This week in social media (December 10-14, 2012)
In social media, there is never a dull moment! Check out the list of headlines below.
Announcing the Preferred Marketing Developer Center (Facebook Developers)
Facebook Offers Recommended Pages In An Effort To Connect More Users (AllFacebook)
Providing People Greater Clarity and Control (Facebook Developers)
Facebook for Android is Faster than Ever (Facebook Newsroom)
Facebook Sponsored Stories Can Harbor Suspicious Likes (All Facebook)
Schedule Facebook Cover Image Changes For Pages With PageCovery (AllFacebook)
Browser Extension Msn4FB Brings Features From Windows Messenger, Skype To Facebook Chat (AllFacebook)
Amazon Friends & Family Gifting Feature Taps Into Data On Facebook Friends (AllFacebook)
foursquare
Craving that ice cream sundae your bud just Instagram-ed? Tap the new Foursquare button and save it for later (foursquare Blog)
Better integration between YouTube and Google+ (Bubblews)
The evolution of This Exquisite Forest (Google Chrome Blog)
A better Google News experience on tablets (Google News Blog)
Save to Drive faster with the new Chrome extension (Google Enterprise)
Google Maps is now available for iPhone (Official Google Blog)
Winter cleaning (Official Google Blog)
Instagram announces huge upgrade to iOS camera (Bubblews)
Ads Likely Coming to Instagram (SocialTimes)
Announcing The 12 Best LinkedIn Company Pages of 2012 [SLIDESHOW] (LinkedIn Blog)
Microsoft
Find Famous People and Places in a Snap (Bing Search Blog)
The Next Version of Bing Desktop Now Available (Bing Search Blog)
Scoop.it
Scoop.it launches latest iteration (Examiner.com)
Twitter To Offer Photo Filters By End Of 2012 (AllTwitter)
Promoted Tweets Can Now Target Trending Topics (AllTwitter)
This Year On Twitter: The Top Tweets, Trends, News, People And Conversations Of 2012 (AllTwitter)
Do You Know These Twitter Keyboard Shortcuts? [INFOGRAPHIC] (AllTwitter)
The Biggest Brands Are Failing At Customer Service On Twitter [STUDY] (AllTwitter)
WordPress
WordPress 3.5 comes with new Media Manager (Examiner.com)
Showcase Your Images with Galleries (WordPress.com Blog)
Introducing WordPress.com Enterprise (WordPress.com Blog)
Yahoo
Yahoo launches improved email service (Bubblews)
Miscellaneous
Interview with Kirsten Lambertsen, founder and CEO of Kuratur (Examiner.com)
Social media news: Bing, Facebook, Google and Twitter (Examiner.com)
Flickr Launches Photo Filters Using Same SDK Provider as Twitter (SocialTimes)
Would-Be Twitter Competitor Releases Private-Messaging API (SocialTimes)
Facebook, Google release 2012 trends (CNN)
When Is The Best Time To Post To Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest And Google+? [STUDY] (AllTwitter)
Dropbox acquires music streaming company Audiogalaxy – but why? (The Next Web)
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About The Author
Cendrine Marrouat is a journalist, blogger, content curator, author, and workshop facilitator located in Canada. She is the founder of two social media blogs: Social Media Slant and Creative Ramblings. On March 6, 2012, she released The Little Big eBook on Blogging: 40 Traffic Generation Tips, a comprehensive resource that provides bloggers of all levels with essential information and precise guidance to attract quality traffic to their blogs. She is currently working on an eBook on social media strategies that should be released before the end of 2013.-
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