Facebook Makes Mobile Sharing Easier for iOS Apps + MORE

Facebook Makes Mobile Sharing Easier for iOS Apps + MORE

Facebook gives admins new way to create ‘unpublished posts’ directly from pageFacebook is testing a new way for page owners to create “unpublished posts” — those that intentionally do not appear to all fans of their page – directly from the composer on their page.
Unpublished posts do not appear on a page’s Timeline or in fans’ News Feeds, but they can be promoted with ads…

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What Do Teens Share On Social Media (And How Are They Managing Their Privacy)? [STUDY]Teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than they have in the past but are also more proactively taking steps to better manage their privacy, reveals the latest report from Pew Internet.
In their Teens, Social Media, and Privacy analysis, Pew discovered that while 91 percent of teens have shared a photo of themselves, 53 percent have posted their email address and one in five (20 percent) have shared their cellphone number on a social networking site, 60 percent of Facebook-using teens have their profiles set to display to only friends and family, and almost one-quarter (24 percent) have a protected profile on Twitter…

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User-generated content platform Urturn raises $13.4m led by Balderton Capital and launches on iOSIn the week that Tumblr has been acquired by Yahoo, it’s interesting to see that Urturn, a service with a similar focus on user-generated content being shared by a youthful audience, has announced a $13.4 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Balderton Capital and coincides with the launch of Urturn’s mobile app for iOS…

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Xbox One: Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft's New ConsoleMicrosoft announced its newest gaming console, the Xbox One, Tuesday, and it plans to position the console as the intersection between television, gaming and other entertainment in your living room.
Microsoft made an hour-long presentation that emphasized the Xbox One’s new hardware, impressive graphics, connected interfaces and upcoming games…

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Facebook Makes Mobile Sharing Easier for iOS Apps
Facebook is simplifying the process for sharing activities from third-party iOS apps to the social network. The company announced the release of its native Share Dialog, which gives developers an easy way to integrate sharing capabilities with just one line of code.
Specifically, this tool enables your app users to post something back to Facebook with a single click…

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The typical employer pays an average of $10,000 a year per employee for healthcare. 
Keas announced at Healthbeat today two new content partnerships with My Healthy Dish and Noshtopia that will help employees make wiser nutritional choices and save employers money on health care costs. 
Businesses use Keas to create and manage their workplace health programs…

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Nutella Exemplifies How Not to Use Social MediaFacing an online revolt, Ferrero, the company that makes Nutella, rescinded a cease-and-desist letter it had sent to the organizer of World Nutella Day, an online event to celebrate the delicious chocolate-hazelnut spread.
“I’m relieved to say there’s been a positive resolution to the situation…

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Facebook platform industry news: Nimble and CrowdbabbleNimble
Social CRM company Nimble this today released a new version of its platform with more features for managing business contacts. A new “Today Screen” is an improved dashboard with a to-do list, milestones and key events among a user’s network. The “Signals Screen” gives users notifications from across their social networks, such as invitations, likes, shares and mentions…

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Did you miss Social Media Marketing World in April? Or perhaps you were there but weren’t able to attend all the sessions you would have liked to. In this article I’ve assembled for you 15 actionable social media marketing takeaways from some experts who presented at the event. Here’s what they had to say…

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Rando only launched in March but the anti-social photo-sharing app that deliberately eschews the standard social network clutter of likes and comments and connections – simply letting users share random photos with random strangers and get random snaps in return — has blasted past five million photo shares after a little over two months in the wild…

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