Listly by Jakub Prószyński
Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. Facebook Reports 24 Percent Rise in Government Requests for Personal Data ( The Guardian) Government requests for Facebook's user information rose by about a quarter in the first half of 2014 over the second half of last year, the social media company has revealed.
Aerie's bold decision to ditch Photoshop and other retouching tools in its lingerie ads may be paying off in more than just good karma and public approval. According to Business Insider, the branch of American Eagle specializing in intimates and sleepwear saw a 9 percent increase in sales in the last quarter.
When a gripping sporting event is unfolding right in front of you, should you be looking down at your phone instead? Manchester City FC, last year's Premier League soccer champions, are positively encouraging that behavior with their new app.
Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. Facebook Wants You to Vote on Tuesday. Here's How it Messed With Your Feed in 2012. (Mother Jones) On Tuesday, Facebook will again deploy its voting tool.
Rihanna fans, #RIHjoice: The pop star has been allowed to return to Instagram after a six-month hiatus. The singer's account on the photo-sharing platform was disabled in May after she posted some NSFW photos from her shoot with French magazine Lui.
Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. More Trouble at Twitter as Two Key Execs Quit (AllTwitter) Engineering vice president Jeremy Gordon and analytics data manager Adam Kinney are both leaving Twitter.
Over the past three months, more than 327 million new smartphones were shipped out from factories around the world, and young Chinese company Xiaomi has been responsible for more than 5 percent of them. That, according to IDC's latest figures, is enough to place it in third spot behind established leaders Samsung and Apple, overshadowing global competitors like Lenovo and LG.
Microsoft has laid off its global advertising salesforce, sources have told Business Insider. The layoffs - within the Microsoft Advertising division - are expected to affect staff members across the US, UK, and other global offices, charged with selling advertising space across Microsoft's MSN, Bing, Xbox, Outlook, Skype, and Windows 8 properties.
Did you know that tweets with hashtags receive twice as much engagement as those without? What if I told you that using more verbs and adverts in your tweets can increase clickthrough rates, that tweets with images receive 150 percent more retweets and that asking followers to "retweet" your message can increase shares by 23 times?
Steph Jeavons (and her trusty CRF250L, Rhonda) is the woman proving that dreams can become reality as she continues on her motorcycle adventure around the world. Dream follows her journey...
Twitter has named a new head of product - for the second time in just six months. Twitter has appointed Kevin Weil, previously the head of revenue products (ads, basically), to serve as VP of all product efforts at the company, people familiar with the matter confirmed to Mashable.
Jak obiecał, tak zrobił. Michael Jordan rozpoczął przygodę z Twitterem. Jego debiut w mediach społecznościowych zbiegł się w czasie z powrotem Charlotte Hornets na parkiety NBA.
We're excited to share a ranking of the top 50 global brands with the most social influence and engagement - what we're calling the Klout 50. We compiled this list by analyzing the Interbrand 2014 Best Global Brand report and translating their social influence on the Klout scale.
Twitter and IBM have announced a partnership to allow companies to use Twitter's social data with IBM's various enterprise software platforms. In the announcement, Twitter explains that its collection of tweets is a vast and untapped source of "ideas, opinions and debates taking place around the world on almost any topic at any moment in time."
Apparently, 40% of Britons are more likely to buy a car if they can avoid speaking to a sales person in the process, so this initiative aims to take them out of the equation. What is significant here is that customers can test drive a car, arrange finance and trade ins and buy all from the showroom.
Udało się! Lords of the Fallen zostało dobrze przyjęte przez rynek, posypały się ósemki i dziewiątki w recenzjach, gracze wykazali entuzjam, a sprzedaż nie rozczarowała. Na konferencji zorganizowanej w swojej warszawskiej siedzibie CI Games podsumowuje swoją najnowszą premierę i ujawnia plany na przyszłość. Będzie się działo! CI Games to jeden z największych rodzimych deweloperów.
Another day, another tweak to the Twitter service intended to bring more users into the conversation. This time it's the "what's happening?" box familiar to all users of Twitter.com. Previously located on the left hand side, between your profile box and the list of trends, this box - the main method of tweeting on Twitter.com - has moved to the top of your timeline.
Another year of the Mashies, Mashable's digital marketing and advertising awards program, has come and gone. We were thoroughly impressed by the creativity and originality of all the submitted campaigns. Finalists and digital marketing enthusiasts gathered in New York Tuesday evening at an awards ceremony at Gotham Hall to celebrate the outstanding work and to congratulate the winners.
Google postanowił zaprosić kolejną grupę użytkowników do testów usługi Inbox. Każdy kto o odpowiedniej porze wyśle maila z prośbą o zaproszenie, dostanie je w ciągu godziny. Tym tweetem Google poinformował o „Happy Hour": Want an invite TODAY? #InboxHappyHour 3-4pm PT.
When it comes to buying a new car 64% of research is done between the hours of 6pm and 9pm. Car buyers want to engage with brands in the evening when they're home and can take the time to research this major purchase decision properly.
Dziś dla nas wielki dzień! Po raz pierwszy w historii Spider's Web przekroczyliśmy 1 mln unikalnych użytkowników odwiedzających naszego bloga w ciągu miesiąca. W związku z tym chcielibyśmy się z Wami podzielić różnymi fajnymi ciekawostkami związanymi z naszymi statystykami, o co zresztą regularnie nas prosicie. Wy je zresztą robicie, więc to w zasadzie o Was!