In social media, there is never a dull moment! Check out the list of headlines for April 15-19, 2013.
Facebook, Attorneys General Announce Online Safety Campaign (Facebook Newsroom)
EA Shuts Down SimCity Social And Several Other Facebook Games (Business Insider)
Messaging updates for iPhone and a new look for iPad (Facebook Newsroom)
Facebook Home Starts Rolling Out Internationally (AllFacebook)
Facebook tests ad placements on Graph Search results page, not related to queries (Inside Facebook)
Facebook Reportedly Looking to Charge US$ 1 million for Video Advertisements (CMS Wire)
Facebook Launches Cost Per Action For Advertisers (AllFacebook)
Facebook Adds Groups To Timeline (AllFacebook)
Facebook Expands Promoted Posts Option To ‘Everyone’ (AllFacebook)
Facebook Page Admins Can Promote Posts From Native App (AllFacebook)
Facebook Logos Revamped (AllFacebook)
Google launches Person Finder to help people caught in the explosions in Boston (Social Media Slant)
Minor Update to Events, Now Shows Whether Someone Has Viewed an Invite or Not (Google Plus Daily)
YouTube adds support for live streaming on iOS with latest update (The Verge)
Google will now mute your microphone if you’re typing during a Google+ Hangout (The Next Web)
Bringing Google+ Comments to Blogger (Official Google Blog)
Moderators can now move posts between community categories (Google+ update)
Coming soon: More videos in the homepage feed (The Official YouTube Partners & Creators Blog)
YouTube wins case against Viacom (again) (The Official YouTube Blog)
Tokyo Court Orders Google To Alter Search Suggestions & Pay Fines (Search Engine Land)
A New Mobile Experience Designed for the Everyday Professional (LinkedIn Blog)
Microsoft
Bing Apps for Windows 8 Get Refreshed (The Official Microsoft Blog)
Microsoft Account Gets More Secure (The Official Microsoft Blog)
Introducing Keyword Targeting in Timelines (Twitter Advertising Blog)
Have you tried Twitter’s new music service yet? (Social Media Slant)
Twitter In Talks With Viacom, NBC To Stream TV Content Within Tweets (AllTwitter)
Deprecating IE6 and IE7 support in Twitter for Websites (TFW) (Twitter Developers Blog)
50,000 Verified Twitter Profiles: Key Statistics, Facts & Figures [INFOGRAPHIC] (AllTwitter)
Map and visualize Twitter profiles, communities, and hashtags with Bluenod (Social Media Slant)
Twitter Doesn’t Want Flattr Favoriting Its Tweets (AllTwitter)
No More Live-Tweeting Allowed In Quebec Courts (AllTwitter)
WordPress
The WordPress for Android App Gets a Big Facelift (WordPress.com Blog)
New Themes: Bon Vivant, SemPress, and BonPress (WordPress.com Blog)
Yahoo
Yahoo Surpasses 300 Million Monthly Mobile Users In Q1 (Marketing Land)
The Forecast is Beautiful: Introducing The Yahoo! Weather App for iPhone and iPod Touch (The Yahoo! Yodel)
Unbox Your Mail with Yahoo! Mail For Tablets (The Yahoo! Yodel)
Studies
71% Of Facebook Users Self-Censor Posts (AllFacebook)
Social networking on desktops may have peaked in 2012, Experian finds (CNET)
Syncapse: Each Facebook Like Is Worth $174 To Brands (AllFacebook)
Deloitte UK study: Twitter buzz helps drive video game sales (Twitter Advertising Blog)
More People Share Bad Customer Service Experiences Than Good [INFOGRAPHIC] (AllTwitter)
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter still lead the charge among major social media brands (Social Media Slant)
Miscellaneous
Guardian launches platform for user-generated content (The Guardian)
Storify Gets Down to ‘Business’ (Social Times)
What can we learn from patients? Ex-Googler debuts health social network to find out (GigaOM)
TweetDeck’s Facebook Integration Ends May 7 (AllFacebook)
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