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?
New Infographics Show Mobile Social Universe: JESS3 Labs published its new Geosocial Universe infographics. Click through this first chart below; there are more noteworthy social media stats.

100 Awesome Marketing Stats, Charts and Graphs: HubSpot published a useful report. Click through to find the latest marketing stats to help you improve your social media marketing.

Twitter Rolls Out Email Notifications: In addition to getting email notifications for direct messages on Twitter, you now have the option of getting email notifications when someone you follow retweets or favorites one of your Tweets.

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Google's Social Search Goes Global: “Social Search is rolling out globally in 19 languages and should be available in the coming week, with more languages on the way. People around the world will find similar types of social results as people in the U.S.”
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