Below are the top social media stories for the week of January 17th to January 23rd!
Facebook's Solution To Sharing Sports On Social Media
Facebook has announced the creation of Facebook Sports Stadium, a product that will exist within the existing Facebook framework (mobile app and website) but bring a new set of sports-related content for the consumer. Read about it on Forbes
Facebook Pages App to Page Admins: Create a Call to Action
Page administrators using Facebook’s Pages application (formerly Pages Manager) are being prompted to create calls to action for their pages. Read about it on SocialTimes
Iran’s Web is Still on Lockdown After Sanctions are Lifted, Despite Twitter Claims
After the U.S. and Iran came to a historic deal to end economic sanctions against the Middle Eastern country, some excited Twitter users started reporting that Web services were resuming without the need for secure networks. Read about it on The Next Web
Weibo Beats Twitter to Dropping 140 Character Limit
Weibo announced that it will drop the 140-character limit as an experiment from January 26, potentially allowing all the way up to 2,000 characters per message. Read about it on The Next Web
Google Hopes Super Bowl Advertisers Choose It Over Twitter for Real-Time Marketing
Google has launched a new ad format called real-time ads that lets brands trigger promos around big events like the Super Bowl and Oscars instantly, similar to how marketers use Twitter. Read about it on Adweek
YouTube's Years-Long Banishment in Pakistan Ends -- Sort of
The Google-owned video-sharing site returned to the country on Monday after a Pakistan-specific version was created that allows the government to filter content it considers offensive, Pakistan said last Monday. Read about it on CNET
Apple
Apple Launches Music Memos App, Updates GarageBand on iOS
Apple has announced the release of its new Music Memos app on iOS, allowing musicians and songwriters to save and organize their musical ideas while on the go. Read about it on SocialTimes
Vimeo
Vimeo Puts Female Filmmakers in the Spotlight with #ShareTheScreen
Vimeo announced via blog post that the video platform would spend the year investing in female-led projects, workshops, interviews and other content through its new ‘Share the Screen’ initiative. Read about it on The Next Web
What’s Next for WhatsApp?
Now that WhatsApp is free to its over 1 billion users, tech and social media journalists are wondering how the Facebook-owned product will make money. Read about it on SocialTimes