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Facebook launches Timeline Movie Maker

timeline_movie_makeFacebook today launched a new app called Timeline Movie Maker, which creates a movie highlighting moments from your Timeline (you’ll thus need to get the new profile if you don’t have it yet, in order to use this app). Marketing agency Definition6 built the app with Facebook, more…

Search & Mobile Marketing Trends: SEO Apocalypse 2012

seo-four-horsemenThis has been a year where search marketing truly matured. Mobile became one of the largest growth components, with its share of the overall search market now reaching 20 percent.

Looking ahead, expect 2012 to be the year when we push further into the more…

Prince Alwaleed Invests $300M in Twitter

AlwaleedPrince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi investor with stakes in Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Citigroup Inc. (C), and his investment company agreed to buy a $300 million stake in Twitter Inc., the microblogging service with about 100 million users.

The agreement to acquire a “strategic stake” in Twitter more…

How Facebook Tracks Users

facebook-cookiesInformation on how Facebook tracks its users behaviors both on and off site has been released. Most worrisome is that Facebook keeps a running log of the sites a user has visited in the past 90 days. more…

4 Tips for Optimizing Your Resume with Social Media

social-mediaGerrit Hall is the CEO and co-founder of RezScore, a free web application that reads, analyzes and grades resumes instantly. Gerrit has successfully combined his passion for computer science and the careers space by helping job seekers write the best resume possible. You can connect with Gerrit and RezScore on Facebook and Twitter. more…

The Future of Social TV [VIDEO]

christie-tannerTechnology is changing entertainment for better and for worse, according to TV Guide’s general manager and executive vice president, Christy Tanner, who spoke at the Mashable Media Summit. more…

Facebook vs. Google+ vs. Twitter vs. LinkedIn

social_mediaMuch has changed since we examined the ongoing war between Facebook and Twitter in the spring of 2010. The stakes are higher, the competition has increased, and we see LinkedIn and Google roaring into the social networking arena like never before. more…

6 Tips for Using Promoted Tweets to Boost Your Brand’s Visibility

twitter-moneyTwitter now has 100 million active users generating some 200 million tweets and 1.6 billion search queries every day. Despite the promise of reaching such a massive, highly-engaged audience, many advertisers have struggled to find the best way to connect with Twitter users. more…

PROTECT IP Opponents Claim Upcoming House Version May Hurt Twitter, YouTube, Facebook

urlApparently “innocent until proven guilty” isn’t going to hold up well on the interwebs. At least not according to a group called Demand Progress, who claims that the upcoming House version of the PROTECT IP Act could offer even more power to the accuser. And even worse, sites like Twitter and YouTube may be under fire in no time at all. more…

We Have Grown 200% YoY In India: Country Manager, OLX India

Argentina-based classifieds site OLX was launched in India in 2006 and it was among the earlier breed of Internet businesses. The company is now gearing up for a long-awaited rise in Internet and mobile Internet usage, following the spurt of social networking activity and the increasing interest in online shopping across the country. more…

Will clicks on social media ads translate into votes?

political_twitterOn Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie threw his support behind former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination.

People who use Twitter as a news source probably typed more…

Messaging and Online Collaboration News

Social media sales from social ads, virtual currency and subscription services are poised to grow to $15 billion next year and double that figure by 2015. Facebook and Google will lead the way.

Led by advertising sales, worldwide social media revenue will grow 50 percent in more…