JD’s Super Social Media Weekly Roundup for Monday, August 15
Mon, Aug 15, 2011
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FindPeople onPlus — is a Google+ people finder.
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Reach.ly — mines Twitter to provide hotels with lists of prospective guests.
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MotoFanPages — helps you create a very professional-looking Facebook page quickly and easily.
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Bottlenose — tracks your interests, visualizes trends, and curates knowledge with your friends.
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Geekli.st — is social networking for developers. (example)
What Else Was Super?
- The social summary service Summify announced that it passed 2 billion aggregated stories as it launched new design and social features.
- Twitter began rolling out two new tabs to its web interface: “@Username” and “Activity,” making the service a bit more like Facebook.
- The storyline of the SyFy series “Haven” strongly incorporates Twitter, and the audience can follow the tweets of characters from the show.
- Twitter added a “Reply To” field to user profiles on its web interface, making it easy to reply to people from their profiles.
- The Weather Channel launched a deep integration of Twitter on its television network, website, and mobile platform.
- A study by Hiscox revealed that 64% of small businesses in the United States think social media is unnecessary.
- Twitter began rolling out a new web interface for iPad users.
- Klout added Instragram, Tumblr, Last.fm, Blogger, and Flickr to its growing list of supported networks.
What Will Be Super Next Week?
