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    Facebook Save Feature: This Week in Social Media

    by Cindy King / July 26, 2014

    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 Introduces Save Feature: “Now you can save items that you find on Facebook to check out later when you have more time.”

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    “Check out the new Facebook Save feature to save items like links, places, movies, TV and music.”

    Pinterest Adds Specialized Interests: “Now each category has a whole new selection of specialized interests to explore.”

    pinterest specialized interests
    “You can even follow along to get pins from other people who share that same interest delivered right to your home feed.”

    Facebook Tests New Buy Button: “A new feature to help businesses drive sales through Facebook in the news feed and on pages.”

    facebook test buy button
    “With this feature, people on desktop or mobile can click the ‘Buy' call-to-action button on ads and page posts to purchase a product directly from a business, without leaving Facebook.”

    Foursquare Reveals New Look and Logo: “A brand-new version of Foursquare that's all about you.”

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    “Here's what you see when you open the new Foursquare.”

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

    Bamboo Paper: This app's “superior inking technology lets you write as on real paper” and is now available on “iOS, Windows or Android tablets.”

    Steady Camera: “Record action videos, with cinematic stabilization and slo-mo.”

    steady camera
    “Shoot while walking, running… and get cinema-quality, smooth footage.”

    Vingle: “Meet and share with people who love what you love.”

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    “Vingle is the community where you can meet someone like you.”

    Social Media Success Summit 2014 is a special online conference designed to help you master social media marketing (brought to you by Social Media Examiner).

    social media success summitInstructors include Jay Baer (author, Youtility), Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Michael Stelzner (author, Launch), Amy Porterfield (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies), Mark Schaefer (author, Social Media Explained), Nichole Kelly (author, How to Measure Social Media), Bryan Kramer (author, Human to Human), Neal Schaffer (author, Maximize Your Social), Lee Odden (author, Optimize), Viveka von Rosen (author, LinkedIn Marketing), Lynette Young (author, Google+ for Small Businesses), Stanford Smith (co-author, Born to Blog), Andrea Vahl (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies), Melonie Dodaro (author, The LinkedIn Code), Joe Pulizzi (author, Epic Content Marketing), Todd Wheatland (author, The Marketer's Guide to SlideShare), John Lee Dumas (author, Podcast Launch), Jessica Gioglio (co-author, The Power of Visual Storytelling)—just to mention a few. Fully online. Click here to learn more.

    What do you think? Have you tried the new Facebook Save feature? What social media news caught your attention this week? Please share your comments below.

    Tags: News

    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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