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This week, Facebook rolls out Timline to its users and offers Subscribe button for websites while PayPal reacts to criticism over a recent decision.

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This week’s bytes is a virtual smorgasbord of tech news. It explores the new Google Analytics, the results of a survey into clicktivism, some Twitter heat mapping, news of how Twitter sign ups have changed since the iOS 5 integration, Android news and how the length of your posts affects peoples engagement with them. We round it all off with a suggestion that you see the wonderful Junkhearts, written by our own Simon Frank.

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We celebrate with Square and Android as they hit major milestones, Zynga releases games on its own platform, LinkedIn launch the ability for companies to post updates and we discover Donate your Account.

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This week, Google have released Real-Time, an immediate analytics tool that shows you how many people are engaging with your content at any one time. Facebook push us to make better Pages and ReTargeter follows your followers.

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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!

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Highlights from the live question and answer panel for Guardian voluntary sector network. Topics included internal challenges with social media, asking for celebrity tweets, getting started with social media and integrating social media into other areas of work.

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I was lucky enough to happen upon Simon Berry’s ColaLife social media campaigning Q&A at Sounddelivery this week and was impressed by not only his original idea, its execution and his attitude to online, but also his obvious passion for ColaLife and its potential.

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This week we look at the new product launches at Facebook. We also find out the value of social share buttons, and how we can now track them. Lastly, we find a new crowdsourcing donation site, Soloco.

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Twitter is set to launch UK advertising in October. We explain the effects of posting to Facebook from a third-party app and two of our favourite websites reach a 100 million landmark.

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In preparation for its launch last February, St Dunstan’s approached beautiful world to develop a brand identity for its new challenge event, Walk 100. With charity challenge events becoming an increasingly crowded market, the brief was defined by its need to stand out.

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This week Google+1 goes mobile, we discover a new Twitter with a twist and we check up on checking in.

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

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Facebook are downgrading check-ins while Foursquare are upgrading its check-in options. Also this week, Jumo has been acquired by GOOD and we donate in our sleep.

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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.

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What a shocking night London has just experienced.  In thirty years of living here I have never witnessed such carnage.  For most people it’s an utterly mystifying experience – why are they doing it?  Why now? According to Ken Livingstone, we’re witnessing the despair and anger of a dispossessed generation – young people who face [...]

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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.

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This week we explain why brands should do their best to remain nonplussed

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Last week, CharityInsight.com played host to an online debate about using social media to benefit non-profit organisations. It asked five sets of questions on behalf of charities that are all six’s and seven’s about the social web. Our very own Rachel Beer was one of the panellists.

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Facebook is seeing some changes to its usage and user base. Meanwhile, Google is hoping their latest social features will take off. Let the social network battle for popularity commence!

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On the 6 month anniversary of beautiful bytes we bring news that DOWNLOAD TO DONATE encourages donations in exchange for new music, Hootsuite updates its suite of tools, Foursquare reaches 10 million users and Everything Everywhere permanently suspends text donation fees.

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