2012 was another exciting year for social media, including the "Social Media Olympics," the rise of Pinterest, Facebook's acquisition of Instagram, and the growing role of social media in political ferment around the world. There were also plenty of not-so-spectacular moments, like Facebook's busted IPO, LinkedIn's security breach, and Instagram's terms of service fiasco. And of course it ain't over: looking ahead, 2013 is certain to be just as interesting, in both the positive and negative senses, for this fast-growing, fast-changing industry. ...Read the whole story
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Social Media, Economy Drives Some Segments
Social media, reviving already used campaigns and economic implications, drove the top ten marketing stories this past year in the travel, beer, financial services and pet industries. The top story focused on a study from the Beverage Information Group that showed consumers are gravitating away from beer to the wine and spirits industries. ...Read the whole story
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TigerLogic Buys Storycode, Closes Social Media Gap
App and data manager TigerLogic just agreed to buy mobile app publisher Storycode in a deal valued at about $7.3 million. ...Read the whole story
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