Atlas Calendar, Klout Q&A, Rating Your Contacts: the Social 6 for 5/8/13

Welcome back, me! It's been my longest break from releasing a Social 6 ever, but for good reason, between prepping to go away and then going away to Munich for the International Health Forum. I'm back in the swing of things, and today seemed like a great day to start back up, with a terrific post from Patrick over at Contactually, Klout's plans to become a more robust platform, and a pretty strong debut from Atlas, the new smartphone-oriented calendar/scheduler. Here's your Social 6:

#6: Hotel Tonight Wants You to Snap Photos of Your Hotel Room (Selfies Not Encouraged) (AllThingsD)

#5: Pre-Roll Ads Will Soon Know Where You've Shopped Online (Ecommerce Times)

#5: 3 Ways To Measure ROI For Social Customer Service (Likeable Media blog)

#3: Atlas launches to reduce the stress of scheduling, helping you organize group meetings on the go (The Next Web)

#2: Not everybody is created equal! Rating your network to get the most of it for your business (Contactually blog)

#1: Klout dips into Q&A and local commerce with launch of new questions feature (GigaOM)

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Tweetdeck Upgrades, Storify VIP Service, Klout + Instagram, Amazon + Goodreads: the Social 6 for 3/29/12

It's funny: there are slow weeks, and then there are weeks -- days, actually -- like yesterday. Pretty much everything that makes up the Social 6 from the last 24 hours is a must-read if you want to keep on top of mobile, digital, and social happenings. Between the Goodreads move, Klout's added focus on Instagram, Facebook's new cover photo rules, and everything else, I'd advise you to get some popcorn and strap in. Here's your Social 6:

#6: Storify debuts its VIP Service for publishers (Mashable)

#5: Cody for iPhone, the exercise journal that lets you record & share workouts with friends (TheNextWeb)

#4: Twitter tricks out TweetDeck for Mac: content & user filters, advanced search options, more (TheNextWeb)

#3: Facebook Changes Cover Image Restrictions (Again) (SocialFresh)

#2: Amazon buying Goodreads! Is the retailing giant going social? (ReadWrite)

#1: Klout starts tying in with Instagram data (AllThingsD)

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Microsoft & Klout and Facebook & Gifts: Your Social 6, Weekend Edition

Hi everybody, and happy Monday! Hope you had a good weekend, and didn't spend it reading news across the Internet from a myriad sources. After all, that's what I'm here for. This weekend had a few gems; here are some of the highlights:

#6: Gamification: where play meets productivity and engagement (Opinno)

#5: Is the Social Media Card the New Business Card? (San Francisco Chronicle)

#4: Is California's law barring demands for social media passwords any good? (Techdirt)

#3: Former Employee Explains Why He Was Fired From Facebook (Mashable)

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