Welcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What's New This Week?
Twitter Introduces Your First Tweet Feature: You can now celebrate your #FirstTweet. “Using this tweet tool, you can look back to find your very first tweet—or for that matter, anyone else's.”
Pinterest Creates Gifts Feed: This new feed has been created for people who love to use Pinterest for shopping ideas.
Facebook Android App Update: The new features mainly involves photos. You can now “upload multiple photos at a time in groups.”
LinkedIn Updates Terms of Service:Â There will be some changes coming to their terms of service, which also includes their privacy policy and user agreement.
UberConference Relaunches iPhone App: “The app for iPhone features all of the great new tools available on desktop and Android in a complete toolkit.”
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BucketListly: “You can turn your life into a game by creating an online bucket list, achieve real life goals, earn badges and share your ‘Achievement Unlocked' moments with your friends.”
HoverChat: “HoverChat enables true multitasking by allowing you to read and reply to incoming messages without ever leaving your current screen.”
Fleep: This app is “chat for dynamic teams.”
Hublo: “Track what matters on your website, right now, without coding.”
Tawkers: “This app allows two people to have a public instant message conversation called a tawk.”
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