In social media, there is never a dull moment! Check out the list of headlines for March 4-8, 2013.
Facebook wants to be your new ‘personalized newspaper’ (Examiner.com)
Facebook Testing More Open Graph Actions (AllFacebook)
Facebook responds to New York Times writer’s claims about News Feed (Inside Facebook)
Facebook rolls out free voice calling for Android in Canada (The Verge)
Another IPO-Related Lawsuit Filed Vs. Facebook (AllFacebook)
Facebook Explains How 20 Percent Ad Text Rule Is Enforced (AllFacebook)
Facebook: 15 million businesses, companies, and organizations now have a Facebook page (VentureBeat)
Facebook And Privacy Page Launches ‘Tip Of The Week’ Program (AllFacebook)
Facebook Tests Events RSVP Wording Change To ‘Interested’ From ‘Maybe’ (AllFacebook)
Improving Facebook for Books, Movies, TV and Fitness (Facebook Developers Blog)
Storylane is joining Facebook (Storylane Blog)
foursquare
Now you can check in at supersonic speed – just tap and hold! (foursquare Blog)
Google Plus pages and profiles get new design (Examiner.com)
New Look Hits the Hovercard, Adds Buttons for Faster Contacting (Google Plus Daily)
How Sign in with Google is Different from Facebook Connect (Google Plus Daily)
Keyboard shortcuts for your google+ hangout window [PC and Mac] (Google+ news)
Introducing Art Talks on Google+ (Official Google Blog)
Faster browsing for your smaller screens (Google Chrome Blog)
The 2013 DoGooder Video Awards Open for Nominations (YouTube Blog)
Updating Google Maps for iPhone with faster local search, new ways to find friends, and more countries (Google Maps Blog)
YouTube to launch its own music streaming service, says report (CNET)
Type less when you’re on the go (Google Chrome Blog)
Adding and Editing Geotags to Your Photos Just Got Easier (Google Plus Daily)
Celebrating Google Play’s first birthday (Official Google Blog)
Public Alerts for Google Search, Google Now and Google Maps available in Japan (Official Google Blog)
YouTube One Channel, now available for everyone (YouTube Creator Blog)
Google now redirects Picasa Web Albums to Google+ Photos (CNET)
1 Billion Endorsements Given on LinkedIn [INFOGRAPHIC] (LinkedIn Blog)
Hootsuite, LinkedIn Team Up to Offer Company Pages Analytics + Advanced Targeting (CMS Wire)
Microsoft
Socl is ready for Spring with a new look, new features (Microsoft Fuse Labs Blog)
Tumblr
Tumblr to Introduce Mobile Advertising to Help Achieve Profit (Bloomberg)
Tumblr Completely Revamps Search Function to Improve Discovery (DashBurst)
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Is Now Worth A Cool $1 Billion (AllTwitter)
Twitter kills Android, iPhone and AIR desktop apps for TweetDeck (CNET)
Mobile app updates: Enhancements to search, web browsing and more (Twitter Blog)
WordPress
WordPress.com testing promoted posts with iReach, a PR Newswire company (VentureBeat)
New Themes: Photographer, Superhero, and Sidekick (WordPress.com Blog)
Studies
Twitter Is Full of Haters (Slate)
Nielsen Brand Effect for Twitter: How Promoted Tweets impact brand metrics (Twitter Advertising Blog)
Confusing Facebook Privacy Settings Lead To More Public Information (AllFacebook)
Twitter and Compete study: How Tweets influence B2B tech audiences (Twitter Advertising Blog)
Miscellaneous
New influence measuring tool: Prollie (Bubblews)
Songdrop Is A Delicious For Music That Lives Outside Of Paywalls (TechCrunch)
Urgent fashion update: new member profiles (Vimeo Staff Blog)
About.me Deepens Facebook Integration (AllFacebook)
New! Custom Thumbnails for Your Paper.li (Paper.li Blog)
Reviews on Quora (Quora Blog)
MarketMeSuite Partners with MOO to Offer Free ‘Social Cards’ (Market Watch)
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