Logically, we know that social media is playing a more integral role in consumer TV-watching than ever before.

Realistically, it’s almost impossible to comprehend the raw numbers. Can it really be true that 40% of American smartphone and tablet users log onto a social network when tuning into the tube?

Apparently so – and HBO’s cult hit Game Of Thrones is a great case study for just how crucial a role social media plays in modern TV.

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Our Wednesday series Twitticisms is back, featuring the jocular jests and witty wisecracks of Twitter’s funniest.

Cue the laugh track:

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As Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn have become an integral part of our everyday routines, sharing private information about ourselves publicly to these channels has in turn become the norm which, in some cases, can be hazardous.

In the face of Twitter account hacks, the recent controversy over the NSA’s data mining, and Facebook phishing, how do you keep your data safe?

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During tonight’s LA Dodgers vs. New York Yankees game at 7:05 p.m. EST, there will be as much game-time entertainment online as on the field as 85-year-old Vin Scully takes over the Dodgers’ Twitter account for his first live tweetcast.

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The Daily Beast has released its BeastBest Awards, a selection of 82 websites and 95 Twitter feeds hand-picked by the editors.

Each winner includes a photo or sample tweet, description, and link. You can also sort by genre – news, politics, parody, style, books, entertainment, etc.

In short, it’s a major time-killer – in the best way.

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Vine Flip takes your Vines offline, a great social media gift for the mobile video enthusiast in your life.

Here’s how it works.

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It appears that Twitter may bring a smaller, but more active, audience to brands than Facebook does.

A new study from social advertising and analytics startup Optimal examined data from 4,330 brands to determine whether each brand’s Twitter or Facebook following outpaced the other. The results are definitely interesting.

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In March, Twitter announced via its developer blog that its API v1 would officially retire on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, then gave developers a reprieve with a May announcement that the API 1 shutdown wouldn’t take place until June 11.

Now the transition to API V1.1 has officially taken place.

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Twitter’s Canadian office has officially opened its doors, with managing director Kirstine Stewart at its helm.

After a month of behind-the-scenes media action and 10 new employee hires, Twitter Canada is ready to roll.

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Social media crises have popped up in the media fairly frequently lately, from the spate of SEA hackings to the @ComfortablySmug Twitter account that during Hurricane Sandy posted a series of lies about damage, loss of power, and – most notoriously – the New York Stock Exchange flooding.

What’s a social media manager to do in time of such turmoil?

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