Snapchat, Nextdoor, FONYFW, & Tweet-to-Buy: the Social 6 for 2/12/13
Today was actually a pretty busy day around the Internetz, with plenty of strong stories sadly being left off of the Social 6. The good news is that the ones that made the cut are pretty sweet, including plenty of app news (Snapchat, Winston, Nextdoor), another reason to get an Amex card, and the most click & shareworthy piece of the day, my analysis of how Faces of NYFW is democratizing Fashion Week. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Winston, the iOS app that aggregates, curates, & reads you the news (The Next Web)
#5: Nextdoor (private social network) banks another $21 million, launches version 2.0 (AllThingsD)
#4: Snapchat Brings Video To Android In A Private Beta (TechCrunch)
#3: How To Hack Online Dating And Use Data To Find True Love (ReadWriteWeb)
#2: American Express Cardholders Can Now Tweet to Buy (All Things D)
#1: Experience Fashion Week Up Close with Faces of NYFW (Going Social)
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Wink, Material Wrld, Facebook Gifts, & Cardfree: the Social 6 News Roundup for 12/12/12
Happy 12/12/12 folks! For some reason, most of the news across the social web yesterday – or at least the news that I shared and you all clicked on and re-shared – had to do with money. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Top Domains: Forexpros Buys Investing.com For $2.45M, Launches One-Stop Financial Portal For Everyday Investors (TechCrunch)
#5: With $10M In The Bank, Cardfree Launches To Take On LevelUp And Square In Mobile Payments (TechCrunch)
#4: Wink: A fresh take on photo-sharing that instantly sends your new pictures to the friends you’re with (The Next Web)
#3: Fashion Marketplace Material Wrld Raises 780K Seed Round Led By Warby Parker, Bonobos Investor Great Oaks VC (The Next Web)
#2: Facebook builds a Preferred Marketing Developer Center app to better connect ad companies and vendors (The Next Web)
#1: Facebook Pushes Out Gifts to All U.S. Users (Complete With Holiday Booze) (All Things D)
Google+ Communities, Instagram Photos in Twitter, & Social Media Gaffes: The Social 6 News Roundup for 12/11/12
We're almost as 12/12/12! Hang in there folks. In the meantime, here are the most clickworthy, shareworthy things I posted across my social channels yesterday. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Google Plus launches Communities and Snapseed features (Castleford)
#5: Customer Behavior Can Unlock the Marketing Kingdom (CMSWire)
#4: How To Perform A Competitive Blog Analysis (CHECKLIST) (Business 2 Community)
#2:Take This Job, Shove It, Post About It on Facebook (All Things D)
#1: Instagram Launches Advent Calendar Contest (Mashable)
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Twitter & China, Google+ & Journalism, and Social Media + Screwups: The Social 6
Lots of fun news & views yesterday while I was wallowing away in synagogue for Yom Kippur. Yesterday we had a great set of pieces clicked on & shared by you guys, including Twitter's interesting strength within China, potential good news for the iPad Mini, and G+'s effect on journalism. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Teenagers urged to create social media campaigns promoting healthy lifestyles (Scottish Daily Record)
#5: Why Eyeballs No Longer Matter For Startups (ReadWriteWeb)
#4: Social Media’s Biggest Screw-Ups [INFOGRAPHIC] (Mashable)
#3: How Journalists Are Using Google+ (ReadWriteWeb)
#2: Study says half of Americans are unimpressed with Kindle Fire HD, more interested in iPad mini (Borneo Post)
#1: Report: Twitter’s most active country is China (where it is blocked) (The Next Web)
