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Salorix Amplify Insights Influencers

Salorix ushers social media analytics 2.0 with Amplify, powered by a predictive AI

Salorix is the forerunner of social media analytics 2.0 with Amplify, powered by an AI that helps brands engage only with the top social media influencers.
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Pinterest wipes out 20 percent of followers among Top 10 users

Pinterest purged its site of spammy accounts, but how effective was it for the top 10 users? On average they lost nearly 20 percent of their followers.
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Watch out for these Facebook spam and scam apps

Be careful what you click: These malicious Facebook apps could take your data or even infect your computer.
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Social Bakers exposes ‘Fake Followers’ with free tool

Social Bakers launched 'Fake Followers,' a free tool that can help users find out how many followers are fake or inactive on any Twitter account.
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Storenvy rebrands as a digital mall powered by social for discovering cool products

Storevy is rebranding from an ecommerce solution into a marketplace where shoppers can discover cool creative products via social and genre-based channels.
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Facebook dropping ‘Subscribe’ button for ‘Follow’

Facebook is dropping the terms "Subscribe" in favor of "Follow" and joins social networks like Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, already using the term.
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Hands on with Zite 2.0, rebuilt and ready to serve the news

We went hands on with Zite 2.0, its retooled, redesigned app focused on content discovery and a robust recommendation algorithm.
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SoundCloud rolls out site redesign with focus on music sharing and discovery

SoundCloud today rolled out the much-awaited New SoundCloud, a redesigned platform focused on sharing, curation, and discovery.
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Rdio’s redesigned iPhone app impresses with a faster, sleeker, better interface

Rdio updated its iOS app with a new, impressive design that could win streaming users over.
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Ambient app Highlight releases “biggest update ever,” adds context to profiles and digital high-fives

Highlight released its biggest update to its iOS and Android app, which enables users to add more information about themselves, and send virtual high-fives.
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Job marketplace SkillPages grows to eight million users and heads to the U.S.

SkillPages, a marketplace for finding professionals for jobs based on skills, is expanding to the United States.
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Facebook rolls out dedicated News Feed for Pages

If you've been missing out on everything the brands you're following have published, you can find the posts on Facebook's "Pages Feed" News Feed.

YouTube’s ‘Time Watched’ signal was implemented because of misleading thumbnail previews

Laura Lee of YouTube revealed that Time Watched was a solution to penalize creators that were adding misleading preview thumbnails to attract clicks.
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Copyright infringing tweets now withheld, not removed

Twitter changed its legal policy for tweets taken down by DMCA complains. Twitter now withholds suspected tweets instead of removing them altogether.
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These six cool Kickstarter projects are about to expire

We've rounded up Kickstarter projects ending soon you should check out before it's too late: iMpulse, Dysis, jet thrusters, Impulse, Lingual, ACQUATICO.
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Evernote teases latest app redesign for iOS

Evernote, after releasing Evernote 5 for Mac, teased us with a redesigned iOS app, which will be rolling out soon.
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Quora introduces Top Writers, drives attention – and rewards – to its most influential users

Quora continues to chart the knowledge graph with a nod to the most well-versed, influential writers using its platform.
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A field trip to the Facebook black market in which we buy 1.5 million accounts and email addresses for $5

There's a black market for just about everything, including your private Facebook ID, email address, name and it costs just $5.
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Imgur evolves into a more socially-friendly service – without alienating its loyal Redditors

Imgur made some rare but dramatic changes to its service, adding Reddit-like functionality to look more like a social network.
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Facebook stock price surges after beating Wall Street expectations

Facebook's third quarter performance in 2012 beat Wall Street expectations and renews investor confidence.
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Tradesy is a second market for authentic designer apparel, with an ironclad guarantee

Women can buy and sell designer fashion without the risks of buying counterfeits or damaged apparel and accessories with Tradesy.
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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn’s producers talk about what it took to bring Master Chief to life

Digital Trends talked to the Executive Producers of Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, Lydia Antonini and Josh Feldman.
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These five apps turn your static address book into a feature-full social network

Check out these apps that take your boring old contact list and turn it into an engaging, iterating social network.
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Yelp tries public shaming to discourage businesses from gaming reviews and ratings

Yelp, in its latest measure to discourage businesses from gaming its reviews and ratings, will display warning signs on suspect businesses.
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Who’s the average Twitter user? She’s female, 28 years old, and loves the color purple

Beevolve's extensive study unveils the average Twitter user, who is female, 28 years old, loves purple and tweets from an iPhone.
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Facebook revokes agency’s Preferred Developer badge for discussing beta features

TBG Digital had its Preferred Marketing Developer badge suspended by Facebook after reportedly discussing a Facebook beta feature.
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Favery, a virtual pinboard to help ‘friend-source’ feedback for your important purchases

Favery is a new Pinterest-like platform that lets others vote on your buying decisions - all from your virtual pinboard, of course.
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Facebook gets strict with new Open Graph rules and tries to tone down all the over-sharing

Facebook now expects quality content from its third-party developers and so has updated its Open Graph actions to combat newsfeed spam.
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Artists make money on Pandora – but the RIAA is still holding their profit potential back

Drake, Whiz Khalifa will earn $3 million on Pandora this year but its CEO argues artists can make more money with affordable RIAA licenses.
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Video: Tech’s finest propose how startups can fix San Francisco’s problems

Tech's leading minds in San Francisco, from Twitter to Jawbone, unveiled a promo video of how they'd improve the city, while plugging Prop E.
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Spotlight on Asian import messaging apps gaining traction stateside

Check out these four Asian messaging apps that are commanding a market share rivaling Whatsapp and making their way to U.S. audiences.
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Netflix gets family-friendly and brings ‘Just for Kids’ to the iPad

Netflix has finally released its "Just for Kids" section to all iPad 2 and newer iPad devices.
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Foursquare update delivers all your friends’ check-ins — anywhere, all the time

Foursquare's latest update allows you to see all of your friend's check-ins regardless of their location.
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StumbleUpon refreshes desktop app with new design and content discovery features

StumbleUpon has updated the relaunched site from 2011 with a refreshed design and new content discovery features.