Social Media Topics This Week:

It was a big week for Google this week as they had their I/O conference, announced a few updates and Google+ celebrated their 1 year anniversary. See below for a few of their announcements and make sure you look up some of their other updates to Droid, their new tablet and more.

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This past Friday was iPhone’s 5^th birthday as well!

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Google Analytics Comes to Mobile Apps
http://mashable.com/2012/06/29/google-analytics-mobile-apps/

Mobile App Analytics is being released in beta on Friday to Droid and iOS. The reports are designed to give developers (and the brands they work for) data about who is using the apps, how they’re using it and if that use is leading to purchases.

Suggested Tweet: Google Analytics app coming to iOS and Droid mobile devices – http://on.mash.to/MvC2b5
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Google Intros Google+ Events, Tablet App

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2406364,00.asp

On Wednesday, Google introduced Google+ Events, a new social planning service available on the search giant’s one-year-old social networking platform. They also unveiled its first optimized version of Google+ for tablets.

Suggested Tweet: Google unveils Events for Google+ and Google+ tablet app – http://bit.ly/MxkCse
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Twitter’s Mobile Ads Begin to Click

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304458604577491170573156612.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Twitter Inc. is showing early signs of success selling advertising on mobile devices, an area that is bedeviling Internet companies including Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. GOOG

Twitter is now generating the majority of its revenue from ads shown to its users on mobile gadgets, rather than from ads on Twitter.com, company executives said.

Suggested Tweet: Twitter’s mobile ads are a success – http://on.wsj.com/MCFrTh
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Twitter Use At Work Is On The Rise [REPORT]
http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/twitter-use-at-work-on-the-rise_b24775

It’s becoming increasingly more common for employees to use Twitter while on company time according to the latest report. The overall amount of social network use among employees at these organizations hasn’t gone up, but the amount of time spent on individual networks has shifted.

Suggested Tweet: Using Twitter at work? You’re not alone – http://bit.ly/N0HJfU
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The best day of the week for brands to tweet and update Facebook

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/12017.aspx

On Twitter and Facebook, Tuesday is the best day of the week for engagement, according to a new report from Yesmail. Unfortunately, the brands in the study most often tweeted and updated their Facebook pages on days when engagement among followers was at its lowest.

Suggested Tweet: Tuesday is the best day for engagement on Facebook and Twitter – http://bit.ly/LzFySp

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