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Despite having put up its paywall, the New York Times is interested in what compels people to share content to others. To satisfy their curiosity they have commissioned and now released a study. The study says some people are motivated by a desire to comprehend the content, as sharing increases comprehension in 73% of respondents. [...]

FaceBook is now allowing pages to be categorized as part of a child/parent relationship. A complex organization can now have numerous pages underneath of it. An example is that Subway can create a deal with FaceBook Places that works at all locations instead of requiring individual management from each Subway store. This change will help [...]

All of the talk about FaceBook and Google+ lately might overshadow FourSquare, but it should not be forgotten. FourSquare recently announced 10 million users, and now it claims to have over 500,000 businesses participating in its deals offerings. FourSquare is operating in a tight market, and it seems rumors of its death are premature. HubPages.com [...]

The worst kept secret in the business is that FaceBook is too large. FB has too many customers to manage all of the advertising impressions well, so it does what everyone does: outsources. FB has almost two dozen advertising agencies that are allowed to render ads on FB pages. BitsStation.com Social media agencies should look [...]

It used to be that Twitter’s direct messaging (DM) function was so constricted it was nearly useless. A Twitter user was only able to DM another user if both of them followed each other. Over the weekend Twitter announced that that policy has been rescinded. Now a user can DM another user without being followed [...]

Baidu, the largest search engine in China, has partnered with Microsoft’s Bing to provide the English language search support. China’s internet population is 477 million and there are over 10 million searches per day conducted in English. Baidu acknowledges, however, that those English language searches are not handled very well, so the 10 million number [...]

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it will look into complaints about some anti-competitive practices by Google. Google currently controls two thirds of the search market. What is interesting about this announcement is that Google is right now at its weakest since securing its dominance as the search leader. TmobileTeeks.com Microsoft’s Bing is an [...]

New research from Saatchi & Saatchi shows users do not mind learning about new brand products within social games. Infact, 2 out of 5 respondents actually prefer that as a method of content delivery. Social challenges seem to be particularly pleasing. Offering a discount for completion of a challenge is rated by 57% as very [...]

Google is launching a new framework, WebRTC, which would make instant communications an open source endeavor across all types of devices. The framework would allow chatting, email, voice and even video commutations possible regardless of the proprietary standards of the internet enabled device. Computing.co.uk This would be a huge development for the digital agency. Not [...]

There are two reasons June was a significant month for the digital agency. Tablet and smartphones sales were larger in volume than desktops and notebooks. Secondly, users spent more time on mobile applications than they did viewing web pages. That last development was the result mainly of more sessions per user rather than longer sessions. [...]