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HootSuite users can extend the platform's functionality with three new apps available immediately in the App Directory: Digg, TrendSpottr and InboxQ. More apps are expected to roll out soon.

Google is on the rack this week for ignoring Twitter from its "plus Your World" expanded search feature and over-focusing on its own Google+. We look at the ramifications of that, a ruckus in Africa and see what else happened in the wide world of the company this week.

Google's Blogger.com service powers millions of blogs but has been rather left behind in the rash of recent Google updates and new products. That changes now, as it gets a makeover.

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Twitter Surpasses 200 Million Tweets Per Day
• Google to Retire Blogger and Picasa Brands
• Social Network Spam On The Rise
• First Presidential Twitter Town Hall Today

Blogger.com (news, site) was supposed to be down for an hour of planned maintenance on Wednesday, but the outage lasted far into Thursday, heralding a major update.

This week Google aimed to change the way we consume content with a few significant alterations to Blogger. Meanwhile, a new social, Facebook-y feature was added -- very quietly -- to Labs. 

Everyone's favorite Internet giant is mixing things up over on Blogger. Starting today,  visitors to Blogger-hosted sites will find five new viewing options if they type “/view” at the end of the URL. Make no mistake -- these views aren't aren't simple skin changes. The differences are quite dramatic, and aim to change the way content is consumed altogether. 

Google showed love for both businesses and communities this week with the release of a collaboration enhancement for Docs called Discussions, and the announcement of a new nonprofits program. 

Attention, stats fans! Today Google granted Blogger, its blog publishing platform, a feature that allows users to check their stats in (almost) real-time. 

Many of us have wondered if and when social media will knock out the need for e-mail, but a survey from Econsultancy suggests that we’re far from losing touch with our inboxes. In fact, Econsultancy says social media is being used to enhance the effectiveness of e-mail.

Metalogix (news, site) is at it again, offering another way to migrate your content into another CMS. This time it's for those of you who have a blog but are being lulled by the sweet song of SharePoint 2010.

Energy ran high yesterday during the first keynote at Empower 2010, an annual Institute Conference held by Enterprise Content Management solution provider, Laserfiche (news, site). Armed with good spirits, several analogies and Coldplay on full blast, Laserfiche President and CEO Nien-Ling Wacker addressed this year’s audience—a record 1,200 attendees—with the gusto of a really, really proud parent.

Well, well, well, look who's aging all gracefully and stuff. On Sunday August 23rd, our dear Blogger (news, site) hits the double digit mark.

To celebrate their birthday the team that gave everyone the power of the press announced they'll be  giving even more. That is, over the next few weeks they'll be rolling out a handful of new features. Some of the updates will be direct results of the product ideas survey Blogger posted back in April, while others will be tools the company has had on the back burner for some time now.

In fact, they're so excited for their decade dance that they let one new feature slip a tad early. Fresh support for the PubSubHubbub protocol means that as feed readers adopt PubSubHubbub, blog posts will surface immediately for users. This currently includes Google Reader, FriendFeed, Liveddoor Reader and FavIt, meaning a ton of you web writers out there are probably already benefiting from it.

For more of the latest news about the platform and what they've got in store for their 10th year, hang around here.

With the Democratic National Convention well underway, bloggers have been busy covering every aspect of the political event.

Hundreds of bloggers descended upon Denver on Monday and will do so into St. Paul next week for the Republican National Convention. As with the changing face of politics, both parties understand the need to allow bloggers, who are often self-supported, into the fray, as they embrace the new social medium that is fast replacing television and other traditional media that has long been the primary resource of reaching out to voters.

Remember the whole AP Blogging debacle? It’s as resolved as it can be. But that’s no reason why we can’t continue to discuss the issue. If you’re not going to Paris in September, you can opt to go to Ohio.

The Poynter Institute joins Kent State University for a Media Ethics Workshop on September 18 at the Kent State main campus in Ohio.