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Realtime Olympics: 60% of London 2012 Visits Came Via Mobile; Facebook Was 2nd Highest Traffic Source

The Realtime Report

A new compilation of stats from the 2012 Olympic Games reveals that 60% of visits to the official London 2012 Games website and apps came from mobile devices. The London 2012 stats – showing engagement across 77 digital products - were compiled by Alex Balfour, the head of new media for London 2012.

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Social Networking Stats: 42% of Those With Foursquare App Are Active Users, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Facebook: 1 billion active users. via Facebook. Foursquare: over 25 million users. 42% of Those Who Downloaded Foursquare App Use It Actively. Foursquare had 10.4 million users in July 2012 (on Android/iPhone), up from from 5-6 million per month from March through June. Twitter: over 500 million users.

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Social Networking Stats: Twitter & Politics In 2012, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Facebook: 1 billion active users. via Facebook. Foursquare: over 25 million users. Twitter & Politics: A 2012 Recap. On Tuesday, Twitter released a recap of the past year – 2012: Year on Twitter. Do you think Twitter played a significant role in US politics in 2012? via Twopcharts. via Yahoo.

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The 2012 Social Networking Privacy Policy

Webbiquity SMM

Though membership continues to grow for companies like Facebook, 2012 hasn’t been kind to the social giants when it comes to what they’re doing with all of our personal data and facts about ID theft online. ” Even when trying to do the right thing, some social networks just can’t cut a break.

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Can Ads Actually Make Foursquare Better

Convince & Convert

In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about the newly launched Foursquare ads , and whether they are a viable option for marketers, an annoyance for users, both or neither. I’m on record as being a fan of Foursquare’s strategic pivot toward real-time, location-aware advice and counsel.

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One Social Thing Wrapup – Week of 6/4/2012

Convince & Convert

Facebook Launches First Mobile Ad Product. Facebook Launches First Mobile Ad Product. Foursquare Shifts to Yelp-Style Recommendations. Foursquare Shifts to Yelp-Style Recommendations. Foursquare Shifts to Yelp-Style Recommendations. Twitter Confirms Facebook Integration. Who is Using Twitter? Jess Ostroff.

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Facebook Graph Search: Why Investors Shouldn’t Worry

Mindjumpers

Much anticipated, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled this week that Facebook has built Graph Search – a search engine within Facebook that combines web search with your social graph thus making it possible to search your entire life and those of your friends. But the investors’ question remains: How will Facebook make money out of it?