The 5 most useful social media tools this week

In this edition, we look at a clever news gathering platform, a powerful content curation tool, and some resources to help you find and store your favorite images.

Let’s dive in.

1. Be the first in your network to deliver breaking news thanks to Chaptur. Chaptur.com is a new website that tracks relevant news developments from all over the world in real-time and then delivers the stuff you want to your preferred device. More than 100 major platforms are tracked as part of the Chaptur service.

2. Art lovers can now get all social analytical thanks to Museum Analytics. Museum Analytics is an online platform to share and discuss information about museums and their audiences. For each museum there is a daily report with information about online and offline audiences. These reports are an essential tool for communication departments to evaluate and understand their progress. See, for example, the report generated for London: http://www.museum-analytics.org/city/london

3. Unleash your inner content curator with Bo.lt, BO.LT gives you a way to save, organize, and share stories, articles, and vacation plans. You can gather great design examples, gift ideas, useful tips, and any other meaningful content you find on the Web and save it within your personal collection. The remix function is especially cool.

4. A bookmarking site specifically for images? Yep, say hello to Pleeq.com. Whether you’re a hobbyist blogger or manning a professional news outlet, this looks like it would be a great place to tag share images you find on the Web. Register for Pleeq here.