In social media, there is never a dull moment! Check out the list of headlines for February 4-8, 2013.
Facebook Turns 9 (AllFacebook)
Facebook Will Let Users Know If Ads Were Targeted (AllFacebook)
How To Disable Facebook’s Tag Suggest (AllFacebook)
Facebook Launches Lookalike Audiences, Lets Marketers Target Similar Users (AllFacebook)
Facebook Asks Users To Like Pages Based On Links Their Friends Share (AllFacebook)
Facebook Reportedly Building Mobile Location-Tracking App (AllFacebook)
Facebook tests new sidebar ad format with horizontal image above body copy (Inside Facebook)
Add Custom Videos To Facebook Pages With TabSite Brand VideoMaker App (AllFacebook)
Facebook Launches Developers Live Video Channel (AllFacebook)
Facebook Deletes Facial-Recognition Data In Europe (AllFacebook)
foursquare
Find the best arts, culture and food events in your city, brought to you by Voice Media Group and Foursquare (foursquare Blog)
Google+ Improves Bandwidth Options for Hangouts (PCMag.com)
Google Adds New Features to Adwords for Video (CMS Wire)
Easily update thousands of videos at once with Bulk Actions (The Official YouTube Partners & Creators Blog)
Amara starts offering crowdsourced subtitles for all of your YouTube videos (GigaOM)
Thanking All of Our Valued LinkedIn Members (LinkedIn Blog)
LinkedIn’s Q4 2012 Earnings Call (LinkedIn Blog)
Microsoft
Video Results Now Available in the Bing for Windows 8 App (Bing Search Blog)
SkyDrive users can now share Office documents with anyone (Cnet)
As Pinterest Grows, Startup Seeks $2.5 Billion Valuation (The Wall Street Journal)
Now showing: Older Tweets in search results (Twitter Blog)
Beware Fake Accounts Promising To ‘Verify’ You On Twitter (AllTwitter)
Twitter Hoax Causes Stock To Plummet 25% (AllTwitter)
Twitter won’t make ‘sacrifices’ required to be in China: CEO (Cnet)
Yahoo
Yahoo! Teams with Google on Contextual Advertising (Yodel Anecdotal)
Studies
Mobile Is Maturing [Infographic] (MarketingProfs)
Coming and Going on Facebook (Pew Internet)
Brand Excitement For Social Media Marketing Has Declined, Says Report [STUDY] (AllTwitter)
98% Of Job Recruiters Used Social Media In 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC] (AllTwitter)
Miscellaneous
Social media news: Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter (Examiner.com)
How Skype Is Helping Topple a Dictator in Syria (Mashable)
It’s official: Dell’s going private in $24.4B deal (Cnet)
2012′s Biggest Wins (And Fails) In Social Media Marketing [INFOGRAPHIC] (AllTwitter)
Zynga at a Crossroads in Mobile Quest (The New York Times)
Dunking in the Dark: the Technology Behind Oreo’s Super Bowl Tweet (SocialTimes)
Dropbox Releases Sync API for iOS, Android Apps, Sneak Peek of Document Preview (CMS Wire)
GetGlue rolls out a rebuilt iPhone app to encourage more TV conversations (Lost Remote)
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