Social Media News for August 13, 2012
By Gilbert Falso :: 11:56 PM
Progressive Insurance displays heartless side on Twitter:
With a title as provocative as “My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her Killer In Court,” comedian Matt Fisher’s Tumblr post was bound to get attention. Gawker
Facebook hoodwinks developers with app security lies
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says Facebook duped application developers into paying $375 for a phony security authentication, the latest to come out of the privacy investigation Facebook settled on Friday. Venture Beat
HuffPost Launches Huff Post Live
Today The Huffington Post launched its web television operation, HuffPost Live, an online news video hub that asks a lot of the watcher compared to the average TV network. The Atlantic Wire
London 2012 – The Numbers Behind the First Social Media Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics marks the first time that social media made a big splash with international sports fans. Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks have seen an explosion of engagement, and even traditional media outlets like BBC Sports took part in the digital revelry. The Verge