It seems like Facebook and Twitter are everywhere: TV, movies, car shows, even retirement homes. Despite all the news, not all is well in the world of social media — once-blue skies go cloudy, as privacy and security concerns continue run rampant.

Sometimes enhancements, updates, accolades, and coordination aren’t necessarily good things. Social continues to march on, but are we getting smarter or just more emotional?

Chocolate, plane tickets, diapers, cars, VCs… and still social ad spending is low? This week points out the apparent contradiction.

Marketing experts are telling Toyota that it needs to rebuild the trust of women in the wake of the recall mayhem. Social-media listening can play a critical role in campaign design, helping to fill in the gaps left by traditional methods.

Traditional media continues to struggle despite more focus on the consumer and growing social-media adoption. Throw in some patent-infringement lawsuits and it’s just another week in the life of new media.

If advertising is dead, why is Apple buying an ad network? Are we more interested in the Olympics or the fact that our cars are being recalled? And Buzz… really?