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    1. Facebook Now Launched Photos in Comments

      Explore IndianWeb2.com Mobile , Social Networking
      Picture speaks louder than words, thus Facebook has now rolled out new feature for adding photos or images when you post comments in your friend’s status in facebook, the new feature will now enable you to attach a photo directly when posting a comment to make threads with friends more expressive and engaging, earlier one [...] Article originally at - IndianWeb2.com
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    2. Hike, India's Mobile Messaging Upstart, Expands Language Support & Adds Offline Messaging, Stickers & More To Fuel Growth

      Explore TechCrunch Mobile , Social Networking
      There's no room at the digital inn for more mobile messaging apps, but that's not stopping them crowding in. Hike, an Indian mobile messaging app that's only been around six months but has amassed more than five million registered users in that time, is doubling down on its home market while expanding its accessibility further afield too.
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      Mentions: SMS Cnet Uk

    3. Facebook Hits 1 Million Active Advertisers

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      After hitting the 1 billion user mark in May, Facebook is now celebrating a new milestone. The social network has announced that it now has more than 1 million active advertisers. Facebook attributes this growth, not to big brands and marketers who have been using the Facebook platform to advertise for years, but to small local [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: Sneha Bokil-Paranjape

    4. Fab Grabs $150M At $1B Valuation (And Is Raising Another $100M+ More)

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      Design-focused commerce company Fab has raised that round of funding we scooped a few months ago. Fab is announcing today that it has raised $150 million in the first tranche of the company's Series D round of financing. We're told that $150 million is the first part of a larger Series D round that Fab expects to complete over the next few months. New to this round is Chinese internet giant Tencent, who will also have a board seat at Fab; and Japanese conglomerate Itochu. Previous investors Atomico, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, RTP Capital, Pinnacle Ventures, Lars Hinrichs ...
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      Mentions: Northwestern University Columbia University Times of India Group

    5. ‘Tweet’ Becomes An Official Word; Lands In Oxford English Dictionary

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      Here is another example of social media’s impact on our lives. ‘Tweet’ no longer means only chirping of birds. The word tweet now has a second definition and is now an officially part of the English language. Tweet now also means “To make a posting on the social networking service Twitter. Also: to use Twitter [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: OED Sneha Bokil-Paranjape

    6. Rumor: Instagram Will Debut Video Sharing On June 20th

      Explore WATBlog.com Social Networking , Video
      According to rumors doing the rounds of the Silicon Valley blog circuit, Instagram will be launching its video sharing capabilities on June 20th at a Facebook ‘Big Ideas’ press event. Although clear details are yet to be received, Techcrunch notes that their anonymous source has confirmed the news and its launch at the press event. [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: Google

    7. 75% Of Youth Prefer Social Networks Over Phone Calls For Communication: TCS Survey

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      A recent survey by TCS has revealed that about 75% of India’s youth prefers social media over phone calls to communicate, with more students using the internet for school-related tasks. Titled ‘(TCS) Gen-Y survey 2012-13‘, the survey touts that smart devices and unprecedented levels of online access are making this generation the most connected yet. This is [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: Nokia Samsung Apple Inc.

    8. An accidental entrepreneur's journey - gulfnews.com

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      gulfnews.comAn accidental entrepreneur's journeygulfnews.comI worked with one of my professors on a paper on how Web 2.0 was redefining culture across Asia and how consumers in different countries use the web differently. This was 2006 .... I am sensitive to the fact that I am an Indian expat in an Arab ...
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      Mentions: Stanford University Marketing Communications Swarovski

    9. Twitter Opens Up Analytics To Everyone

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      Twitter has quietly opened up its analytics platform for general use. This was first reported by The Next Web and it seems that anyone can sign up to see and measure how their tweets are doing. The analytics can be accessed by going to the Twitter Ad dashboard and clicking on the analytics tab. The [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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    10. MappedIndia.com – All things Indian Startups Over Map

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      Few desperate entrepreneurs from IIT Chennai have launched a portal dedicated to map all things related to Indian startup community and ecosystem MappedIndia.com - the mission of this [portal project is to put all Indian start-ups , Incubators and Vc’s on one map , one place, connected. If you see other startup community of other countries like [...] Article originally at - IndianWeb2.com
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      Mentions: IIT Chennai

