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    Facebook Adds Like Button to Apps: This Week in Social Media

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    social media researchWelcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news. To help you stay up-to-date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

    What's New This Week?

    Facebook Adds Like Button to Apps: Facebook recently announced they are giving more control to people when sharing from apps. This includes a new mobile Like button for apps. “Try out the mobile Like button, the beta version of which is available for iOS now.”

    facebook mobile like button
    A broader rollout of the mobile Like button, including Android availability, is planned soon.

    Facebook Allows Restaurants to Display Menus on Pages: It's now “easier for restaurants worldwide to display one of their most important assets directly on their Facebook Page — their menus.”

    facebook restaurant menus
    “In the US or Canada, restaurant Pages can now upload menus through SinglePlatform from Constant Contact, an online listings service that helps local businesses connect and engage with consumers by showcasing menus, products and services, photos, specials and more.”

    Here are a few cool social media tools worth checking out:

    Slidely Show: “The easiest way to create beautiful movies from your favorite photos, videos and music.”

    slidely show
    “Instantly turn your favorite moments into magical movies, no special skills or knowledge required!”

    Notifyr: “Receive iOS notifications on your Mac” from your iPhone.

    notifyr
    “Stay up-to-date on your incoming WhatsApp messages, know when someone's calling you, or read any of the other notifications from any app on your iPhone.”

    Pictorian: “Photo storage, made quick and easy.”

    pictorian app
    “Pictorian was designed around a single premise: if you run into an image somewhere, it should be easy to save it. Simply copy the image you want to hang on to and open Pictorian.”

    What do you think? Please share your comments below.

    About the authorCindy King

    Cindy King is the director of editorial for Social Media Examiner. She spent 25 years abroad in international business development and then built her own international business using social business networking.
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