The Top 5 Social Media News Of This Week

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Remember when Facebook launched the Timeline design? It was a small revolution in itself. Now many layout tweaks have taken place over the years but nothing has really changed since then. And this might be the reason why Rof Tentik decided to offer his own take on what Facebook should look like. And he created Facebook Flat, a Google Chrome extension that will give you a whole new Facebook experience.

On the other side of the social media planet, Twitter now fully integrates with Google and live tweets, trending topics and hashtags will now be delivered straight into Google Search results.

Live tweets, trending topics and hashtags will now be delivered straight into Google Search results.

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As a social media manager, you probably often feel like you could or should work from home, or anywhere else than from an office desk. After all, your job all happens online, right? Well, we tend to agree with you and this week we reviewed what we think are the 5 basic mobile apps you need in order to be desk-free.

Oh, and if you happen to be in Germany, think twice before sharing photos of your food on social media… you could be breaking the law!

So are you ready for this week’s Top 5 trending news on We are Social Media?

	Facebook Is Adding A Personal Assistant To Your Messenger -The iPhone has Siri, Google has Ok, Google. It was time for Facebook to have its own AI personal assistant, right? Well now it has. On Facebook Messenger.
	Posting Your Meal On Social Media Is Probably Illegal In Germany – For all of you who love to photograph food and post it on social media, here are some bad news – if you live in Germany. You could be breaking the law!
	Twitter Is Now Fully Integrated Into Google Search Results – Google and Twitter have a lot to win by working hand in hand. Google is by far the number 1 search engine in the world, and Twitter being the most reactive social media platform, one can easily imagine how powerful their collaboration can become.
	Who Loves This Facebook Flat Design? – Rof Tentik, a developer and UI designer, decide to give Facebook a full facelift. Rof chose to go with flat design, and what started as a fun side project eventually lead to him developing a complete Chrome extension to offer an alternative layout for Facebook users.
	5 Mobile Apps Every Social Media Manager Needs – We all know it takes a special kind of person to be a social media manager. Being able to work from anywhere or while on the go is very important. So, I have comprised a list of the mobile applications I use most often, other than the platform application itself.