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Being true to its settlement agreement with the FTC in March of last year, Google pre-announced yesterday a comprehensive update that consolidates some 60 privacy policy documents, plus a refresh of its terms of service agreement. Both are to begin March 1, but are available now for review online.

This policy shift is generating buzz online over concerns of privacy, search anonymity and control over just what information gets shared.

HootSuite is a popular professional Twitter client that is aimed at users who Tweet, use Facebook or Linkedin on behalf of organizations. HootSuite has become very popular those who manage communities or for Twitter power-users who maintain more than one account. In an effort to become even more pervasive and developer friendly, HootSuite has launched an App directory that lists tools and web services that extend the capabilities of HootSuite.

Google+ seems to be having something of a growth spurt as it gets new features and links from across the Google ecosystem.

When your business, from a mom-and-pop outfit to a local store, starts using social media, things can be confusing as you move from a personal-use mindset to a sales, marketing or support style of use.

As mobile platforms become more and more popular as tools for information sharing and social networking, businesses are also looking into the potentials of location-targeting in marketing and collaboration. Smartphones and tablet computers -- including the iPhone, iPad, Android devices and others -- can also take advantage of location-awareness, with which a new social networking application by BitFlx (news, site) lets users share videos that are time-bound and location-aware.

Have you ever been tagged by fellow Facebook users for photos that don't actually include you, but are of products of dubious origin? Have you been invited to install an application, but find your account spamming everyone in your contact list afterward? Have you fallen for tricky login boxes that gain access to your password and email inbox? Welcome to the world of social network spam. You are not alone, as Symantec (news, site) reports that social network spam and malware attacks are on the rise.

Web discovery site StumbleUpon (news, site) is generating more traffic for other websites than the mighty Facebook.

YouTube (news, site) has just unveiled a new service, putting all the best clips from particular sites or blogs in one place with its 'As Seen On...' pages.

 The next pretender to the iPad throne launches in a few weeks. Will HP's (news, site) TouchPad device fare better than any of the others? A series of videos is out to explain what makes it different.

Alterian's (news, site) Social Media Monitoring (SM2) moves on up to version 5 to offer greater levels of business intelligence and understanding on what your users are saying and doing out in social networks.

Licensing content can be a headache, especially for authors and developers who wish to use other persons' or groups' work in their own. While photo-sharing sites have long since advocated the use of Creative Commons licenses, the concept is gaining ground in videos, and YouTube (news, site) is set to announce the integration of Creative Commons in videos and the cloud-based YouTube video editor.

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

• Facebook Walls Full of Profanity
• YouTube Celebrates 6th Birthday, Reports 3 Billion Views Daily
• Twitter Starts Email Notifications
• After Negative Review and Lawsuit, Yelp Gets a Check

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

• Job Hunting Via Facebook Connections
• Report Says Twitter Wants To Buy TweetDeck
• TED Taking Auditions Via YouTube and Vimeo
• Al Jazeera Starts Social News Show

Ephox (news, site) is still playing around with TinyMCE, this time with the release of version 3.4.1, a tiny step up from the Version 3.4 Beta 3 that it released in February and which focused on accessibility.

Based on Chromium, socially-focused web browser RockMelt (news, site) has grabbed plenty of attention during its private beta, but now it's open for everyone to try.