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Pinterest and other sites are making it even easier to collect, sort and share content. Here are some of my favorite places to curate content on the Web:

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Every year Forbes magazine singles out 30 entrepreneurs under 30 years old who are out changing the world before they’re even old enough to run for president.  Topping the list this year is Swedish entrepreneur Daniel Ek, whose digital music service Spotify has won the hearts of music lovers worldwide while working toward a more sustainable business model for the music industry.

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Unless you’ve been living in a bird-free zone, you know that Twitter recently overhauled their home page.  The new page allows people to see shared videos, links and photos directly within the stream of Twitter by clicking the ‘open’ button.  Photos are expanded, videos are displayed and even links to text articles are expanded into small snippets of the original source.  I worry that this is going to take its toll and put pressure on services like Tumblr.

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Vkontakte, one of the largest social networks in Russia, has been asked by a consortium of Russian producers to pull down a bunch of content uploaded by its users.  The uploading of illegal content is always a hot topic once a social network comes of age and demands enough attention, and this news can be attributed to the growing pains of the still expanding Vkontakte network.

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The folks at RecordSetter have put together this extremely interesting infographic looking at 2011 World Records for social media.  It looks at various networks including Facebook and Tumblr, and also has some statistics on games.  Take a look below.

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Infographics about sharing run rampant on the web, but every year the folks at clearspring, the makers of the popular “AddThis” widget, tally up all the shares they’ve seen over the last year and give the world some interesting statistics about what’s working and what’s not.   This year’s infographic has a lot of interesting elements, including the reveal that Tumblr sharing continues to grow exponentially.

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This week, YouBeauty.com is hiring a social media and community manager, while Ocean Media is looking for a social media specialist. F+W Media is in need of an online content development manager, and THQ is on the hunt for a social games producer. Get all the details on these gigs and more below, and check out additional just-posted jobs on mediabistro.com.

• Social Media & Community Manager YouBeauty.com (New York, NY)
• Social Media Specialist Ocean Media (Huntington Beach, CA)
• Producer, Social Games THQ (Agoura Hillas, CA)
• Online Content Development Manager F+W Media (Fort Collins, CO)
• Junior Social Media & Communications Manager FT Media (New York, NY)

For more job listings, go to the Mediabistro job board, and to post a job, visit our employer page. For real-time openings and employment news, follow @MBJobPost.

All of you Tyra Banks fans out there know she’s the type to always try new things, and today’s she trying something very cool, very ahead of the curve.  She’s going to be part of a live Google Plus “Hangout”, which means she’ll be available by video and voice, and Googlers from all around the world can log in and chat with her, and ask her questions.

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Our colleague Jackie Cohen over at AllFacebook has just posted some insight on the potential of a Facebook IPO in the next year.  So far, nobody at Facebook has made any speculation about the IPO.  Jackie reports that the recent ‘news’ about an impending IPO may just be rumors.  Read more about the news at AllFacebook.

Teenager Emma Sullivan pokes fun at Kansas Governor on Twitter and HE ends up apologizing… wait—what?

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