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What’s New This Week?
Facebook Forces Users Worldwide to Download Messenger for Mobile Chat: “Facebook will stop allowing messaging in its main iPhone and Android apps, and force all their users around the world to download its standalone Messenger app.”
LinkedIn Introduces New LinkedIn Profile on Mobile: The new LinkedIn mobile profile “helps you tell your story to other professionals when they’re looking for you on the go.”
Flickr Launches New Licensing Experience: “A new way for you to partner with photo agencies, editors, bloggers and other creative minds who are seeking original content like yours.”
Google Analytics Introduces Bot and Spider Filtering: “You can simply select a new checkbox option which would be included in the view level of the management user interface.”
More social media news to follow:
Facebook to Shut Down Gifts: Facebook Gifts will shut down on August 12th and stop selling gift cards for businesses like Starbucks and iTunes.
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A few cool social media tools worth checking out:
Edgar: “A social media scheduling tool in the same vein as Buffer and HootSuite, but with unique, never-before-seen features that allow users to make the most of their time on social while preventing their updates from going to waste.”
SocialRank 2.0: “An easy-to-use and affordable central location to help brands manage their followers across multiple networks.”
Refresh Updates Mobile App: Version 2.0 comes with a “complete redesign that makes it quicker and easier to find specific details by swiping through insights.”
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