Happy Friday! To wrap up the past week, we thought we’d offer a wee list of our favourite finds on Twitter this past week:

Follow Invoke for top news stories involving: social media marketing, agency, tech, mobile, widgets, design, and more:

Invoke:  5 Emerging Social Media Sites to Watch in 2010 (via Social Media Examiner) http://ow.ly/1giL4
Mashable: Apple Store is Down, Prepare for iPad Pre-Orders
RT @kateleg: The remake. @Invoke @HootSuite cc: @invoker @uncleweed @gracibelle @d1337 @quikness #SXSW in #Vancouver http://ow.ly/1iwrE
RT @tm_technology HootSuite Acquires Android Developer Swift App for more Google Mobile Goodness http://ow.ly/1ixB5
RT @mashable SXSW 2010: The Complete Social Media Guide http://ow.ly/1h7cC
Invoke: RRW examines: Why Go to Tech Conferences, Anyway? [SXSW, they're not saying it, but they're looking at you] http://ow.ly/1h6Ag
Invoke: Just in time for SXSW RT @HootSuite: Hoot! New Blog post: Check in, Rock out ~ Foursquare and MySpace on HootSuite http://ow.ly/16KTEV

Follow memelabs for the latest in video advertising, video contests, UGC, viral videos:

memelabs: Congrats  to John with the first video submission for the YOUR PBS video contest! http://ow.ly/1pYxvn
memelabs: Crazy stop-motion animation or viral advertising? With Doritos, you never quite know http://ow.ly/1fRpa
RT @tm_technology YouTube – Lady Gaga – Telephone ft. Beyoncé http://ow.ly/1qcuJM
memelabs: Crazy stop-motion animation or viral advertising? With Doritos, you never quite know http://ow.ly/1fRpa

Follow vidrollr for insight into social TV, interactive TV, branded advertising, audience commenting, and participatory media:

RT @beiercai: Is Google Search Coming to Your TV? http://ow.ly/1fW6d
vidrollr: For young consumers entertainment means something different. Where is social TV for millennials http://ow.ly/1heVl
RT @RodneyGaylor: Two Minute Pitch that Helped Push Social TV to the Forefront http://ow.ly/1fLJ7
Video Chat Is Where It’s at — but How Do Brands Fit in? (via @adage) http://ow.ly/1fIGq

Check in, Rock out ~ Foursquare and MySpace on HootSuite

Well, the cat’s out of the bag… or rather the owl’s out of barn. This morning, HootSuite formally announced that it has integrated Foursquare and MySpace into the social media dashboard.  CEO Ryan Holmes spilled the beans at the 140tc conference in Seattle yesterday and a Mashable article followed fast on the heels of his announcement.

Occurring just in time for SXSW, the Foursquare integration will allow users to share favourite hot-spots and the MySpace integration will allow music and film lovers to share and connect quickly.  The HootSuite blog goes into further detail:

Mayor of the Nest

Don’t know about Foursquare? This web juggernaut combines way-finding, social marketing and gaming in an addictive mobile app which encourages everyday socialites to “check in” at cafes, pubs, and conferences. They can alert friends, share tips, and even become “mayor” of a location. Note: CEO Ryan loves it.

Today’s release includes a powerful addition of default settings to custom URL parameters which were added in HootSuite’s “Barn Owl” release (Feb. 15, 2010). This feature helps marketing and customer service teams track campaign results by adding unique referral identifiers. The release also includes a variety of bug fixes and performance enhancements.

Bands, Meet Fans

Of course, you know MySpace. The venerable web giant is the place where creative types hang out and share their work and is the first stop for discovering emerging and established bands and filmmakers. With HootSuite, artists can easily outreach to fans about shows, releases and screenings. P.S. Let’s be MySpace friends.

Tools for Marketers

Today’s release includes a powerful addition of default settings to custom URL parameters which were added in HootSuite’s “Barn Owl” release (Feb. 15, 2010). This feature helps marketing and customer service teams track campaign results by adding unique referral identifiers. The release also includes a variety of bug fixes and performance enhancements.

