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Flipboard Acquires News App Zite

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Zite Co-Founder Mike Klaas said , “Together, we’re going to build the most wonderful place to read news that has ever existed.” We hope you come with us and help us shape the future of news.” Apps In the Media Mobile Apps Social Media Social Media News apps CNN flipboard news app zite'

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A Key Change to Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm

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Past algorithm changes to Facebook’s News Feed have hurt some brands, particularly smaller brands, by limiting reach and ultimately hurting engagement. Now, when a Page tags another Page in a post, followers of both pages will see it in their News Feed. However, the newest change to Facebook gives those brands hope.

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Apps of the Week: Customizing Your News

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Many of us don’t have the time to comb through every site we get our news from. We’ve picked our top three news reader apps! Flipboard is described as a “personal magazine” for users to catch up on the news they care about. Flipboard is the one-stop shop for all your news and social media monitoring.

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Can Marketing Lessons Be Learned From Weird Al Yankovic?

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Each week we take a look at how social media has changed, as well as new trends in the industry. This week: Facebook added a new feature to bolster their news service, Weird Al Yankovic provides a great marketing case study, and Google is giving prominent search placement to users. Facebook Gets a Fresh Look as News Service.

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Gallup Poll: Social Media Doesn’t Influence Purchases

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This may sound like bad news for businesses who have invested time and money in social media marketing efforts, but it’s important to look at the details of this poll before panicking. Many news outlets and publications will use Gallup polls. Gallup is a customer engagement business. .

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Twitter Adds Tagging and Multiple Photo Sharing

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Users can now post a series of photos to Twitter, which will automatically be made into a collage to be seen in the Twitter news feed. What do you think of the new Twitter features? Apps Mobile Apps Mobile Marketing Social Media Social Media Education Social Media News Twitter Twitter features'

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Did President Obama Kill the Automated Tweet? | The Social Media.

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by admin on May 6, 2011 Much has been written already about the news heard ’round the world last Sunday when President Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden. As more people became aware of the news on Sunday, Twitter was alive with conversation about the event in every part of the world.