Has Tumblr come up with a creative answer to online advertising?

Bit.ly releases Realtime, a search engine for real-time viral news.

Digg, the once high-flying social news site, has relaunched under new ownership after a six-week rebuilding.

Facebook has started rolling out powerful new post targeting options called ‘Page Post Targeting Enhanced.’

Last week, the Australian Advertising Standard Bureau ruled that user-generated comments found on a brand’s Facebook page should be subject to the same regulations as conventional marketing and advertising efforts

In the same week that Google announced almost half of all Olympic related searches in Australia were made using mobile devices, Facebook has announced testing of a new ad unit aimed at driving installs of mobile apps.

Social gifting has arrived in Australia with Swedish based Wrapp launching with the support of several Australian retailers

Facebook has added a number of new marketing features further highlighting the platforms potential as a marketing tool.

New social plug-in makes it easier to find articles based on what your friends like and share