- The National Labor Relations Board has issued one of its first rulings on social policies and has invalidated the social media policy at a Costco facility. The NLRB has claimed that it believes the Costco social media policy is "overbroad and violates employee's rights". For more information on this story please go to http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=64e4ceb9-f1e4-46f1-be7c-5d207c8058eb
- Appirio recently announced the results of a 300 person survey aiming at uncovering the differences between people's social habits personally vs. professionally. For more information on this survey, please read http://www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/2012/09/20/the-state-of-social-media-at-work-in-one-quick-infographic/ or see the infographic results directly at http://blogs-images.forbes.com/markfidelman/files/2012/09/8002374391_77a92d736b_o.jpg
- Rolio has announced a new free web application that aggregates real-time content from websites including Facebook and Twitter into one visual interface. For more information on this new website and application please read http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/09/20/rolio-combines-real-time-content-net-social-media-free-web-app
- With the recent launch of Apples iOS6, you may have noticed a significant change in your mapping application. Apple has replaced the popular Google Maps with their own Apple Maps and has received some backlash for this. For more information on this story please read http://www.fastcompany.com/3001463/apple-drops-google-maps-ios-6-faces-social-media-backlash
- LogMeIn recently launched new Twitter integration and social media management capabilities into its BoldChat webchat product. This integration is designed to help businesses and customer service agents manage customer interactions on Twitter helping with pre-sales and customer support. For more on this new product launch please read http://www.4-traders.com/news/LogMeIn-Inc-LogMeIn-s-BoldChat-Takes-on-Social-Customer-Care-With-New-Twitter-Management--15217425/