1. After three months of testing, Facebook Messenger is coming to a Windows desktop near you.
2. The social network on Monday announced that Messenger for Windows, a standalone app that lets you IM friends via Windows 7, will be coming out of beta in a few weeks.
3. Of course, you could do the same thing if you left Facebook open on your browser all day, but this is a way to keep in touch even if you close out of Facebook.
4. Facebook just brought social media addicts to another level.

1. Windows 8 Consumer Preview is one of the biggest changes that Microsoft has made to Windows, moving it from an operating system aimed at a single class of hardware (PCs and laptops) to one that spans a wide range of devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones.
2. Windows 8 feels like a transitional operating system and a bridge between traditional PCs and tablets.
3. The new version of Windows breaks with its past, and for tablet owners that will be a good thing. The new Metro interface is better suited for tablets and touch. Metro apps are more visually appealing than desktop-based ones, and do an excellent job of integrating information piped in from the Internet. But the desktop does not compare to previous Windows versions in power, and overall the operating system feels more natural to touch-based interaction than it does to mouse- and keyboard-based use.
4. Try Windows 8 today!

1. It’s March, and that means one thing for basketball fans – madness. March Madness officially starts with Selection Sunday on March 11.
2. Mashable has supplied Twitter users with a Sweet 16 list of March Madness must-follows.
3. Need action updates during working hours? We’ve got national correspondents who will relay scores and big moments all day. Want the hometown scoop on the heavy favorites? We’ve got beat writers to give you fresh angles. Need a passionate perpective? We’ve got the best bloggers around. Want to get nerdy with it? We’ve got you covered there, too.
4. Let the madness spread!

Related: #NoLifeInMarch

1. The latest craze to sweep the sports world is the “Linsanity” that the NBA is experiencing.
2. This, of course, refers to Jeremy Lin, an NBA nobody that has played like an All-Star over the last week.
3. He has been averaging 27 points and 8 assists over the last 5 games.
4. This doesn’t seem like a big deal except for the fact that he went undrafted, started the year between two different teams, and has played only 50 minutes through the first 2.5 months of the season.

Related: #TebowMania

1. Google is looking to revolutionize the way we search for answers online.
2. They are working to incorporate Artificial Intelligence into their search algorithm to allow the results to incorporate word meaning in addition to keywords
3. Google understands that words, by themselves, mean something totally different then when they are paired with other words to make sentences.
4. Their hope is that they can create a system that, like the computer in Star Trek, can comprehend what you’re asking, and give you an intelligent, and correct, answer.

Related: #TheFuture

1. As an evolving and cutting-edge field, you can make a great living managing a brand’s presence on social platforms.
2. OnwardSearch breaks down where social media jobs are concentrated, the job titles in the industry, and how much dough the average social mediate is bringing home each year.
3. Get paid to be on Facebook? Yes, please.

Related: #SocialMediaJobs

1. The news of Whitney Houston’s death was tweeted by a twitter user first, 27 minutes before the media broke out the news.
2. Approximately 2.5 million tweets and retweets occurred in the first hour, amounting to more than 1,000 tweets a second.
3. The news of Houston’s death peaked at 5:23 p.m. PT with 61,227 tweets in that minute.
4. Is Twitter the future of breaking news?

Related: #ThePowerOfSocialMedia

1. Last Wednesday was Stop SOPA day; The day when the internet protested the The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA).
2. These two acts, which have been working their way through congress, would give the government the ability to shut down any website, at any time, without reason, for activity that they deem piracy.
3. To protest, many of the internet’s most popular sites went “black” for the day, shutting down their sites in protest.
4. So far it appears that the protest has worked. The uproar caused many in congress to oppose the bill and these versions of these bills are dead.

Related: #ThePowerOfThePeople

1. What turned into work on the go is now 24/7 emailing, Facebook messaging, and tweets.
2. Obsessive phone use can lead to phantom vibrations, where they mistakenly think their phone is vibrating.
3. Volkswagen went as far as shutting of its Blackberry email server outside of office hours to give their employees a break.
4. Maybe the world needs a temporary mobile shutoff.

Related:  #HoldOnIGotAText

#UNSocialMedia

1. The United Nations uses social media as a tool to spread knowledge and information about its mission, goals and accomplishments.
2. UN works in six official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) and every post has to be translated into all of them.
3. The UN’s most successful social effort has been the “Be a Human Rights Defender” campaign, created to celebrate Human Rights Day.
4. A true sign to the way social media has expanded to every corner of the world.

Related: #TweetforACause