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This week included tons of announcements from brands and social media companies! Check out my favorite trends from the Twitterverse: Unboxing is Unbelievable – The volume of YouTube unboxing videos has boomed in recent years. Many are still user-generated videos, but brands are starting to get in on the action. Disney and Star Wars: The Force Awakens are hosting an

It was a busy week with everything from children heading back to school to high-profile scandals. Here are some of the stories that I found most interesting: Scandalous: It was a bad week for those whose names start with a “J.” Jared Fogle is in deep water after pleading guilty to child pornography charges, and Josh Duggar is again in

It was a week for laughing in a hipper way, settling scores and celebrations. Check out my favorites from the Twitterverse: The Demise of LOL – LOL is so 2008 – or is it? Recent Facebook study that proclaimed “haha” is the most popular way we laugh online, with only 1.9% laughing with the old LOL, but analysis suggests that

This week featured some big news for social media brand managers and really head-scratching Tweets. Here are my favorite finds: Managing a brand’s Instagram became much easier. Hootsuite announced this week that the company will fully integrate Instagram into its social media management platform. Brand managers will be able to “schedule and publish Instagram content, monitor and engage with Instagram audiences