I came across this amazing infographic yesterday and had to share it with everyone…

via The Growth of Social Media: An Infographic (NOT A FAD!).

Tucked near the end of Facebook’s 1,200-word blog post detailing a slew of privacy changes was a short obituary for a Facebook feature unveiled with great fanfare last year: Facebook Places, a check-in service that allowed users to share their locations on Facebook and redeem coupons.

Facebook quietly admitted that it would be “phasing out” Places, which had been available only on cellphones, while at the same time expanding the ability to add locations to posts by allowing users to tag cities, venues and landmarks in everything from status updates to Wall posts using any device.

Read the entire post via Facebook Axes Places: Who Will Miss It?.

VERY interesting post by Mashable…

Social assistance will be the next frontier spawned from social networking, and we’re all going to need it. We’ll require help managing our online relationships, tying our streams together, sifting through the noise, keeping up with what matters personally, finding who and what we need, and remaining productive.

Read the whole post via Sharepocalypse Now: Why Social Media Overload Means New Opportunities for Startups.

https://plus.google.com/106882297456629622134/posts

So many great stories hitting the air waves about Google+ but really enjoyed and recommend this one by Likeable Media called The 5 People You’ll Meet on Google+, and Mashable‘s 19 Essential Google+ Resources is a great roundup of all resources Google+ includes tips, reviews, polls, etc.

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Now that sponsored stories have had almost half a year to germinate, a growing number of pundits are saying that these ad units perform about 50 percent better than other types of promotions on the site.

via What’s The Deal With Facebook’s Ad Prices?.

Today, Facebook announced that they’ve partnered with Skype to offer free and fast video calling, and some other improvements to chat.  Sound interesting?  Hopefully it will be more embraced than it was in 2007 when MySpace first introduced it. Read all about Facebook’s announcement on their blog… Call Your Friends Right From Facebook.