- Woolworth's has found themselves in the middle of a social media storm surrounding allegedly racist ads posted in the career area of their website. A story about the situation can be found at http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/12/81193.html
- Back-to-school shoppers have turned increasingly to mobile and social this season according to a research report from IBM. The report shows that social sales have increased by 170% over last season. For more information a story is at http://www.dmnews.com/back-to-school-shoppers-turn-to-social-media-mobile/article/257243/ and a link to where the report was announced is at http://www-01.ibm.com/software/commerce/summit/
- Following in Oregon's footsteps, Northwestern University has launched a social media command center portal called TheWildcatWay.com that integrates all of their social media channels into one place for fans to engage with the team, coaches, and other fans. A story about the new launch can be found at http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/sports/northwestern-football-launches-social-media-portal-1.2756587#.UEdAkpb7XnQ
- Podio, the collaborative work platform recently acquired by Citrix announced the launch of their first dedicated tablet app. The Podio app integrates project management, sales leads, recruiting and other tasks into one cloud-based app. For more information read this TechCrunch story http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/05/cloud-based-social-business-service-podio-comes-to-the-ipad/
- eBay has released a new feature on their popular auction website called Help Me Shop. Dubbed as a "social shopping" assistant, this app makes it easy to gather purchasing advice from friends on social networks and then save and share interesting items. More information can be found at http://tamebay.com/2012/09/new-ebay-help-me-shop-social-shopping.html