2014 was another big social year. We had a lot of interesting, controversial, exciting, and so much expected social media news.
We start the year with a successful deal from Facebook. On February 19, Facebook announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire WhatsApp, a rapidly growing cross-platform mobile messaging company, for a total of approximately $16 billion, including $4 billion in cash and approximately $12 billion worth of Facebook shares. The agreement also provides for an additional $3 billion in restricted stock units to be granted to WhatsApp’s founders and employees that will vest over four years subsequent to closing.
Until you will read all the 66 most important social media news from 2014 collected in this infographic, you can read a small summary below:
2 new projects launched:
– Jelly App (January 7th)
– Ello (March)
New redesign
– YouTube (February 20th)
– Facebook News Feed (March 6th)
– Facebook Pages (March 10th)
– Twitter (April 8th)
– Vine.co (May 1st)
– Foursquare New Look and Logo (July 23rd)
New search capabilities
– Twitter now indexes every public Tweet (November 18th)
– Facebook Updates Search (December 8th)
New methods of monetization
– Pinterest Promoted Pins (May 12th)
– New way to make a purchase on Twitter (September 8th)
– Advertising on Snapchat (October 17th)
In this Infographic made by HotinSocialMedia.com you’ll find the most important social media news from 2014 ordered by month and by the time of the launch.
Which are the most important social media news from 2014 and why (in your opinion)?
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