STUDY: Facebook use growing in emerging Asia + MORE

If you want to go big on YouTube, you don’t want do be a big corporate brand or repurpose content from the nightly news. You do want to talk about gaming, entertainment, or comedy — but ideally about gaming. And you most definitely want to have something to say.
The top 200 YouTube channels have published 186,950 videos which have gathered 144 billion views, 520 million comments, and a billion likes, according to an as-yet-unreleased study by social TV startup SimulTV, which has launched a social TV app for web and tablets…

Are you looking for ways to strengthen the impact of the content you create? It isn’t always easy to generate the buzz you’re looking for. Knowing what to publish, when and where can greatly increase the visibility and reach of your content. In this article, you will find 26 topics, an A-Z guide, with key points […

Facebook recently took users behind the curtain for an in-depth look at the engine that powers the social graph: TAO. Whenever you check into a place, comment on a friend’s status, or like a photo, TAO knows.
TAO, which stands for The Associations and Objects is the motor that keeps Facebook’s graph going, learning about relationships between users…

POSSIBLE and Wildfire
Global brand agency POSSIBLE announced that it has started a strategic partnership with social technology company Wildfire. The terms of the deal will provide POSSIBLE global clients that utilize Wildfire Social Marketing Suite with more platform capabilities, providing a more holistic view of how social fits into social strategies…

You know that getting your message in the News Feed is increasingly challenging.
Right hand side ads are likely to go away, since effectiveness and visibility are dwindling.
So what do you do?
Enter your savior.
Have you heard about unpublished (dark) posts on Facebook? They’re underutilized, but quite easy to create, with many beneficial features…

Today Foursquare updated its Android and iOS apps, giving individuals the ability to check-in their friends. While aimed primarily at your customers, there’s one big takeaway if you have a business listed on Foursquare: more check-ins.
Previously, the location-based social network let people mention friends, but not actually check them in — The Next Web noted that this ability was previously available through a third-party app…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent letters to two dozen search engine companies urging them to clearly and prominently distinguish advertising from natural search results, noting that in recent years paid search results have become less distinguishable from advertising.
The letters are meant to update guidance published more than a decade ago in 2002, as the FTC notes in its latest letter that it has “observed a decline in compliance with the [2002] letter’s guidance”…

Americans are growing more open about their sexual orientation, and that could help defeat prejudice. In honor of Gay Pride Week, Facebook ran the numbers and found 70 percent of U.S. users are friends with someone who lists themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. That fact could remind people they’re hurting someone they know when they’re intolerant or use homophobic slurs…

Facebook growth may have tapered off in the U.S., but it is booming elsewhere in the world. A recent study by Jana shows that Facebook users in emerging Asian countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines check the site constantly from their phones.
Jana polled more than 2,000 Facebook users in those countries, asking them about their usage and whether or not they’d use Facebook more often in the future…

According to Fast Company, legendary brand consultant and author Gary Vaynerchuk is launching a talent agency for the stars of Vine.
No, this is not a June Fools’ joke. Read on for the details.
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One-Liner Pitch: Dash automatically tracks data about your driving habits and your car’s wear and tear to keep you safe, and save you money…

The City of Los Angeles is the latest to tell ride-sharing apps SideCar, Lyft and Uber that they are operating car services without a license and must cease and desist immediately.
The letters from the L.A. department of transportation appear to be in direct opposition with an agreement the companies struck with the state Public Utilities Commission, which gave them permission to operate while it attempts to address the larger regulatory question of whether they are car services or merely a new way for consumers to connect with one another and with taxi and limo services…