First Look: Sports Stars' Adorable Mother's Day Photos – mashable.com/social-media/ Facebook has become a central way for some of the sports world’s biggest stars to share intimate looks at their lives off the playing field with fans around the world Daily doings, thoughts on current events and peeks at family time are all highlights of this still relatively new type of fan access… Continue Reading On mashable.com/social-media/ » Facebook hires and departures: VP EMEA filled; general counsel and head of Android product leave – insidefacebook.com Facebook has hired Nicola Mendelsohn as VP, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, filling a void...

Mobile Apps Privacy Bill Introduced in House – socialtimes.com Georgia Democrat Hank Johnson today introduced a bill that would require app makers to present privacy policies to users before they collect any data from their mobile devices and to securely maintain the data they collect.  The bill — called the Application Privacy, Protection and Security Act, or Apps Act — essentially follows in the footsteps of the California Attorney General’s office, which began requiring mobile apps to offer users privacy policies… Continue Reading On socialtimes.com » Finding out which friends of yours use Bang With Friends is painfully easy –...

Disney Joins The Private Social Networking Craze With New Photo & Video Sharing App Called “Story” – techcrunch.com/social The latest to join the cadre of startups offering tools for more private sharing outside of Facebook’s massive footprint is not, in fact, another startup, but rather another media giant: Disney. Citing its “rich heritage in storytelling,” Disney’s Interactive division, best known for games, sites, and virtual worlds like “Where’s My Water?,” “Temple Run: Brave,” “Club Penguin,” Disney… Continue Reading On techcrunch.com/social » Airbnb Find: Sleep in Someone Else’s Car in San Francisco, Just $103 a Night – socialtimes.com Rents in San Francisco...

Parse announces new hosting product less than 2 weeks after Facebook acquisition – insidefacebook.com Parse, the cloud-based app development platform Facebook agreed to acquire in late April, today announced its latest product: Parse Hosting. Parse Hosting enables developers to create a web presence for their app without having to manage their own servers or turn to another third party. Previously, Parse offered ways for developers to store their mobile app’s data in the cloud but didn’t host web apps or landing pages on the web for them until now… Continue Reading On insidefacebook.com » Facebook platform industry news: Compass Labs,...

Facebook tests new rating scales for places – insidefacebook.com As Facebook continues to encourage users to rate the places they’ve been, the social network is testing different language for its five-star rating scale. After a user has checked into a place or been tagged in a post with location, they may see a “Rate These Places” module in the right hand side of Facebook… Continue Reading On insidefacebook.com » Ethics, Challenges and Inspiration in an Age When All CEOs Tweet – sproutsocial.com/insights For some executives, social media can still feel like the final frontier. The networks are known to be...

Facebook careers: Arabic language specialist, DR strategist, marketing communications and more – insidefacebook.com Facebook added 34 new positions to its careers page this week, including a number of openings on the engineering, account management and user operations teams. The company is looking for a number of administrative assistants in different departments, including one to work directly for COO Sheryl Sandberg… Continue Reading On insidefacebook.com » Facebook hires and departures: CAO steps down; partner development roles filled – insidefacebook.com Facebook removed 27 job listings from its careers page this week, likely after making hires in the areas of measurement, strategic partner development, communications and others....

Following acquisition by Avis, Zipcar makes its cars available at 8 more US and Canadian airports – thenextweb.com/socialmedia/ Zipcar, the car sharing service that recently was acquired by Avis, announced on Thursday that it was bringing its vehicles to eight more airports in North America. As a result, travelers can rent a vehicle at their leisure from one of 11 airports around the world making it easy to get around. The new airports are spread across the continent with seven in the US and one in Canada… Continue Reading On thenextweb.com/socialmedia/ » Stephen Colbert Asks Snapchat Founders if Their Profit...

3,800 developers bought Facebook mobile app install ads driving 25M downloads – insidefacebook.com Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on today’s first quarter earnings call that mobile app install ads were “one of most important new ad products” the company offers. COO Sheryl Sandberg pointed out that 3,800 developers used the product to drive a total of 25 million app downloads in the App Store and Google Play… Continue Reading On insidefacebook.com » Facebook earnings preview: changes to ads, payments, gifts and other revenue streams in Q1 – insidefacebook.com Facebook plans to announce its 2013 first quarter earnings tomorrow after the...

Facebook redesigns mobile business pages – insidefacebook.com Facebook today released a new mobile layout for business and fan pages, which gives users more actionable information up top but pushes unpinned page posts further down the screen. The redesign better optimizes pages for the mobile use case, for instance, looking up a store’s location or hours, viewing a restaurant’s photos or seeing reviews and friend recommendations… Continue Reading On insidefacebook.com » Ex-Googlers launch venture-backed SRCH2 to speed up enterprise search – thenextweb.com/socialmedia/ SRCH2, an enterprise search startup created by Google veterans, has officially launched, while also announcing an “insider round” of...

Social Media News: EdgeRank, LinkedIn Ads, Twitter – sproutsocial.com/insights 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… Continue Reading On sproutsocial.com/insights » These 10 Cats Are More Awesome Than Yours – mashable.com/social-media/ 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...

This week at Microsoft: Earnings, Azure, and 7″ tablets – thenextweb.com/socialmedia/ It was a busy week in the realm of Microsoft – thank god that isn’t an MMORPG – so we shall have to be summary in our notes today. Check your coffee mug, is it full? We have some ground to cover. Before we dive in, double check that you are following TNW’s Microsoft channel on Facebook, and Twitter… Continue Reading On thenextweb.com/socialmedia/ » Facebook brings Promoted Posts to mobile, tests audience options on desktop – insidefacebook.com Facebook has brought its Promoted Posts feature for pages to its mobile...