Twitter is now truely mainstream; it’s not just for the cool kids anymore.  Here’s a round up of some recent facts and figures about one of the world’s most popular social networks from the folks at Infographics Archive. Related posts: Managing personal relationships online. Content marketing is king. Email marketing goes social. Click here to start to receive my newsletter. VISIT MY FACEBOOK PAGE. Related articles. Infographic: A Timeline of Instagrams (pandodaily.com). Which Social Network is the Best Plaform to Promote Your Business [Infographic] (saleschase.com). MORE >>

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The issue of blogging ethics came to the fore recently when prominent Canadian wine blogger, Natalie MacLean was accused of copyright infringement by the US wine magazine, Palate Press. Natalie is a much respected blogger and her reviews have been features in wine books and several top-tier mainstream media outlets; the Ottawa Citizen and The Guardian are among these. The magazine contended that Natalie had included the work of wine journalists on her website with little or no attribution and that none of these authors had given their consent for their materials to be used. MORE >>

There’s been considerable online discussion of the risks for brands on Pinterest ; there’s also criticism about the kind of content that is being pinned including photographs of self harm.  This morning, Pinterest has announced. Red Pinterest logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia). changes to its terms of service to address many of these concerns. The acceptable use and privacy policies have been re-drafted to make them easier to understand so that they will better reflect Pinterest’s own growth plans. pins that explicitly encourage self-harm or self-abuse are no longer allowed. MORE >>

Reuters has launched Social Pulse , a social media hub on Reuters.com which highlights social media’s most shared news, companies and influencers. It displays the news that is most popular in Reuters social network.  It also has a stock sentiment module, which features opinions from hundreds of thousands of sources captured and curated by WiseWindow , which uses statistical techniques and natural language processing to deliver predictive data in realtime. The chart is populated by share-of-voice readings, so depending on which companies are being talked about most that day, it will adapt. MORE >>