Weekly Round-up: February 10, 2012

From fairytale creatures to an outer space phenomenon, here are our top news picks of the week from the social media and fashion world.

Pinning Winning
After recieving my pinterest invite via e-mail on Monday, I have been exploring the social media site and all it has to offer. If you haven't tried it yet, I advise you to sign yourself up for an invite - as it has been reported by comScore that website has taken the lead as the fastest growing social media site - with over 10 million monthly users. If you are unsure as to pinterest and it's features, check out this article for a breakdown! Now go get your pinning on!

Out of this world Tweets
Twitter announced this week that it will be teaming with two major companies to provide Twitter access via satellite. This will make tweeting available to virtually everyone everywhere. Read more here.

Analyzing your statistics
Thanks to Ann Smarty, a web and marketing entrepreneur, here you can find 5 useful and extremely information spreadsheets containing everything you need to know about the analytics of your social media accounts. Best of all? It's free!

2012 New York Fashion Week
Thursday February 9 kicked of 2012 fashion week in New York. The ready to wear collection "Creatures of the Wind" by Chicago based Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters was far from ordinary. Inspired by a 17th century fairytale of elves and fairies, these magical creations were the perfect way to kick of this year's show.