Welcome to March 2013 everyone. We are one week from SXSW and excitement within the social media world is building. What app this year will breakout and be the darling of 2013? We will see. It was an up and down Oscar broadcast, but the number of tweets sent relating to the show were impressive. Over $8.9 Million tweets for the pre-show and actual broadcast. Did you know that for $5 a month you can completely eliminate mail from coming to your home, apartment or condo. Coming soon to a city near you. Instagram has eclipsed the 100 Million user mark. Rumors of their demise were greatly exaggerated. Dropbox now has One billion (!) files uploaded to its server every day. That is a staggering number of files. Sephora shared data that proves that their Pinterest followers spend 15 times as much as their Facebook followers. Interesting. Rumors are increasing about the iPad 5 being launched in June of this year. Are you going to be first in line to purchase one? For our viral video this week, we want you to smile. Look at this baby elephant having a moment.

Here are five other gems you may have missed from the past week in social media:

• 50 Social Media Case Studies You Need to Bookmark
• How to Find the Best B2B Social Media Linkedin Groups
• What is the Big Question Everyone in Social Media is Afraid to Ask?
• Could TiVo and Roku beat Apple to TV Nirvana?
• 19 Things Successful People Do On Social Media

Happy weekend!!