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2020: The Year Data Saved The World

Waxing UnLyrical

I think it will be as The Year Data Saved The World. Ok, many of us still zoned out in front of our screens – those on our mobile devices – but at least we did that outside…!). So, while 2020 will certainly be The Year COVID-19 Changed The World, I think it will also be The Year Data Saved The World.

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Social Networks See Majority of Traffic Coming From Mobile

The Realtime Report

Mobile is accounting for a huge portion of social networking use; for newer platforms like Instagram, Snapchat and Vine, use is “almost exclusively mobile.” ” A new report from the comScore Data Mine compares desktop vs. mobile usage for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Vine and Snapchat.

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Twitter Is Selling Its Mobile Ad Network MoPub To AppLovin For $1.05 Billion

Forbes Social Media

Twitter bought the startup in 2013 for $350 million as a way of building out its mobile advertising business.

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Comic: The ‘Always On’ Nature Of Mobile And Social Media

SocMed Sean

Social and mobile…they go together like peanut butter and jelly. The fact that our mobile devices are so portable means they go everywhere with us. And the reduced price of smartphones and data plans means that our social channels tend to go wherever our mobile devices go. Walk outside, smell the flowers, pet a cat.

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

The Realtime Report

Twitter: over 500 million users. Instagram Tops Twitter In Daily Mobile Users. 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 ). via Twopcharts.

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Social Media News Ticker: Edit Your Facebook ‘Look Back,’ LinkedIn Kills ‘Intro,’ Twitter Debuts Data Grant Program

The Realtime Report

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare: Facebook’s Look Back movie now has edit options. Foursquare. Any social media updates that we missed this week? Let us know in the comments below.

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11 Smart Ways to Use Twitter Advanced Search

Hootsuite

Twitter isn’t just the birthplace of cutting-edge humor or the top place to find breaking news. Thanks to Twitter’s advanced search features, it’s also a surprisingly robust search engine. Twitter’s advanced search capabilities are some of the app’s most well-kept secrets. Here’s how to use it: 1.

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