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5 Vines Are Shared Every Second On Twitter

5 Vines shared per second on Twitter

Last week Vine celebrated its 100-day birthday, and new research from Unruly lays out the top metrics for the mobile video app, showing strong engagement for Twitter’s video platform. Check out the highlights here: Read →

American Airlines Partners With Klout, Offers Perks For Social Influencers

Social media users with a high Klout score have a new perk available: those with a score of 55 and above can qualify for a one-day pass to American Airlines’ Admirals Club in 40 different airports. This is one of the latest additions to Klout’s “perks” program, introduced back in 2010, which offers rewards to those with high Klout scores and/or social “influence” in a particular area. Read →

Hate Speech On Twitter: A Geographic Study

Hate Speech on Twitter

A team of researchers led by Humboldt State University Dr. Monica Stephens of Humboldt State University (HSU) have released the results of a year-long study identifying the geographic origins of hate speech on Twitter in the U.S. Using the Google Maps API, the team has overlaid the data with a county-level analysis to show the distribution of hate speech on Twitter across the country via an interactive map. Read →

Social Media News Ticker: LinkedIn Adds News Channels, Twitter Buys Ubalo, YouTube Paid Subscriptions

Social Media News Ticker

Here’s your quick weekly summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, LinkedIn and Foursquare: Read →

Social Networking Stats: Facebook Growth Coming From Emerging Markets, #RLTM Scoreboard

Facebook user growth worldwide

New estimates from eMarketer show that Facebook’s worldwide user base is seeing the biggest expansion in India, Brazil and Russia, as well as the Middle East and Africa. Facebook will top one billion users worldwide in 2013, and reach 1.26 billion in 2014. Read →

Target Teams With Facebook, Launches Digital Deals App ‘Cartwheel’

Cartwheel logo

Target just teamed with Facebook to launch Cartwheel, a new digital savings program. Beginning on Wednesday, Target is offering 700 new deals “with a social twist” — every time a user claims a deal, an automatic post is generated in their Newsfeed on Facebook. Consumers can find and share deals with friends on the social network, as well as redeem offers in store. Read →

oneQube SmartStream, A Free Twitter Chat Platform, Launched Today By Internet Media Labs

oneQube SmartStream

Internet Media Labs today announced the launch of oneQube SmartStream, a free Twitter chat platform designed to support the hundreds of active Twitter chats that were rocked by this week’s news about the imminent demise of TweetChat, a popular chat client that will soon stop working as a result of Twitter’s latest API changes. The SmartStream team says their platform is fully compatible with the new Twitter API rules. SmartStream is part of the oneQube SocialRM platform, which is currently in private beta. Read →

Beer + Facebook: Budweiser’s ‘Buddy Cup’

Budweiser Buddy Cup

Drinking beer doesn’t just make it easier to meet people – now it also helps you make new Facebook friends. Budweiser’s new Buddy Cup connects beer drinkers on social media: using a built-in chip integrated with Facebook, one clink of their glasses and users become Facebook friends. Read →

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