35% of the Fortune 500 are tweeting, are you? (VisInsights)

Unlike a lot of small businesses, the corporate giants of the Fortune 500 were not so quick to incorporate social media into their marketing campaigns. Now, 22% of Fortune 500 firms run a public blog and 35% use Twitter. This demonstrates the growing importance of social media in the business world.

Twitter Gets a New Homepage – It’s a Whole Thing (ReadWriteWeb)

In other news, Twitter just launched an updated, more dynamic homepage. Exchanging the trending topics cloud for Top Tweets and popular user features, it is aimed at enticing those who are still not on Twitter to jump in.

Facebook to scrap `become a fan of’ for `like’ (Yahoo! News)

Facebook is also making changes. Rather than ask people to “become a fan” of a particular brand or media personality, the social media platform will instead let users click that they like the subject.

Does Google AdWords Violate Trademark? (Social Media Mafia)

Google recently hit a legal snag when Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy claimed that the company’s advertising companies violated their trademark. This report makes us realize that there is more to keywords than simply a tool for gaining higher rankings.

10 Outstanding Social Media Infographics (NowSourcing)

Infographics are a wonderful mix of key data and visualization that can really bring the message home if put together correctly. This blog has compiled an awesome collection of effective social media infographics.

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