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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

It wasn’t until a couple of months later, that the #SanDiegoFire hashtag was sparked to aggregate tweets and updates about the California wildfires. Foursquare’s geolocation API was used for geofilters and location tagging in apps like Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram. and really set the tone for future tweets.

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The 20 Best New Social Media Tools to Try in 2017 (And How to Use Them)

Buffer Social

As part of our State of Social Media 2016 campaign , we’ve scoured Product Hunt for the latest trending social media tools and created a list of 21 products for marketers and teams to try in 2017. Keep reading to see the full list, or click over to the Product Hunt collection with all of 2017’s best social media tools.

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