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    Facebook Camera App: This Week in Social Media

    by Cindy King / May 26, 2012 / 12 Comments

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    social media researchWelcome 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?

    Facebook Releases Camera: The new Camera Facebook app has similar features to Instagram which was recently purchased by Facebook for $1 billion.

    facebook camera
    The new Camera app enables you to "share photos on Facebook faster than ever, and see all your friends' latest shots in one place."

    Play Games Directly in Your Facebook News Feed:  Facebook is launching “the ability for people to try games directly in news feed. Feed gaming enables developers to share a playable version of their game within news feed and timeline stories, reaching new users through some of our main distribution channels.”

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    You will be able to play games in one click, try games out and convert trials into new installs right from your Facebook news feed.

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    YouTube Turns Seven: YouTube was launched in May 2005. And today, 72 hours of video are uploaded to the site every minute.  YouTube users are watching longer videos and spending more time on the site.

    YouTube Opens Merch Store to All Partners:  Last year, YouTube launched the Merch Store. Now other YouTube partners in good standing can offer their fans products they have on Amazon, iTunes, Topspin, Songkick, Google Play and CafePress.

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    The YouTube Merch Store is now open to all YouTube Partners. This enables them to have a Store tab on their YouTube channel.

    Android Phones Get a New Google+ App: “The update includes lots of highly requested features—like the ability to start a hangout on the go, and to edit posts inline—as well as a stream that celebrates the rich content shared across Google+. ”

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    You can start start a hangout directly from your mobile device.

    Facebook Gives Open Graph Developers More User Data: Facebook now gives developers the information they need to understand how people are using their Open Graph apps.

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    Facebook app developers can consult the Installs dashboard to see the number of unique user views, acceptances and the associated conversion rate.

    Twitter Supports “Do Not Track”: The Do Not Track feature allows users to tell websites that they would like to opt out of being tracked by third parties. It’s “like a gentlemen’s agreement between sites and their users,” and Twitter has opted in.

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    The Federal Trade Commission’s CTO, Ed Felten, just mentioned Twitter now supports Do Not Track. We applaud the FTC’s leadership on DNT.

    — Twitter (@twitter) May 17, 2012

    Facebook Adds Option of Liking Brand Pages Directly From Posts: AllFacebook reports that “some Facebook users are seeing the option of liking a brand page directly from a post due to the addition of a new Like button near the top, next to the name of the page.”

    Facebook Provides Reach Data Directly on Timeline Posts: “Some Facebook page owners can now view certain post metrics directly from their Timeline, including the percentage of fans that saw a given post and the percentage of those who saw the post as a result of paid promotion.”

    Facebook Launches Promoted Posts: Facebook has started rolling out Promoted posts for some Pages in the US. “This means Pages can now pay to “promote” a post from their Timeline so that it will reach a greater percentage of their fans on Facebook.”

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    What social media news caught your interest this week? Please share your comments below.

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    About the authorCindy King

    Cindy King is the director of editorial for Social Media Examiner. She spent 25 years abroad in international business development and then built her own international business using social business networking.
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