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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Acquires LiveRail, Twitter Acquires Tap Commerce

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Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, and Vine: Facebook. Is Twitter shopping finally here? – last week Tweets surfaced with a “buy now” option; is Twitter simply testing the feature or will Twitter commerce be in the near future?

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Social Media Customer Service: Brands Respond More On Twitter

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297% growth in the number of replies brands sent on Facebook and Twitter. 393% growth in the number of replies brands sent on Twitter. 53% of Twitter mentions were responded to…compared with just 16% of Facebook comments and posts. What percentage of tweets, comments and posts does your brand respond to?

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Kuwait Has Most Twitter Users Per Capita

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Kuwait has the most Twitter users per capita, according to a recent paper by analysts from Northeastern University. The researchers also found a clear correlation between GDP per capita and Twitter adoption. The Netherlands ranks #2, while the UK and US fall behind in 4th and 5th place, respectively. Click here to read the full paper.

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Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Adds Photo Tagging, Facebook Acquires Oculus VR

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Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook and Twitter: Twitter rolls out photo tagging. Let us know in the comments below. Foursquare. Foursquare. Any social media updates that we missed?

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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Tests ‘Buy’ Button, Twitter Acquires CardSpring

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Check out all the latest social media news from the last two weeks, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr, YouTube and Vine: Facebook. Let us know in the comments below. Facebook tests new ‘buy’ button for online purchases in U.S. Any social media updates that we missed?

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Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Debuts New Ad Types, Vine Gets Direct Video Messaging

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Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: Vine adds direct messaging via video (photo: Vine blog). Twitter doubles down on TV in Europe – last week Twitter purchased two TV analytics companies, France’s Mesagraph and the U.K.’s

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Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Redesign, Facebook Adds Custom Gender Options

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Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook and Twitter: Facebook. Let us know in the comments below. Social Media News Ticker Facebook Facebook profile gender social media news social media news ticker Twitter Twitter redesign'

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