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Facebook to Introduce New Open Graph Apps, Gestures Wednesday [REPORT]Facebook will introduce apps based on its new Open Graph and Gestures platforms at an event Wednesday in San Francisco, according to a report. The apps will let users “frictionlessly” share based on actions other than “like,” “read” or “watch,” acco... Twitter’s Take on the 2012 Golden Globes [INFOGRAPHIC]The 69th Golden Globe Awards were a relatively mild affair — even with Ricky Gervais as host — but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t still a ton of activity surrounding the awards on social media. Twitter was the most dominant social network for the Golden Globes with a peak ... Will One WikiLeaks Supporter Drop Her Case Over Twitter Account Info?Icelandic Parliament Member Birgitta Jonsdottir said she will make an announcement this Friday about her fight with the United States Department of Justice that requested her Twitter account information for its investigation into WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. “I have excellent team of lawy... Charting the CES Chatter, Week-in-Review [STATS]What topics, trends and websites dominated the conversation last week at CES 2012? Tablet devices and ultrabook laptops were the hottest technologies in Las Vegas. Microsoft rode an early high as Twitter‘s most-mentioned brand but tailed off later in the week. Motorola, meanwhile, started ... CES 2012: Who Were the Biggest Winners? [STATS]What topics, trends and websites dominated the conversation last week at CES 2012? Tablet devices and ultrabook laptops were the hottest technologies in Las Vegas. Microsoft rode an early high as Twitter‘s most-mentioned brand but tailed off later in the week. Motorola, meanwhile, started ... Facebook Gets a Public Square in MingleWing [EXCLUSIVE]Do you get tired of the same dozen or so friends commenting on your photos, links and videos? A new service aims to put your Facebook shares in front of a whole new audience, inviting comments and discussion from — shock! — people you might actually not know. MingleWing is a separate ... Today’s Top Stories: Apple Ebook Rumors, Wikipedia Protest, Woz on AndroidWelcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories. Apple Rumored to Launch E-Book Authoring Tools Apple’s upcoming education event... New Tool Helps Politicians Advertise on FacebookHave you ever come across political advertisements on Facebook? There’s a real science behind those ads, and a new service is aiming to help politicians understand and use that science to better connect with people. Socialitical, a project of TargetedSocial, is a social media company design... Meme-Based Board Game Uses Kickstarter For the WinThe interpipes are leaking thanks to For the Win, a new, meme-based board game that’s hit Kickstarter in the hope of getting funded. The game, created by Michael Eskue and developed by Tasty Minstrel Games, is a tile-placing game featuring lite memes such as zombies, pirates, ninjas, monkey... HootSuite Reaches 3 Million Users, 700 Million Sent Messages [INFOGRAPHIC]A new HootSuite user in Brazil has just become the social media management dashboard’s 3 millionth user. The tool, which launched in December 2008, previously hit 2 million users in July 2011 and signed up another million individuals and brands in six months. The accelerated growth since July ... |