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Every good blog post should start off with a joke- I learned that in my Blogging 101 class at Internet University.  Here comes a math joke!

Person 1: What's the integral of ¹/_cabin with respect to cabin?

Person 2: A log cabin.

Person 1: No, a houseboat; you forgot to add the C!

Once upon a time, Ashton Kutcher was the unofficial celebrity face of Twitter, challenging CNN to a race to one million fans. Years later, Justin Timberlake is heralded as the potential savior of MySpace. Social media and celebrities have long had a symbiotic relationship, and lucky fans have been benefiting ever since.

As part of our ongoing global social series, this week we’re bringing you a look back at some of the top news stories about regional social networks during the two months of the year. Headlines this period cover new social apps, reactions to Chinese digital ID requirements, a shakeup in top social networks in Brazil and some big changes to how social data is being indexed.

At the first Facebook Marketing Conference (fMC) in New York, the social network formally announced Timeline for Brand Pages and released details around a series of new advertising units. In this blog post we’ll outline what the changes are, why they matter and what you’ll want to do in response.