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Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
French Minister Asks His Wife To Come To Bed In Public Tweet
Eric Besson, the industry minister for France, has become the latest high-profile politician to fall victim to a social networking slip-up after he publicly shared a tweet where he asked his wife to go to bed with him. Oops. It appears that Besson, who tweets as @Eric_Besson, had intended to send a Direct Message to his wife Yasmine Tordjman. However, he made an... Read more » Adam Levine Slams FOX News On Twitter, Followers Have Mixed Reactions
Adam Levine has again spoken his mind on Twitter. This time around, FOX News is the subject of the Maroon 5 singer's anger as he asked the cable news network not to use his band's music in the future -- in a rather blunt way. He tweeted, "Dear Fox News, don't play our music on your evil f***ing channel ever again. Thank you." Back in August, Levine hit out at the... Read more » Detective Banned From Sharing Work Life On Twitter After Tweeting Photo Of Murder Victim
A Los Angeles detective says that he was banned from sharing details about his work on Twitter after tweeting a photo of a murder victim. Sal LaBarbera, who has served on gang and homicide squads for 24 years, shared a photo of Oscar Arevalo lying dead on a curb after he was fatally shot during a gang dispute. Arvelo's body was covered in a blanket and was... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How Companies View Social Advertising
It’s no secret that social advertising is a hugely popular way for companies to promote themselves. Social networks are constantly developing new and more effective and appealing ways of advertising on their services, like how Twitter moved ads into users' timelines and how Facebook launched a new ad program targeted at smaller businesses. It’s hard to say... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How College Students Use Social Networking
Social networking is extremely popular in colleges across the country. After all, Facebook started at one, right? Social networking has changed everything from the way students learn to how they meet new people and even date. While studies are mixed on the benefits of using social networks in an educational setting, we can all agree that students will not be stopping... Read more » UK Politicians Vote Against Ban On Tweeting From Parliament
Politicians in the U.K. will be allowed to continue tweeting during parliamentary debates after voting against a proposal to ban the use of Twitter in the House of Commons. Members of Parliament can use smartphones and tablets inside the chamber as long as the devices are set to silent mode and are used with “decorum," according to the BBC. Several politicians... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: Southwest Airlines Responsible For 13.6% Of Airline Twitter Activity, Delta Falls Behind
Service industries have been utilizing Twitter to connect with their customers almost since Twitter’s inception. Airlines have adopted the microblogging platform quicker than many other service industries and it’s not surprising considering it’s a necessary mode of transportation for some people. Eezeer, which releases monthly stats on airlines that utilize... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: What AddThis Has Seen In 5 Years Of Social Sharing
The content sharing platform AddThis is celebrating its fifth birthday. After 5 years the service reaches 1.2 billion users on 10 million domains and in 70 different languages. To celebrate their success, the service released an interesting infographic about sharing on the Web. In 1 day, AddThis sees 2.56 billion views on their shares. If each of those pageviews... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: Interesting Stats About Facebook, Twitter And More
Social media is something that most of us use every day, but if you look at the networks we log in to, you’ll notice that most of us log in to one of the big 4 – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Google+. These social networks are some of the most popular, fastest growing and most culturally relevant networks on the Web and it is almost hard to think that less than... Read more » Twitter Updates iPhone, iPad App Ahead Of iOS 5 Launch
Twitter has rolled out an update to its iOS app. Version 3.5 of the app allows you to access an enhanced sign-up experience and upload photos directly to the social network using its native photo-sharing feature. The latest version of the app also offers an updated Direct Messages design and the ability to tap on a location to see tweets that were sent nearby --... Read more » 