Heading to Austin?  Stay in the HootSuite loop by following @HootUp, #hootsxsw hashtag, and this handy SXSW Twitter lista, for meet-ups, demos, prizes and photo-ops with the Owl mascot.

Today,  Invoke co-founder Ryan Holmes and HootSuite community wrangler Dave Olson are in Seattle, representing HootSuite at the TweetHouse 140TC conference.

If you’re unable to attend the event today, check out the UStream video feed.  If you ARE attending, make sure you keep an eye out for Owly, the HootSuite mascot, and say hi to Ryan and Dave.

HootSuite is a silver sponsor at the event, announced February 26th on TC140’s blog, and Ryan will be speaking on the following panel at 4:30 pm.

4:30pm – 5:30pm
License to Tweet: Applications and Services To Die For
Panelists: Kathy Gill, DL Byron, Ricardo Rabago, Ryan Holmes,Dan Shapiro Moderator: Steve Broback

Twitter is more than just 140 characters. Twitter is a platform that grows more powerful every day, as developers, entrepreneurs, and people with too much time on their hands create thousands of tools and services that do everything from sending direct messages to tweeting on behalf of your houseplants.

This panel of Twitter elites will share their favorite Twitter applications and services, and how these apps help them draw value from the Stream.

Track what people are saying about TweetHouse, 140TC conference:

Happy Friday! To wrap up the past week, we thought we’d offer a wee list of our favourite finds on Twitter this past week:

Follow Invoke for top news stories involving: social media marketing, agency, tech, mobile, widgets, design, and more:

Kardbaord:  @invoke May. The. Best app. Win. /Shatner
mashable: Twitter Hits 10 Billion Tweets – http://bit.ly/a7KKcD
mashable: HootSuite Rolls Out Android Apps and iPhone App Upgrade – http://bit.ly/cRHqXW
eMarketer: With social media, brands can own their audience – http://bit.ly/cQB8jn (Via @daisywhitney @SamsonAdepoju)

Follow memelabs for the latest in video advertising, video contests, UGC, viral videos

memelabs: PBS hits Vancouver for video contest help via @Techvibes Blog. – We’re always happy to help! #videocontest #ugc http://ow.ly/1bkEd ^KL
mashable: Pepsi Refresh Wants to Give You $50,000 For Your Digital Pro-Social Idea – http://bit.ly/aGkdYR
memelabs: This Week’s Viral Video: OK Go’s “This Too Shall Pass” http://blog.memelabs.com/this-weeks-viral-video-ok-gos-this-too-shall-pass/
mashable: Slow Motion Dog Treat Commercial Beguiles Internet [Randomly Viral] – http://bit.ly/dArn2a
DanZarrella: New Blog Post: Data Shows that Facebook is Better for Video Marketing Than Twitter http://bit.ly/9dekzM

Follow vidrollr for insight into social TV, interactive TV, branded advertising, audience commenting, and participatory media.

mashable: American Idol Strips Contestants of Social Media Accounts – http://bit.ly/d8AMe1
mashable: TiVo Introduces New Internet-Connected DVRs – http://bit.ly/cMpa4M
adage: Is Content King? Then Distribution Is Crown Prince: In the next decade, we will see significant changes to the way… http://bit.ly/cG72KK
eMarketer: Case you missed this stat: US social media users are 7.7% more likely than average adults to watch video/TV online. (Via RAMA)

Attention all knowledge-hounds and fans of memelabs’ video contests!

PBS has engaged memelabs to bring you the “YOUR PBS Video Contest,” — and you best be ready to discover something new, surprise your friends and, possibly, win great prizes….No other media company does more to provide an independent voice in today’s media marketplace, and now, PBS is hosting a video contest to give YOU a voice. With the “YOUR PBS Video Contest,” PBS wants to know what has been the most surprising thing you’ve found at PBS.org? Was it the breadth of web content on PBS.org or a conversation you struck up through PBS’s Twitter or Facebook areas? Have you been floored by what you can do and discover with PBS on iTunes or elsewhere on the Web?  Be clever, engaging and don’t shy away from being innovative or cheeky! [Read more on the memelabs blog]

Check out the PBS video contest and watch the introductory video to see how PBS wants you to learn more, share more, and be more.