Four On Friday: Social Media Recap

This was another exciting week in digital and social media. It was definitely a week full of Facebook Places. Check out these articles to see what you may have missed this week:

1: 10 Things You Need to Know About Facebook Places | Travel 2.0

Social Mediarology thinks: Travel 2.0′s Troy Thompson has some great points here. My favorite is #7, where he talks about using Facebook Places to help companies understand the new tripecho effect.

2: How to Use Facebook Places for Your Business | AllFacebook

Social Mediarology thinks: Three easy steps to create, claim and integrate your Place with your existing Facebook Fan Page. One caveat, you’ve got to use a mobile version of Facebook to do this – you’ll need to use your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android or Blackberry app.

3: All Hail the Gmail | GigaOm

Social Mediarology thinks: Respected tech journalist, Om Malik, thinks Google’s introduction of a Call Phone feature in all US Gmail accounts isn’t a real threat to Skype, but is just another way in which Google is quietly using their flagship email platform as a launching pad to be come more of a social company. I’m inclined to agree.

4: The State of the GeoSocial Universe | Mashable

Social Mediarology thinks: This is a great infographic that shows the relative size of prominent social media and email platforms – and how many mobile users they each have – in relation to the number of mobile devises worldwide. I had no idea more people used Skype than Facebook.