Social Media Saturday: Facebook's Rooms, Twitter's No-Password Plan, Skype's Qik, and Ello Promises No Ads (Ever)

This week in social media, Facebook launched a new app as CEO Mark Zuckerberg impressed everyone with his Chinese language skills. Meanwhile, Twitter is planning to kill the password for good, Skype launched its own Snapchat clone, Snapchat launched its first ads, Tumblr embraced video in a big way, and upstart Ello got attention by legally promising to never advertise on its social network.

Facebook's Dark Web Dragnet, Twitter's Audio Cards, Tumblr & Vine Launch New Apps

This week in social media, Facebook explained how it wants to help keep you and your data safe, Twitter added an audio feature (not their failed music app) while officially confirming that it's tweaking your timeline. Meanwhile while Vine launched an Xbox One app, Tumblr launched its first OS X desktop app with Yosemite.

Social Media Saturday: Facebook Pushes into Video, Twitter Starts Buy Button, and WhatsApp Quietly Adds a Bunch of New Features

This week in Social Media, Facebook began pushing into YouTube territory, while also testing Snapchat-style ephemeral posts on its flagship network. Meanwhile, Twitter began rolling out the long-rumored "buy" button, WhatsApp added a bunch of new features, and Snapchat settled with one of its co-founders, conveniently while everyone was paying attention to Apple.

Social Media Saturday: WhatsApp Hits 600 Million, Twitter Opens Analytics to Everyone, and Facebook's Expanding Graph Search

This week in social media, we learned that messaging giant WhatsApp has hit a new milestone in active monthly users. Meanwhile, Twitter opened its analytics to everyone, Snapchat might officially be worth $10 billion, Facebook is expanding Graph Search, and Instagram unleashed an amazing app.

Social Media Saturday: Facebook Lawsuit Proceeds in Europe, Twitter Struggles with Content Issues, and Vine Opens Up

This week in social media, Twitter continued to wrestle with disturbing user content, the European privacy lawsuit against Facebook takes its first big step, and Vine finally opened up its video service in a big way.

Snapchat Reportedly Working with Brands on "Discovery" News, Media, and Ad Platform

Snapchat may not just be for sending your friends quick quirky messages that disappear after a few seconds. The skyrocketing social media site could soon ad advertisements, along with TV and movie clips and news.

Funny Memes From Social Media After Johnny Manziel's Middle Finger

Johnny Manziel''s gesture on Monday Night Football has created quite a buzz on social media. The Twitter world has created and shared some creative memes of the Cleveland Browns quarterback.

Tap That App: Foursquare Revamp Promises Pinpoint Recommendations, If You Don't Mind Being Tracked

Foursquare has finally released its upgraded namesake app, after announcing earlier this summer it was splitting its popular location-based social media service into two separate apps. The new Foursquare comes with a completely new look, and some cool new features, provided you trust the company to protect a lot more of your location data.

Social Media Saturday: Facebook and Foursquare Unbundle Their Apps, While Twitter Drops Bing Translate

This week in social media, both Facebook and Foursquare implemented a piece of their separate-app strategy -- both leading to some controversy. Meanwhile, Twitter quietly removed Bing translation, a feature it added in time for the World Cup this year, likely because it wasn't really ready for prime time.

Social Media Gives TV Shows a Boost, Especially Among Latinos

The Internet is killing old media, especially television. It's the accepted wisdom of the day, but the truth is a little more complicated than that. According to a new Nielsen study, the rise of "social TV" -- or watching television while sharing opinions around social media's digital water cooler -- is helping boost awareness and viewing time of couch potatoes, especially among Hispanics.

Social Media Saturday: Facebook Takes Off, Twitter Looks Shaky, and Two Social Networks Reveal Unsurprisingly Low Diversity

This week in social media, Facebook took a victory lap on Wall Street, while Twitter's earnings next week look to be disappointing. Also disappointing, but not surprising, were the diversity figures released this week by Twitter and Pinterest.

Social Media Saturday: 99 Days Without Facebook, Snapchat Officially Owns the Teen Demo and Tumblr and Vine Get Along

This week in social media, a campaign was launched to temp people to take 99 consecutive days off of Facebook. Meanwhile, Snapchat was revealed to officially be the most popular social media app for young people, and you can now embed Vines in Tumblr blogs (how very cross-platform!).

Angelique Boyer, Eiza González & Ximena Navarrete on the Beach: Stars Share Their Summer Snaps

Now that warmer weather is here, it's a given that many will take to their social media accounts and snap photos of themselves at the beach. Celebrities are no exception.

World Cup: A Look at Funniest Memes From Social Media After Brazil-Germany Game

After Brazil's disappointing 7-1 defeat to Germany, the internet was ablaze with hilarious memes that were created and shared throughout the web. Latin Post.com take a look at some of the funniest ones from social media.

US Mobile Internet Consumption Doubled, Declining Landline Usage Affects State and Local Taxations

Mobile Internet usage has doubled in the U.S. during the last two years, but its had dented state and federal agencies' taxation efforts.

Social Media Saturday: Facebook Is Creepy [and Mostly White Men] While Twitter's Better at World Cup News

A roundup of the biggest, most interesting or weirdest social media news from the week.
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