    12. What's Fueling Growth In The Fragmented World Of Messaging Apps? Immigrants.

      Explore TechCrunch Mobile , Social Networking
      Even though it might seem intuitive that one messaging app will rule them all, WeChat, Line, WhatsApp and others are proving that messaging remains a stubbornly fragmented category with many geographic regions of the world seeing different leaders. KakaoTalk rules in South Korea, while WeChat dominates in China, while Line rules in Japan and the U.S. has no overwhelming leader. One thing that’s interesting to note is how these apps are growing outside of their home markets. They are, in fact, spreading through immigrants, according to app tracking company Onavo. So immigrants aren’t just bringing their languages ...
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      Mentions: Bloomberg Inside Network Kim-Mai Cutler

    13. Facebook Follows Twitter, Introduces Clickable #hashtags

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      Facebook has finally boarded the hashtag bandwagon. The big blue social network has announced that hashtags will finally be clickable on Facebook following a rumour in March. “Similar to other services like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook allow you to add context to a post or indicate that it is part of a [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: Instagram Sneha Bokil-Paranjape

    14. Indian IT Spending To Hit $45 Billion in 2014: IDC

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      The Indian Information Technology market size is expected to grow despite tough economic conditions. The latest report from IDC states that the IT spending in India would grow to $44.8 billion in 2014 from $35.1 billion in 2012. “We see rapid growth in three growth vectors: emerging Tier II and III cities, emerging segments such as the upper [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: IDC India IDC FDI

    15. Hammer – An Indian Social Network That Allows You To Share Opinions - Business 2 Community

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      Hammer – An Indian Social Network That Allows You To Share OpinionsBusiness 2 CommunityHammer is another of its kind 'social networking' site in India which promises to be different. How, you would ask? ... However, in the age where the Facebook/Twitter authentication is mandatory for a Web 2.0 design, I found it missing on the ...
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      Mentions: Apple Inc.

    16. Freshdesk Releases Report On State Of Consumer Support

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      Freshdesk, the customer support solution company, has released its report on the ‘State of Consumer Support’ which offers interesting insights and analysis as to where customer support is heading to, and how the field might evolve in the near future(or shall we say already evolving) thanks to digital media and social networking platforms like Facebook [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: Rohit Singh Jain

    18. Facebook To Streamline Ad Products, Kill Questions And Offers

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      Facebook  has announced its plans to cut down the number of ad versions it offers, in a bid to narrow its focus and avoid unnecessarily complicating the process of placing an ad. Currently, Facebook has 27 ad units. Facebook’s product manager for advertising Fidji Simo explained that the team has been gathering feedback from brands [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: Google Rohit Singh Jain

    19. Facebook Isn’t A Powerful Distribution Or User Acquisition Platform Anymore – Pravin Jadhav

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      As startups we need to continuously experiment and question the status quo; and for now we experimented with the Facebook Connect implementation. We started by removing it as default option to sign-in on Wishberg. As expected we got multiple forgot password requests (we built this feature in anticipation of same). Many folks questioned about this on Twitter, [...]
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      Mentions: Instagram Wishberg Pravin Jadhav

    21. HT Media’s Shine.com Integrates With Facebook For Recruitment Solution

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      Job portal Shine.com has announced a strategic partnership with social recruitment platform MyParichay, integrating its services through social media network Facebook. The integration will enable recruiters to connect with the largely untapped set of jobseekers, most of which fall in the junior to mid-level hires.  Similarly, this will allow users to leverage the power of Facebook [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: Hindustan Times Amit Garg Shine.com

    22. Facebook Home Gets Dock Feature For Favorite Apps

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      Facebook have just pushed out an update for their Android app, with tons of new features and a few improvements to Home. To be specific, Facebook Home didn’t get an update. The regular Facebook app has been updated which enables more features for all, and a few specific to Facebook Home. Along with some tweaks [...] Looking For A Social Media Agency?? - Contact WATConsult - India's Leading Social Media Agency
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      Mentions: Google Rohit Singh Jain

    23. The Evolution Of Engagement @ Scale – Manu Prasad

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      Social: A New Hope Not a long time ago, we used to have social networks – newsfeeds that had posts from friends, (trending) topics that real people were actually interested in having a conversation about without a voucher/prize involved – #youremember? These soon reached a tipping point and a scale that got brands interested. The [...]
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    24. How Will Facebook’s Change In Policy Towards Sexual Assault Humour Affect India?

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      Pressure from women groups and the media have managed to make Facebook change its policy toward hate speech provoking violence against women and other groups. Women Action Media (WAM) had written an open letter to Facebook to take swift action on addressing the representation of rape and domestic violence on Facebook, and asked users to to spot [...]
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