing on habits that have been slowly developed over...

TechCrunch
Facebook gives US users free calls in Messenger for Android
CNET
On Thursday, the company added the free calling functionality for U.S. users of Facebook Messenger for Android -- and Facebook Home, which runs Messenger, by association.

You've got your flat screen. You've got your chips and beer. You've planned to come down with a nasty work-preventing illness Thursday and Friday.

Last week Facebook began offering automatic/silent updates to selected users on Android devices, now it’s returned to the regular Google Play route to add a series of new features that bring its Android app in line with recent changes to the iOS...

Bleacher Report Don't tweet that: Social media stupidity sticks around USA TODAY Twitter turns 7 on Thursday, and here's a wish to wish while blowing out the candles: Would someone explain why, given the slew of highly publicized cases of...

DeWine: Social Media Threats Won't Be Tolerated
NBC4i.com
"I think what everybody has a tendency to believe is it won't happen to me, and really with social media, it can happen to anyone.

The US Patent Office has granted a patent to Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone for a service that they created called Twitter.

Adweek 360i, Draftfcb Take Top Facebook Studio Awards for Oreo Campaign Adweek 360i and Draftfcb drew much attention on Facebook (more than 1.3 million likes, comments and shares) and in the press (more than 2,600 articles) for the hundred-day...

Social Media May Make Kids More Likely To Value Fame: Survey - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
"At the same time, these kids are not supposed to have social media accounts.

An apology letter to Twitter - USA Today
USA TODAY
Dear Twitter,. I will admit — you did not have me at hello. Quite frankly, I found you to be immature.

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2013 B2B Marketing Social Media Benchmarking Report

Twitter hires first data editor to find stories in tweets
CNET
"Twitter has become such an important element in the way we work as journalists.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Richard DesLauriers said during a press conference Thursday that the footage the FBI released showing its two suspects in the Boston bombing case is the only legitimate footage available "Other photos...

Toronto Star
Twitter Bringing Instant Video Replays to March Madness
Mashable
The video delivery is a partnership between Turner Broadcasting, which is carrying the tournament on TV, Twitter and the startup Snappy TV, which will handle the tech side.

What's a good party without a photo booth?
Nineteen-year-old Alexander Morris, from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, designed a makeshift photo machine inspired by Instagram.

Twitter’s self service advertising platform, which gives small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) access to Twitter’s Promoted Accounts, Promoted Tweets and analytics tools, continues to roll out to companies across the U.S.

Economic Times
Good news spreads faster on social media
Economic Times
"The 'if it bleeds' rule works for mass media that just want you to tune in," says Jonah Berger, a social psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania .