A Facebook engineer who helped build the News Feed told InsideFacebook.com that only 1 out of 500 stories will make it through the News Feed. That was six years ago. The social network has yet to update the statistic, but it’s highly likely that its algorithm, EdgeRank, filters more stories now than in 2007.
PostRocket, a Facebook Marketing blog, has released a new infographic that confirms two things: the news feed is competitive, more than ever, and photo posts dominate it.
The number …

People who have been managing social media accounts either for personal use or for business use may have noticed that their fans on social media roughly fall into clear categories.
According to this infographic, there are seven popular types of social media fans and each type can benefit the owners of the social media accounts they follow.
The infographic, made by ReachLocal.com, also teaches social media users how to benefit from each of the seven types of fans discussed.
Here are the seven …

Social media is so pervasive it is no wonder airlines and airports in the U.S. can be analyzed through it.
So which American commercial airlines and airports are doing great on social media?
According to this infographic from ViralHeat, the most social savvy airports are San Francisco International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
The ranking for airports was …

The seemingly simple inclusion of an exclamation point in a tweet boosts its chances of getting retweets, new data shows.
The data comes from Dan Zarella, a social media expert, in an article on his site.
According to Zarella, he was prompted to look in to “the relationship between exclamation points in tweets and retweets and clicks” by a question from one of his followers which was aptly-sent through a tweet.
Zarella says that he used a dataset of over 2 million link-containing tweets …

None of us is safe. Identity thieves lurk in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to pounce on their prey. These malicious minds continually find ways to hack an unknowing victim’s social media account.
Be reserved. Be cautious. While we try to protect ourselves against cybercriminals, the names of the people we are looking for may already be in our list of friends or followers. Do not click any unfamiliar link or download files from an untrusted source.
NextAdvisor.com, a consumer …

New privacy laws for social media have been ratified across several states in the United States. In general, these laws prohibit companies from requesting employees and job seekers that they log in to their social media

Apple has announced that its App Store has surpassed 50 billion downloads.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Apple said “We just hit 50 billion app downloads. Thank you. It couldn’t have happened without you. #50BillionApps” along with a link to the App Store.
We just hit 50 billion app downloads. Thank you. It couldn’t have happened without you. #50BillionApps tw.appstore.com/hgE
— App Store(@AppStore) May 15, 2013

Along with the milestone, one lucky person has just won a $10,000 …

In the world of small businesses, there are those who don’t know how to use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter for their marketing efforts. If you are a small business owner and you want your business to have a Facebook presence, the following tips are for

Android and iOS smartphone owners no longer have to knock on the door of BlackBerry to release its popular mobile messaging service on other platforms.
BlackBerry, formerly Research In Motion, has announced its plans to make available BlackBerry Messenger to Android and iOS devices this summer. But before that, it needs approval from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Once available, Android and iOS users with friends and family who use BlackBerry devices can start sending messages to …

A bidder has won an hour-long coffee date with Apple chief Tim Cook to the tune of $610,000.
The auction was organized by CharityBuzz and the proceeds of the auction will go to the RFK Center for Justice and human Rights.
The bidder, along with a companion if he or she gets invited by the winning bidder, will have a 30-minute to 1-hour coffee date with Cook at Apple’s Cupertino, California campus talking about anything.
The bidder has a year to come up with a time that is mutually agreed upon …