Could worries over the legalities of ‘pinning’ content on Pinterest be its downfall?

Does ‘churnalism’ pose a threat to content quality on the web? #beautifulbytes this week looks at what you can do to avoid it, as well as changes to Facebook Ads and the continued growth of social gaming.

This week we focus on three of our favourite talking points: Google+, Twitter and Facebook and think about how their changes will affect what we do with them in the charity sector. We also get excited about tonight’s NFPtweetup!

Google has been making more waves in tech news this week. Some of it good, some not great but all of it interesting.

Google+ is integrated into Google search results in a (not so) shocking move. Kuapay pip NFC to the post with a QR code mobile payment system and Facebook Ads allow you to target people by postcode.

Google continues to dominate the news in the social realm by updating analytics to include more social media tracking and reaching an 18 million user milestone. Facebook and Twitter still get a look in when it comes to advertising news.

This week, Facebook ads to star your face, Twestival kicks off and Twitter celebrates its fifth birthday

Another week, another beautiful bytes round up of what’s hot in technology and charity.

After a successful office Christmas party, the first food I’ll be able to handle is today’s beautiful bytes. I hasten to add this is not because of too much tipple, but a rather questionable kebab on the way home…