In social media, there is never a dull moment! Check out the list of headlines for April 8-12, 2013.
Facebook users now like an average of 40 Pages! (Social Media Slant)
Facebook Home Is Now Available On Select Android Devices (AllFacebook)
Create Rich User Stories with New Open Graph Tools (Facebook Developers Blog)
Facebook Alerts Users To How Many Stories They’re Missing On News Feed (AllFacebook)
Facebook Starts Placing Restrictions On Event Invites (AllFacebook)
Facebook Tests Paid Celebrity Messaging In The U.K. (AllFacebook)
Facebook begins allowing international users to buy Gifts for friends in U.S. (Inside Facebook)
Facebook Rolling Out Emoticons, Actions In Status Updates To More Users (AllFacebook)
Partner Categories, a New Self-Serve Targeting Feature (Facebook Studio)
Adding What You’re Doing to Status Updates (Facebook Newsroom)
Zeus Is Loose: Bolt Apps Releases App That Crafts Rules For Facebook Contests (AllFacebook)
foursquare
The new Foursquare, 4 years and 3.5 billion check-ins in the making (foursquare Blog)
See amazing specials nearby as soon as you open the app #new4sq (foursquare Blog)
Google helps launch the Global Human Trafficking Hotline Network (Social Media Slant)
Google Drive Adds New Features in iOS Update, Has Starting Problems (CMS Wire)
[Profile Update] New Option Added to “Contributor to” Section, Adds Past and Current Contributor Status (Google Plus Daily)
A fresh new look for Google Play (Android Official Blog)
Gmail: 9 years and counting (Official Gmail Blog)
Use a Google+ Page Identity on YouTube (Beta) (The Official YouTube Partners & Creators Blog)
Plan your digital afterlife with Inactive Account Manager (Google Public Policy Blog)
Welcome Pulse to the LinkedIn Family (LinkedIn Blog)
Microsoft
Support for Windows XP Set to End in April 2014 (Official Microsoft Blog)
Pin to Pinterest Arrives for Bing Image Search (Big Search Blog)
Tumblr
Tumblr updates its look on Android with a Path-esque launcher button (GigaOM)
Tumblr abruptly closes down its Storyboard project, lays off entire editorial team (paidContent)
Trends in 160+ locations (Twitter Blog)
Twitter confirms acquisition of music service We Are Hunted (CNET)
WordPress
New! Send to Readmill Widget (WordPress.com Blog)
New Editorial Features in WordPress 3.6 (WordPress.com VIP)
New Theme: Truly Minimal (WordPress.com Blog)
Yahoo
The Teen Who Got $30 Million From Yahoo Did Not Build His Startup’s App (Or Invent Its Technology) (Business Insider)Studies
Social Media Overload: 40% Would Get A Root Canal Over Giving Up Their Social Networks [INFOGRAPHIC] (AllTwitter)
Study: percent of consumers logging into sites with Facebook dips as Google gains (Inside Facebook)
Adobe: Video Accounts for 77% of Viral Reach on Social Nets [Infographic] (Social Times)
What Do Millennials Like On Facebook? (AllFacebook)
The Farther From Home, The Happier We Are On Twitter (AllTwitter)
Anti-Social Networks – 88% Think People Are Less Polite When Using Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] (AllTwitter)
73% of companies don’t tell employees how to use social media (Leaderswest)
Miscellaneous
WikiLeaks publishes 1.7m+ United States records as it launches new ‘PlusD’ searchable repository (The Next Web)
Say hello to Dropbox for Business (The Dropbox Blog)
Podcast Gallery lets you download your favorite podcasts to Dropbox or Google Drive (Social Media Slant)
500,000 Flipboard magazines created in 2 weeks (Infographic) (Social Media Slant)
Comments are Free: Disqus Makes Service Free for Users (CMS Wire)
Music service Pandora tops 200 million users (USA Today)
Canada loses another teen to cyberbullying (Social Media Slant)
Bitcoin crashes, losing nearly half of its value in six hours (Ars Technica)
Goodbye, Rockmelt Social Browser; Hello, Rockmelt Website, Mobile Apps (CMS Wire)
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