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?
Pinterest Announces Unlimited Secret Boards: “With unlimited secret boards, there’s no limit to the number of ways for you to plan, contemplate, practice and explore all of the things you want to do.”

LinkedIn Introduces All-New People You May Know Page: “The new People You May Know simplifies the experience of growing your network. It does that by bringing all of your pending invitations and suggestions to connect together in one place.”

Disqus Adds Featured Comments: This new addition allows moderators “to feature a comment, placing it proudly at the top of the Comments section.”

Getty Images Introduces Embed Tool: This “new Embed feature makes it easy, legal and free for anybody to share (Getty) images on websites, blogs and social media platforms.”

Evernote Adds Handwriting for Android: You can “easily move from writing to typing to taking photos and back all within a single note.”
Facebook Releases Updates to Paper App: You can now “share articles via Facebook Messages, text message or email.”

Google Redesigns Hangouts App: This new version is “fully optimized for the iPad, including picture-in-picture video calling.” And you can “record and send video messages up to 10 seconds long.”
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Facebook Messenger Arrives for Windows Phone: “You can now download Facebook Messenger from the Windows Phone Store.”

Here are a few social media tools worth checking out:
Sharalike: “With an easy-to-use, highly personalized approach to image management, Sharalike users can store, edit, enjoy and share gorgeous slideshows with just a few clicks.”

StoryBox: “StoryBox aggregates all forms of earned mediaâtweets; YouTube videos; posts; Instagram photos and videos; and content created directly through VideoGenie technologyâon your site, which is then optimized based on (StoryBox’s) proprietary engagement algorithm.”

Swiftype: “The easiest way to add great search to your website or mobile application.”
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