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• 31 January 2013

• News: Tennis grand slam champions win in the Twitter-verse

  Australian Open champions Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka have unsurprisingly topped IBM’s social media rankings for the event.

• 30 January 2013

• News: Facebook revenue jumps 40 percent in Q4 as mobile overtakes Web use

  Facebook posted a revenue increase of 40 percent in the fourth quarter as the number of daily mobile users exceeded daily Web users for the first time ever, the company reported.

• News: Yandex's Wonder app latest to be quashed by Facebook

  Russian search giant Yandex is temporarily suspending the development of its Wonder social discovery app just one week after Facebook blocked the app's access to its API data.

• News: Researchers use Twitter to track flu outbreak

  Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are using Twitter to track what has been a particularly severe flu season across the U.S.

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• News: Facebook payment platform Payvment to close

  Social media commerce platform Payvment is to shut down, moving its customers over to competitor Ecwid.

• 29 January 2013

• News: Gartner: Social business software efforts largely unsuccessful, for now

  Many large companies are embracing internal social networks, but for the most part, they're not getting much good from them, according to analyst firm Gartner.

• News: Foursquare launches new mobile app for business owners

  Foursquare has launched a new mobile app aimed at making it easier for the 1 million business owners using the service to connect and share news with customers.

• News: Top 10 Facebook Graph Search Questions Answered

  With its Jan. 15 announcement of Facebook Graph Search, has the social network changed the art and science of organic search engine optimization (SEO)? Or has nothing changed at all for businesses that are already practicing SEO, social media and content marketing?

• 28 January 2013

• News: Twitter account of al Shabaab Somali militant group is closed

  The Twitter account of Somali Islamic militant group al Shabaab has been closed following the group's use of the microblogging site to link to videos of Kenyan hostages, mock rivals and claim responsibility for several bombings in Kenya.

• News: How to Collect $10 From Facebook

  Facebook settled a class action lawsuit that sets aside $20 million for users whose image or name was featured in Sponsored Stories advertisements. Here's how to find out if you qualify for a paycheck.

• News: Twitter transparency report shows government data requests on the rise

  Twitter has released new numbers showing that the social network complied with government data requests 69 percent of the time in the U.S., as government requests for user information worldwide continue to rise.

• News: Google+ outranks Twitter as no. 2 social network after Facebook

  Google+ is now the world's second largest social network, outranking Twitter that comes in at the number four position. But both social networks are still far behind Facbook, which is used by more than 51 percent of the world's online population, according to a new survey.

• News: Hands on with Swipp: Compare global opinions in real time

  The latest contender in social networking emerged from stealth mode this week, offering yet another forum to share and compare opinions in a social stream of your acquaintances and the web at large.

• News: Twitter's Vine ripe with users of video sharing service

  Twitter launched Vine recently and it appears the video sharing service that lets you post clips up to six seconds long is already a hit with users.

• News: Facebook legal notice could get you cash, so don't trash it

  Facebook recently sent a legal notice to users that may appear daunting at first glance, but before you relegate it to the trash bin you ought to take a look at it -- it could mean cash in your pocket.

• 26 January 2013

• News: Facebook updates developer policy after Vine scuffle

  Facebook has updated its policies for third-party application developers in a bid to explain why Twitter's new Vine video-sharing app is unable to access Facebook's friend-finder tool.

• 25 January 2013

• News: Vine's blocked Facebook search rooted in larger trends

  The blocked Facebook friend-search feature on Twitter's new Vine mobile video app may be an annoyance for users, but it's all part of the social networking game.

• News: How to clean up your business's online reputation

  Keeping tabs on your company's online reputation is one thing. But angry customers trash-talking your business can sabotage your good name overnight. It's no easy task to minimize the damage done from the Web equivalent of the slam book.

• News: Twitter ordered to identify racist tweeters in France

  A French court has ordered Twitter to hand over any data that could help authorities there identify people who posted racist and anti-Semitic tweets on its website.

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