Google announced updates to G+ this week that aim to boost content attribution, while Facebook is launching updates to its ads imagery and releasing new APIs in this week's Social You Should Know. Google+ Releases Embedded Posts and Author Attribution Google announced updates to G+ that integrate...

When it comes to visual content on Facebook, I see many brands take a funny approach to pop culture in an effort to get a piece of the proverbial engagement pie. For example, on Cinco de Mayo, my news feed was cluttered with silly and irreverent "Happy...

Twitter Now Allows Ad Retargeting Twitter is helping brands better target their ads by enabling them to retarget website visitors or people who match particular email addresses. They’ve done this by opening their ad platform to some third party services. Unlike Facebook, they are also helping...

Every so often a movie comes along and impacts the world and changes cinema as we know it. Citizen Kane. Jaws. Star Wars. Avatar. Sharknado. Wait, Sharknado!? Last night, Syfy premiered its latest disaster/monster movie mash up about a weather phenomenon that well, like the title says,...

This week, we update you on how Instagram is challenging Vine with its own video functionality, and how Vine is fighting back. Plus, new Facebook Insights roll out, and did Path cheat its way to their big numbers? Valleywag alleges so. Facebook Announces 15-Second Instagram Video...

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