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• 22 April 2013

• News: Reddit apologizes for 'online witch hunt' for Boston bombing suspect

  In a testament to the issues surrounding the appropriate use of social media during a tragedy, Reddit is publicly apologizing for the role that it played last week in fueling an online witch hunt that led to identifying an innocent Brown University student as a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

• News: Schmidt says Google Glass still a year away

  Google's Eric Schmidt said the company's wearable computer, Glass, is about a year from reaching the market.

• News: Tumblr ads go mobile

  Animated GIFs, journal entries, cat photos, and now, more ads. Tumblr, in an effort to further boost its revenue, is rolling out ads into users' mobile feeds.

• News: Facebook Home surpasses 500,000 installs, gets lots of one-star reviews

  In just 10 days, Facebook Home has just surpassed a half-million installations on Google Play. As a point of comparison, that's only slightly less than the population of the entire nation of Luxemburg.

• News: Twitter, Comedy Central team for five-day #ComedyFest

  Hot on the heels of the launch of its new music discovery service, Twitter now plans to push its content chops even further by holding a five-day comedy "festival" in partnership with Viacom's Comedy Central, complete with the abundant use of hashtags.

• News: 80% of HK commercial websites use social media

  About 80 percent of commercial websites in Hong Kong use social media to communicate with their customers, according to Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited (HKIRC).

• News: Facebook Home hits 500K downloads

  In the 10 days that Facebook Home has been available, it has had more than 500,000 downloads.

• 19 April 2013

• News: Social nets could hold wealth of info on Boston bombers

  As the manhunt goes on for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, the bombers' social networks could give investigators needed clues about them.

• News: Twitter and BBC America team on 'in-Tweet branded video'

  Fast on the heels of its not-game-changing #Music service launch, Twitter appears to be jumping straight into streaming video content. BBC America has announced that it will be the first channel to team up with Twitter to present "in-Tweet" video.

• News: Boston police use Twitter to inform residents during manhunt

  Boston police today used Twitter and Facebook to reach out to residents during a manhunt for one of the men suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon this past Monday.

• News: Google+ and Blogger cozy up with new comment system

  Google isn't backing down on its social network, Google+. Instead the search giant is ramping up integration with other services. Now, if you write a blog or regularly comment on one using Blogger, you can comment using Google+.

• News: MusicBrainz data dump serves as a warning for password reuse: Trend Micro

  MusicBrainz, the popular open content music database, disclosed at the end of March that a database dump had taken place and user information had been downloaded.

• News: StoneBridge brings EngageSciences social media marketing platform to APAC

  Australian enterprise content management (ECM) solutions provider, StoneBridge Systems, has signed an agreement to offer UK-based EngageSciences’ social media marketing platform in Asia-Pacific (APAC).

• 18 April 2013

• News: Google's revenue rises 31 percent, nudged by advertising gains

  Google's first-quarter revenue rose by 31 percent to about $14 billion, driven by strong gains within the company's advertising business.

• News: Revamped LinkedIn apps crib Facebook's mobile style

  Professional social network LinkedIn is makeover kick as the company looks to emphasize the social sharing aspects of its business-focused service.

• How-Tos: Get social with OS X's Twitter integration

  Beginning in Mountain Lion, OS X features social media integration options with both Twitter and Facebook, letting you post to the services from the OS itself, as well as sync contacts.

• News: VMware Adds Project Management, Secure IM to Socialcast Platform

  The virtualization giant adds project management and secure messaging capabilities to its enterprise social networking and collaboration platform in an effort to break down information silos and centralize workflow.

• News: Twitter unveils new #music app and service

  Twitter today is releasing a service that the social network hopes will change how people find music and artists.

• News: Twitter #Music app launches for iPhone and web

  Twitter has officially launched its Twitter #Music app, allowing users to discover new music.

• How-Tos: Social Data Warehousing Is Worth the Trouble

  Everybody knows data warehousing is big data. But when you want to understand what's really going on with your customers' social interactions, terabytes may seem small. It's a laborious process, but the insight it provides can reap big rewards.

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