The social space online changes rapidly. Feedback stays on top of emerging media news so you don’t have to. Here are the top 5 must-read social media articles of the week for June 19, 2011.
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Anna’s Social Media Picks of the Week (04/23/10)
by FeedbackDo you have time to search the web everyday to find the newest social media tools? If the answer is no, then you have come to the right place. (& if the answer is yes, leave a comment with your favorites). I have searched the World Wide Web for social media information all week, and stumbled upon a few favorites along the way.
Here are my picks of the week:
Foursquare Hits a Million:
This week, Foursquare has hit the 1 million mark. Yep, there is now over 1 million Foursquare users. On Thursday, Foursquare tweeted about their anticipation of this milestone, saying, “We’re closing in on 1 million users! Current count is 969,775. Looks like that’s we may have something to toast during Friday Happy Hour :).”
Social Plugins:
Facebook announced five social plugins at f8 that can be embedded into websites -which you will then be able to interact with. Here’s what I took away from the article What the Facebook F8 Annoucements Mean for You:
- Friends Activity Plugin: Lets you see what real time news feed results of your Facebook friends activity pertaining to the site you’re on. (see CNN.com)
- Like Plugin: Without having to login, this plugin lets you see which of your friends like the site or have engaged with it recently
- Recommendations Plugin: Provides recommendations for site content that Facebook users liked most
- Log-In Plugin: Offers functionality on website based on people who are already logged in to Facebook. Basically an updated version of Facebook connect, which now contains photos of friends who have already joined the website.
- Social Bar Plugin: Lets you to chat with Facebook friends and show likes on Facebook all from the website you’re on.
Open Graph:
Another announcement at f8 was Open Graph. Open Graph essentially shares things you “like” with other websites (unless you opt out). As Giganom states, “If you indicate you like an article, a band, a restaurant — anything, really — a site using Facebook’s open graph protocol can create a persistent relationship with you around that content.” Microsoft Docs, Pandora, and Yelp are initial partners for Open Graph, so these sites will have the ability to personalize your experience using your public Facebook information.
Other Facebook News:
Other changes to Facebook this week include that fans have official been changed to like on pages. Also, Facebook is now prompting users to link their hobbies to pages around the web by automatically pulling in choices they think are correct. Facebook also introduced Graph API at f8, which in a nutshell, just makes it easier for developers to utilize the facebook platform.
The Lost iPhone:
A big news topic this week was that an iPhone 4G was accidentally left at a bar, resulting in someone else taking it home & discovering it was the next iPhone. Although Apple security shut off the phone, Gizmodo got the shell for $5,000. Here’s the photos of the iPhone 4G: http://bit.ly/cSJgYb
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Anna’s Social Media Picks of the Year – 2011
by FeedbackIt’s been quite a landmark year for connectivity, social media and technology. Here are my recommendations for the best of “the best of’s” for 2011:
Twitter Topics:
Numerous current events were discussed on Twitter this year, some of which even broke on there first (such as the Osama bin Laden announcement). Here are the news items that topped the Twitter trending list:
See Twitter’s year in review here.
IPO Mania:
This was the year of IPO buzz. Social media companies that went public in 2011:
Speculations circulate that the IPO trend will continue in 2012 with the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
Top Tech Stories:
CNN selected their top picks for tech stories in 2011. Here are their 10:
Click here to read the full article.
The 2011 Social Media Timeline:
Social Media Today put together a timeline that makes it easy to recap social media accomplishments throughout the year:
What’s next?
Tech Guru’s share their opinions on what they think the online future holds:
Next year – from CNN:
In 5 years – from IBM (Covered by techworldnews):
2011 has been an innovative year and 2012 looks as if it won’t disappoint. Happy New Year!
-Anna (@alucas9)