Here’s your quick weekly summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Rockmelt:
- Twitter acquires social startup Spindle – Twitter has acquired a social startup focused on location/check-in space, and local discovery via mobile device; Twitter is keeping the Spindle team but shutting down the service (AllThingsD)
- Twitter adds easier column navigation to Tweetdeck for power users – Twitter added new features to Tweetdeck that make it easier to arrange and consume various feeds (TechCrunch)
- Twitter adds Viacom to TV ad lineup – Twitter has added cable giant Viacom as its latest media partner; the first Viacom video ads will appear on Twitter in August (AllThingsD)
- Facebook introduce new analytics & photo comments before major event – Facebook is now breaking down the ‘People Talking About This’ metric for brands, into these components: page likes, people engaged, page check-ins, and other page interactions (Adweek)
- Facebook’s video ads now likely delayed until fall – Facebook has been prepping video ads for their debut, but despite an expected launch in July 2013, they have been unofficially pushed back until mid-October (AdAge)
- Instagram debuts new video feature; here’s how to use it – Instagram’s new video tool is now available; check out how to use it, and how it differs from Twitter’s Vine (Business Insider)
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- Social browser Rockmelt launches an Android app – Rockmelt – a startup trying to “reinvent the web browser with a social focus” – just released an app for Android devices (AllThingsD)
Are there any social media updates that we missed?
