Here’s your quick weekly summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Instagram and Yelp:
- A new tool aims to help Facebook users dig deep – last Monday, Facebook rolled out Graph Search, a sophisticated search feature to help users find old/lost photos, restaurant recommendations, and other info buried in past posts on the social network (The New York Times)
- Facebook slowly making home more livable with customizable launcher dock and now folders – last week, Facebook Home added the ability to drag apps into folders (TechCrunch)
- Twitter updates Vine for Android – Vine’s Android based mobile up is now up-to-date with the iOS app, including new camera tools, additional channel categories, and the ability to “re-Vine” content (All Things D)
Google+
- Google+ update makes it easier to see what your friends like – last week Google+ started highlighting posts (in your stream) that have been +1’d by people in your circles, as well as highlighting some of your posts in their stream (Mashable)
- Announcing LinkedIn analytics from Simply Measured – social analytics firm Simply Measured now provides businesses with a way to measure and analyze activity on LinkedIn (Simply Measured)
- New LinkedIn API restrictions force job change email notification service to shut down – new restrictions LinkedIn is placing on its API mean that certain services – including Job Change Notifier, which allowed users to be notified when their contacts changed jobs – are being shut down (TechCrunch)
Foursquare
- Foursquare’s latest update targets one of the world’s most widely used phones – the Foursquare app is now available for Nokia’s full series of S40 mobile phones (All Things D)
- Instagram debuts video embeds, could alter publishing habits – last week Instagram made its video feature embeddable, offering publishers and marketers another option when making content multimedia (AdWeek)
Yelp
- Yelp links traffic to transactions via mobile ordering feature – Yelp is differentiating itself among mobile location-based services by now offering the ability to order services through its mobile site and applications (Mobile Commerce Daily)
Any social media updates that we missed? Let us know in the comments below!
