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• 24 April 2013

• News: Windows Phone 8 users can now use Tumblr on the go

  Windows Phone 8 users can now Tumbl on the go. (Tumble? Use Tumblr.)

• 23 April 2013

• News: Facebook Likes Are Worth $174 to Your Brand

  According to a new report, the value of a Facebook "like" has increased 28 percent over the last three years. Here's a look at other findings from the survey, plus tips for how you can continue to use Facebook to build brand loyalty and drive sales.

• News: AP Twitter Hijacking Proves Need for Better Authentication, Encryption

  The Associated Press's Twitter account was hijacked this afternoon and used to tweet a false message that reported two explosions at the White House had left U.S. President Barack Obama injured. One security expert says the incident underscores the need to adopt out-of-band two-factor authentication and keystroke encryption.

• News: AP's Twitter account hacked; false 'Obama injured' tweet sent

  The Twitter account of the Associated Press was hacked today and a bogus tweet was sent claiming President Obama had been hurt in an explosion.

• News: Twitter hackers take over AP account with false tweet

  A tweet posted on the Associated Press account Tuesday reporting two explosions at the White House was bogus and is the result of a hack, the news organization said.

• News: Crowdsourcing a crisis: How to use Twitter in a tragedy

  Social media can be invaluable in the immediate aftermath of a disaster or breaking news story. It can also give you a dangerously distorted picture of what's going on.

• News: Wall Street pushes for exemptions in state social-media monitoring laws

  Even as several states have put in place, or are proposing new laws barring employers from monitoring the social media activities of their employees, one Wall Street regulator is seeking exemptions to such rules for some financial services companies.

• News: Facebook can keep its real name policy, German appellate court decides

  Facebook doesn't have to allow nicknames on its platform and can keep its real name policy in Germany, the Administrative Court of Appeals of the State of Schleswig-Holstein said Tuesday.

• News: Twitter inks major ad deal, makes TV push

  Twitter is reportedly closer to raking in the big bucks with a new advertising deal worth a few-hundred million dollars.

• News: Malware hijacks Twitter accounts to send dangerous links

  Twitter users in the Netherlands are being targeted by a piece of malware that hijacks their accounts, according to security vendor Trusteer.

• 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.

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