Wearable Computing Pioneer: How Google Glass Makes Life Better + MORE

YouTube is experimenting with a new feature designed to help users better discover videos and channels on its site. Called “YouTube Mix”, it’s an auto-generated playlist that will display suggested videos based on what you’re reading.
While the video service already has suggested videos displayed in the right-hand sidebar of each page, YouTube Mix offers users the ability to watch 50 videos continuously that it thinks they’ll be interested in…

Social media fundamentally changed the web of human interaction. Just as we can use it to share our thoughts and connect to an audience, so too, can terrorists.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a North African affiliate of Al Qaeda, held an open question-and-answer session on Twitter for journalists earlier this month…

On most Mondays, we post “This week on Twitter” to alert you to key things happening in the coming week. Whether it’s a live chat with the cast of your favorite TV show, a Q&A with a political candidate or a pro sports team Tweepstakes, keep current about can’t-miss moments on Twitter in the week ahead…

With consumers turning their attention to mobile devices, advertisers have had to change strategies to reach them. Facebook and Twitter have integrated mobile ad units well, and now other social networks are following suit. Today, blogging platform Tumblr announced the rollout of mobile ads for its iOS and Android apps…

This is a weekly series of posts that highlights newly-verified brands, celebrities and persons of interest on Twitter.
Twitter verifies accounts to prove authenticity of identity. That is, the little blue verified badge is added to profiles that are at a high risk of impersonation to prove to other users that this person or brand is who they say they are…

Do you target kids with cheap ads or more expensive adults? Nanigans has just raised a $5.85 million “Series A.1″ from Avalon Ventures to build SaaS technology that predicts which audiences earn advertisers more money. With revenue up 6x in 18 months, Nanigans hopes to keep up with Facebook’s progress by pouring its funding into R&D…

This is a guest post by Todd Herrold, senior director of product marketing at Kenshoo Social, a Facebook Strategic Preferred Marketing Developer with Facebook Exchange access.
Facebook introduced Graph Search in January signaling a major shift in social search. Graph Search matches natural language search terms with content from the searcher’s network (social graph) to identify and return relevant results based on several factors…

Looking for insider advice on social app development, marketing, and monetization? Discover how to take your app to the next level at the Inside Social Apps Conference & Expo, happening June 6-7 in San Francisco.
This event will showcase the industry’s most forward-thinking minds in panels, presentations, and fireside chats…

Long before it was a gleam in Sergey Brin’s eye, Thad Starner was sporting a bulky, comparatively prehistoric version of what would ultimately become Google Glass.
Starner introduced wearable computing to MIT in 1993; he now has two decades of experience in computer-aided perception. His accoutrements got the attention of Brin and Google co-founder Larry Page back in 1998, who later made him the technical lead manager on Glass
Now that Google Glass is poised to become a mainstream product, Starner (second from right, above, in a photo from 1996) reflected on some of the benefits and limitations of wearable computing…

Dr. Jill Biden, wife of vice president Joe Biden, now has her own Twitter account @DrBiden. The announcement came from that handle this morning:
The @drbiden Office is now on @twitter & will post updates and pics. When it’s her, she’ll sign –Jill
— Dr. Jill Biden (@DrBiden) April 22, 2013

Two other items were posted on Twitter this morning from the second lady’s account, regarding the gender gap in public leadership, and congratulating the teacher of the year:
“We all play a role in closing the gender gap in public leadership…