Facebook tests new look for mobile permissions process + MORE

By Chris Warden, CEO of Spread Effect.
It’s 2013. By now, we all know the importance of social media, and how an integrated content strategy is the key to good SEO. The one piece of the puzzle that’s lacking is just how to update your social accounts in a way that will drive more traffic, grow your target audience, and increase engagement with your current audience…

Facebook has acquired stealth software startup Osmeta, TechCrunch reports today. The deal was apparently completed last month.
A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the acquisition, but did not offer any additional information. Osmeta did not share an update on its website.
San Francisco-based Osmeta was made up of 19 engineers and led by Amit Singh, who previously worked at Google and started the Chrome OS project…

Furthering the integration of its products, Google is testing a new program that enables you to link your Google+ pages to your YouTube accounts and channels.
If you’re a community manager or part of an agency, this is especially beneficial as linking the two accounts will enable support for multiple admins…

Facebook is testing different designs for the mobile login process for third-party apps and sites that connect with the social platform.
In December 2012, Facebook announced changes to the apps permissions process, which separates read and write permissions into different dialogs. This means users have the option to log into an application and receive a personalized experience using their name, friend list and other aspects of their profile, but they can reject the app’s request to publish activity on their behalf…

The Internet is powerful.
So powerful, in fact, that it has the bandwidth to track God.
Yesterday, as of this writing, God had: filled 238 coffee mugs and 21 beer mugs, helped Texas 100 times and New York 51 times, and helped 455 people with school work.
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Predictive sports game startup PrePlay has closed a $4.7 million Series B round, led by Trilogy Equity Partners LLC. RSE Ventures, the VC fund founded by Miami Dolphins’ owner Stephen Ross and Matt Higgins, also participated in the round.
PrePlay closed its $3.1 million Series A last July, with RSE Ventures’ CEO Matt Higgins participating in that round as an angel investor…

Today, we’re introducing Trends in more than 160 new locations. Included in that list are a number of countries that will be getting Trends for the first time: Belgium, Greece, Kenya, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and Ukraine, plus more than 130 new cities in countries that already have Trends. Trends are an easy way to find out what people are talking about right now –– around the world, in your country, or in your city…

Recognizing the best in video for social good, YouTube announced the four winners of its fourth annual DoGooder Video Awards Friday.
The categories, which include “Best Non-Profit Video” and “Funny for Good,” celebrate videos that successfully tap into the power of the social web to garner support for good causes…

Twitter has published a music.twitter.com webpage with a #music hashtag and a so-far-non-functional sign-in button, suggesting that Twitter’s new music application will launch as soon as this weekend.
Twitter Music will almost certainly suggest artists to follow and songs to listen to, likely built on the music discovery platform We Are Hunted, which Twitter bought last year…