Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter and Google+:
- With Messenger app update, Facebook aims to inch further into your phone – new update allows users to send Facebook messages to other people (even if they aren’t friends on Facebook) as long as the recipient’s phone number is in the sender’s smartphone address book (AllThingsD)
- Twitter pulls a Facebook, fills your stream with photos and videos — but will it help or hurt? – last week Twitter launched a new feature that adds images and video previews to a user’s timeline automatically; it’s a big boost for advertisers (GigaOM)
Google+
- With a Slew of Updates, Google+ Makes Its Photography Pitch – last Tuesday Google ‘beefed up’ photo-enhancement features for the Google+ app, saying that Google aims to “revolutionize photography” (AllThingsD)
