Social Media Today: Most Popular Brands on Twitter, New Book Club, New Acquisition
By Melony Roy
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Most Popular Brands on Twitter
Youtube maintains the top spot as the most popular brand on Twitter. The video sharing site has more than 47 million followers surpassing Twitter and Instagram.
AllTwitter compiled a list of the 20 most popular brands on Twitter.
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Facebook Starts a Book Club
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has launched a book club on the social network.
In a Facebook post Zuckerberg says he decided to challenge himself to read a new book every other week this year, "with an emphasis on learning about different cultures, beliefs, histories and technologies."
He has launched "A Year of Books" and the group will read a new book every two weeks and discuss it on the dedicated Facebook page.
The Page has already attracted almost 200,000 members and the first book is The End of Power by Moisés Naím.
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Wit.ai Joins Facebook
Facebook also made its first acquisition of 2015, a speech recognition firm Wit.ai. So in the future when Facebook asks what's on your mind, you might be able to tell it, without using a keyboard. Wit.ai made the announcement in a blog post. The financial terms of the seal were not disclosed.
