Worried that your LinkedIn Password Was Hacked? (Mashable.com)

The security breach that compromised nearly 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords earlier this month has left many users worried that their accounts may have been breached. Samantha Murphy over at Mashable posted a guide on how to check if your LinkedIn password was hacked, and what you can do to fix it.

Top 23 Most Effective Ways to Get Facebook Fans (HQSocialMedia.com)

If you’re managing a corporate brand, or simply want to get more followers and fans on Facebook, check out these tips from HQSocialMedia. Ultimately, providing value to your readers is the order of the day, and providing great content and engaging with your followers can bring up your fanbase to the thousands.

“We Know What You’re Doing” Highlights the Issue of Privacy – or the Lack of it – on Facebook (WeKnowWhatYoureDoing.com)

Privacy has always been a hotly-debated topic, particularly when it comes to Social Media. Describing itself as a social network privacy experiment, “We Know What You’re Doing…” searches through the millions of public Facebook updates for specific keywords and topics, which may be potentially embarrassing to unwitting users who neglected to properly set their privacy settings.

Google+ Turns One (MarketingLand.com)

As the search giant’s own social network hits the one year mark, Google+ remains a topic of debate among Social Media pundits. Depending on who you ask, Google+ is either a success or a flop, but what can’t be denied is that Google’s venture has made an impact on the Social Media scene.

Social Media And The Big Data Explosion (Forbes.com)

As Social Media becomes more deeply ingrained in our daily lives, this brings greater opportunities for enterprises to learn more about their audiences. However, this also poses a challenge for companies as the amount of data produced that needs to be stored and analyzed continues to grow at a mind-boggling pace.