Moving beyond feeds and streams, Twitter announced that it will soon begin emailing you a weekly digest of Tweets you might have missed.
The email digest, which will start appearing in inboxes over the next few weeks, will look similar to Twitter’s mobile Discover tab. Each story will feature a summary below it to help you decide which ones matter most. Continue Reading…
Email notifications from Google+ have received an exciting update that adds more social functionality to the normally stale alerts.
The Gmail team has announced that these notifications are now fully functional, which means you’ll be able to interact with content you’re sent directly from your inbox.
In addition to adding people to Circles and keeping up with Google+ content, you’re now able to view, comment on, and +1 Continue Reading…
Earlier this month, Google began displaying address book information on your friends’ Google+ profiles. Now the company is expanding its social treatment to Gmail by adding thumbnails of content shared within Google+ posts.
The search giant has been displaying recent Google+ posts in the people widget — which shows you information about the people you interact with — for some time. Continue Reading…
In an effort to create consistency across its platform, Facebook has announced that it will start merging unique vanity URLs and Facebook email addresses.
The email system — launched by the social network in November 2010 — combines Facebook’s instant messaging system, SMS, Facebook Messages, and email all in one place.
The latest update will automatically sync your Timeline URL and Facebook email address. For example, if your Timeline address is facebook.com/jane.smith.19, then your email address will be jane.smith.19@facebook.com. Continue Reading…
Google has been working toward merging its products together for a more unified experience and it appears that Google Contacts is next in line.
This week, the company announced that it will begin displaying address book information — that you’ve stored — on your friends’ Google+ profiles. Unlike Facebook, which lets members display contact information to whomever they choose, Google noted that this information is not public and will only be visible to you. Continue Reading…
This week on Sprout Social Insights we tackled guides for Facebook, Twitter, and small business to help you better reach your customers with the social media tools that make a difference.
Check out our articles below to find out more about each one and how they can help you with your social media goals.
And check in every day to Sprout Social Insights for more how to guides and breaking social media news. Continue Reading…
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