For the last several years, real estate professionals have used Facebook and Twitter to keep up with industry news, connect with clients and increase their exposure. Now Pinterest is the latest social media tool being used by the real estate industry to boost business.

Launched in 2010, Pinterest is a virtual pinboard that lets you organize and share photos. The site quickly became the third-most popular social network in the country, behind Facebook and Twitter, according to Experian. Much like Facebook and Twitter, Pinterest seeks to “connect everyone in the world through the things they find interesting.”

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The Federal government is infested with Those Who Tweet. Those of you who do that stuff probably know already that — but how do you ‘em?

If you’re one such government-info junkie, check out this nifty feed of what the government is twittering now, from NextGov.com. A quick scan of recent tweets shows the General Accounting Office, the US Geological Survey, the Food Safety Info Center, the FDA, Customs, NASA, and the Army. And that’s just on the first page.

(Hat tip: Federal Eye, itself an info-rich food source for gov-info junkies.)

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