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40% of Social Media Users Access Content from Mobile Phones
Nielsen's Social Media Report was released this month putting numbers to many of the trends that have taken place in recent months related to social media, content consumption, and mobility.
YouTube Video Editing - Something Is Better Than Nothing
Last week, YouTube completed its global roll out of some basic video editing capabilities that enable video publishers to log into their YouTube accounts, click the new Edit video button at the top of the video's page...
Twitter Analytics Are Coming!
Twitter analytics are finally coming! This week, Twitter announced that a small pilot group of Twitter partners, including TechCrunch, are currently testing a new Twitter analytics tool that will be released in the very near future.
Twitter Celebrates 100 Million Active Users
This month, Twitter is celebrating reaching a significant milestone by thanking its users through a blog post saying, "Five years ago, Twitter came to life when @jack sent the first tweet to his seven followers.
Social Media Links Die Quick Deaths
New research from bitly gives social media links a 3-hour lifespan. In other words, if the content links you publish on Twitter, Facebook, and other social sites aren't shared within 3 hours, the opportunity is already lost.
Bloggers Are Workers Too but Don't Appear on U.S. Labor Force Infographic
How did you celebrate Labor Day 2011? Did you take a minute to celebrate yourself and other workers in America (employed and unemployed)? That's what the holiday was created for back in 1882, but today, most people are just happy to get a day off of work for Labor Day.
Publisher in the Spotlight - Robert Farley of Lawyers, Guns, and Money
Time for another interview in the Newstex Publisher in the Spotlight video interview series where we turn the spotlight on the bloggers, Twitter publishers, and video publishers who syndicate their Authoritative Content through Newstex.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Adds More Social Media Words for 2011 Edition
The 2011 edition of the top-selling dictionary in the United States, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, adds 150 new words, including several popular social media terms.
Google+ and Hangouts Help Promote Authoritative Video Content
Are you on Google+ yet? It's Google's social platform that is still in beta but already has over 20 million users. Online publishers are scrambling to add the Google +1 sharing button to their websites, blogs, and so on.
Authoritative Content from Online Publishers Is in Demand
A recent study by GlobalWebIndex sheds light on how people are using sites like Twitter and Facebook and what they want from online publishers.