LinkedIn Enhances Mobile Experience: This Week in Social Media

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?

LinkedIn Announces Their Next-Generation Mobile Experience: Their latest mobile app is available on iPhones and Androids and helps professionals be even more productive on the go.

Google Adds Public Google+ Posts in Google Search Results: When your Google+ friends share public updates on Google+ about the topic of your Google search, you’ll see this in your Google search results.

The person making this search is connected to Andrew Hyatt on Google+. This is why Andrew's update is mentioned in this Google search result.

Foursquare Now Has Events: Foursquare is starting to pull major events into their database. This means that when you check into an event’s location you will also be able to check into the event and tell your friends.

Each event appears in the Foursquare app a couple hours before it starts.

Say Hi to Foursquare Lists: Foursquare adds a list function and makes it easier for you to keep track of interesting locations.

Share a blank list with your friends and ask them for tips.

StumbleUpon Introduces the Explore Box: StumbleUpon unveils “a beta version of our Explore Box, a new way for you to explore even more of the things you love. Now just type a word or phrase into the Explore Box and we’ll bring you to community-endorsed content related to your specific interest or passion.”

Skype Lets Users Find WiFi Hotspots: Skype just launched a new iOS application for iPhones, iPads and the iPod Touch that allows users to find WiFi hotspots—and only pay for the minutes used, which is nice when traveling.

Click through to find out more about the free Skype WiFi special from Saturday, August 20, 00:00 until Sunday, August 21, 23:59 BST.

Here’s a social media tool worth noting:

Bizo Switchboard: This URL shortener gives users business demographic insights and is currently in public beta.

"Are your shared links reaching your target audience? Understand in real time the business demographic or 'bizographic' makeup of people who click your shared links (company size, industry, job function and seniority)."

And don’t miss this:

Social Media Examiner presents Facebook Success Summit 2011! (online conference)

Watch this video from Mike Stelzner (founder of Social Media Examiner).

Join 19 Facebook marketing experts at the web’s largest Facebook marketing conference. This is a special online conference designed to help you master Facebook marketing (brought to you by Social Media Examiner). Join Guy Kawasaki; Mari Smith; Dave Kerpen; Paul Dunay; Jesse Stay; Robert Scoble; Michael Stelzner; experts from Intuit, PETCO, Applebee’s and Intel; Jay Baer; Chris Treadaway; Amy Porterfield and Andrea Vahl—just to name a few. Go here to learn more.

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