Facebook roundup: video ads, voice calling, logos and more + MORE

Social Media News: EdgeRank, LinkedIn Ads, Twitter
While you’ve been busy updating your company’s Facebook page, keeping your customers up to date through Twitter and posting the latest corporate video on YouTube, we’ve been reporting on the latest in social media news for businesses large and small.
In case you’ve missed any of it, here’s a recap of this week’s breaking stories…

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These 10 Cats Are More Awesome Than Yours

– mashable.com/social-media/

These 10 Cats Are More Awesome Than Yours
As with humans, some cats just have “it” — that mysterious quality that somehow sets them far apart from lesser kitties
We have found 10 such kitties that are almost certainly more awesome than the average mog
SEE ALSO: 10 Cats Clearly Plotting to Kill Their Owners

Take a look through our photogenic pool of cool cats in the image gallery above…

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No app has ever broken my heart quite like Vine, Twitter’s six-second animation maker. You capture a scene, then pocket your phone while you think of a witty way to describe. But when you open it a few minutes later or the app randomly crashes, it’s gone. That moment, that memory, deleted…

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Facebook roundup: video ads, voice calling, logos and moreFacebook video ad units could come with TV price tags – Facebook is reportedly prepping to sell its new video ads with an “upfront”-type marketplace and TV-like prices. According to AdAge, Facebook will have four daily summer slots — women over 30, women under 30, men over 30 and men over 30 — with an asking price close to $1 million…

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TweetDeck Apps and Social Commerce App Flattr Felled by Twitter’s API RulesImage via Flattr
In its ongoing efforts to police how its data is used by third-party apps, Twitter this week shut down mobile TweetDeck apps, Facebook integration with TweetDeck and use of the social commerce app Flattr on its platform.
TweetDeck is a Twitter client acquired by Twitter in 2011. As expected, Twitter today said it would shut down the client’s mobile apps…

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Twitter Careers: Jobs Posted At Twitter This Week

– mediabistro.com/alltwitter/

Twitter Careers: Jobs Posted At Twitter This WeekThis continues our series highlighting new positions posted at Twitter each week. Check out past listings here.
This week, Twitter added 27 new jobs to its career page.
And here they are:
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New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

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Six keys to tweeting and sharing during a crisis

– venturebeat.com/category/social/

Sukhraj Beasla works for social media marketing firm Viralheat.
This week’s tragic events of the Boston Marathon explosions have given me a lot of think about. While I’m still deeply saddened, I couldn’t help but notice the viral impact of social media during times like these. While it’s awesome we can get news almost instantaneously, there’s also much at stake if we’re not careful with what we say and how we respond during these times or any other time…

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Bringing the Lean Startup approach to healthcare

– thenextweb.com/socialmedia/

Bringing the Lean Startup approach to healthcareOn an ongoing mission to find inspiring individuals disrupting markets, industries and organizations, I sat down with Kapil Parakh, Director of Heart Failure at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Not only is he bringing Lean Startup methodology into his medical practice, but he most recently helped launch Health For America…

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