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?
Facebook Lets You Edit Posts After Sharing on Web and Mobile: You now have the option to edit your Facebook updates. This works now on the web and the Facebook Android app, and iOS capability is coming soon.
Twitter Adds Rich Photo Experience in Embedded Tweets: Now photos in embedded tweets are bigger and there's a “bold visual focus on the media.”
Pinterest Article Pins Share More Information: Articles pinned on Pinterest “will now have more information—including the headline, author, story description and link—right on the pin.”
YouTube Integrates Comments With Google+: “In the coming months, comments from people you care about will rise up where you can see them, while new tools will help video creators moderate conversations for welcome and unwelcome voices.”
Twitter Announces New Push Notification: “With this new feature, you'll receive personalized recommendations when multiple people in your network follow the same user or favorite or retweet the same tweet.”
YouTube Launches Audio Library: “Any YouTube creator now has access to more than 150 royalty-free instrumental tracks you can use for free, forever, for any creative purpose (not just YouTube videos).”
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GET THE DETAILSLinkedIn Introduces Sponsored Jobs to Feed: LinkedIn gives Sponsored Jobs “even more visibility by incorporating them into one of the most engaging spots on LinkedIn: the LinkedIn feed on the member homepage.”
Instagram Redesigns Mobile: For iOS 7 Instagram has “increased the size of photos and videos in your feed so that they expand to the edges of your screen.”
Klout Redesigns Profiles: The profile page now has “a fresh new design so that it's easier for others to get a sense of who you are online.”
Klout Introduces Cinch: Cinch is a new mobile app for iOS that delivers a way to get personalized advice. “Cinch uses Klout's technology platform and data assets to understand the questions you ask and then match them to the most relevant potential advisors.”
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