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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Launches Paper, Twitter Tweaks Homepage Search, Foursquare Now Delivers

The Realtime Report

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare: Facebook launches mobile app Paper. Foursquare.

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

Socialized

The most widely understood method is through Global Positioning System (GPS) data obtained from navigational satellites in geosynchronous orbit. meters at a 95% confidence level…(and) Real-world data show that some high-quality GPS SPS receivers currently attain better than 3 meter horizontal position accuracy.” Foursquare.

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Social Networking Stats: Tumblr Draws Youngest Users Among Top 10 Social Platforms, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: 45 million users. Among the top 10 global social platforms, Tumblr has the greatest share of younger users, with 47% of active users in the 16-24 year-old demographic. Tumblr: 188 million blogs. via Tumblr. Instagram: 200 million users. via Instagram. Vine: 40 million registered users. via Tagged. via TechCrunch.

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4 Ways To Tap Into Local Markets

Harp Interactive

Below are a few platforms that support geolocation tagging (geotagging) that you may want to consider utilizing: Twitter geolocation for tweets coupled with local trends from Twitter can give you insights and exposure to your local audience. Foursquare allows for check-ins. Google has added geotagging to Blogger.

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Social Networking Stats: Instagram Tops Twitter In Daily Mobile Users, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. Smartphone owners in the US visited Instagram (from their smartphones) more frequently and for longer periods of time than they visited Twitter in August 2012, according to new comScore data (as reported by AllThingsD ). Google Plus: 100 million monthly active users.

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Social Networking Stats: Active Usage Drops For Facebook and Twitter, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: 45 million users. New data from GlobalWebIndex looks at active usage for several platforms, showing a decline for some of the largest platforms, but also huge gains for Instagram and Tumblr. Tumblr: 186 million blogs. via Tumblr. Instagram: 200 million users. via Instagram. via Tagged. via TechCrunch.

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

The Realtime Report

Recognizing “it’s complicated,” Facebook expands profile gender options beyond male and female – Facebook users can now choose a “custom gender pronoun” to express their identity on the social network; those who choose a custom gender can also control who they share that gender choice with on the platform (re/code).

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