Most popular brands on Twitter - why?

SocialTimes is a great social media news site run by AdWeek that’s worth following.

Last week, SocialTimes released its latest list of the 20 most popular brands on Twitter:

1. YouTube (@YouTube, 48,647,925 followers)

2. Instagram (@instagram, 37,367,736)

3. Twitter (@twitter, 35,040,450)

The Internet of Things

If you're paying attention to technology, you've probably noticed an increase in articles about "the internet of things." This quirky, relatively nondescript label describes the category of devices that connect to the internet. You may have one of these devices already, for example a thermostat or digital recorder that can be controlled remotely from a web interface.

Top Super Bowl Commercials 2015

This Sunday is the Super Bowl. Get your snacks ready and your game on for a fun time watching football and some amazing commercials. As you know, Super Bowl spots cost $4 Million and you have to wonder if they are effective and worth the money.

So this week let's talk about the best super bowl commercials. So you're assignment, should you choose to take it. Watch the Super Bowl. Tweet out commercials you like the best using the #NMDL tag.

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Spoiler alert! (not really)

Do you watch "The Walking Dead" on AMC?

Sometimes I think I might be the only person not to watch it – but I definitely know what it's like to have a major plot twist in a TV show or movie spoiled. It's awful, right?

That's why this social media fail is so terrible. Last night, a major character died on The Walking Dead (I don't feel like that's a major spoiler; deaths on a show about zombies don't seem too out of the ordinary). 

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Facebook@Work

Today, news broke of a new product being tested by Facebook called "Facebook@Work."

Here's what it would do: