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Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Google CEO Larry Page Becomes Most Circled Google+ User
Google CEO Larry Page is now the most-circled Google+ user, having usurped Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the top of the rankings. Page has been circled by 602,373 people at the time of this writing, compared to Zuckerberg's 599,124. Page posts on Google+ fairly regularly, but Zuckerberg has not yet shared any public content on the social network,... Read more » Turkey Earthquake Help Tweet Gets 17,000 Responses
A plea for help that was issued on Twitter following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Turkey has led to more than 17,000 responses, including offers of accomodation for those who have been left homeless by the disaster. Erhan Çelik, who is a journalist for Turkey's Kanal 7 TV station, asked his more than 22,000 Twitter followers if they were willing to offer those... Read more » GetGlue Launches New Features, Have Real-time Conversation Around A Topic
Social entertainment check-in service GetGlue has rolled out several new features on its website, including the ability to have conversations in real-time, the option to share your check-ins to Tumblr and widgets to display your check-ins and stickers. The real-time conversation feature will allow you to discuss a topic with your friends so you can talk about what... Read more » STUDY: The Popularity Of Social Networks Throughout The World
If there's one thing that social networking services can do, it's embarrass politicians. If there's another, its that they can bring together people from all over the world and allow them to communicate with each other in a way that was not possible in previous generations. Some networks are more popular than others in certain countries and Royal Pingdom has... Read more » Google+ Hires Former Yahoo Privacy Chief
A former Chief Trust Officer at Yahoo, Anne Toth, will soon start work in a new role with Google+. Toth has just left her role at Yahoo, according to AllThingsD. It is not yet clear what she will be doing in her new job at Google. "Come Monday I'll get to spin my own propeller. Excited to be joining Google and the Google+ team next week," Toth said in a post on... Read more » Facebook Could Be Fined $139K For Retaining Data Users Have Deleted
Facebook may face a fine of €100,000 ($138,845 U.S.) after a student claimed that the social network has retained data he thought he had deleted from his profile. Austrian law student Max Schrems asked Facebook for a copy of the data the company holds on him in June after attending a lecture by a Facebook executive while on an exchange program in California. The... Read more » Digg Brings Social Newsrooms Feature To iPhone, iPod Touch App
Digg has rolled an update to its iOS app, in which it brings its Newsrooms feature to iPhone and iPod touch devices. Other new features include commenting, social sharing and the ability to log out faster. Digg launched the Newsrooms feature last month to help you find the most meaningful and relevant news. When you visit a specific newsroom, you'll find the best... Read more » Facebook Teams Up With Department Of Labor, Nonprofit Groups To Launch Social Jobs Partnership
Facebook has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), DirectEmployers Association (DE) and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) to create the Social Jobs Partnership. The main aim of the initiative is to get unemployed Americans back to work by harnessing the power of social... Read more » STUDY: Facebook Has 57M US Mobile Users, Mobile Social Media Audience Grows 37% In Past Year
The results of a new study into mobile Internet usage shows that the number of Americans who are accessing social networking services and blogs using their mobile device has risen by 37 percent over a 1-year period. It was also discovered that Facebook has 57.3 million mobile users in the U.S. According to comScore, which carried out a study on data from the... Read more » Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Tops Fortune 40 Under 40 List
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has risen to the top of yet another major list as he has been named the hottest young business star on the Fortune 40 Under 40 list for 2011. Zuckerberg has moved up one place to take over the top spot from Marc Andreessen of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. As Andreessen is now 40, he is no longer eligible... Read more » 
