Will Pinterest be the next big social media platform?
Pinterest, the latest upstart of the social media world, just secured another heap of funding. After pulling in another $200m in venture capital, the San Francisco start-up is now valued at $2.5bn. That’s a snip of Facebook’s $104 billion, but nearly three times that of its more established rival Tumblr, which was deemed to be […]
Twitter research shows mobile users more engaged
Twitter has been researching how people use its site. It shouldn’t be too difficult to predict some patterns in the way 200 million regular Tweeters use the service and how that has changed over time. For example, the fact that more people are now accessing the site through mobile devices is a no-brainer. But it’s […]
Facebook Sued over Dead Dutch Programmer’s Likes
Cue the jokes about Facebook not liking this. The social media giant is being sued for allegedly stealing yet more of its central features from a dead Dutch programmer. Rembrant Social Media claims Facebook’s innovative Like button, which enables users to share posts they like with their friends, is ripped from designs for which they […]
Vine not? Brands get on board with new Twitter Video Craze
It has only been a few days since Vine has appeared in our App Stores and already it has taken over the Twitter Realm. This 6-second video-sharing software allows users to post their masterpieces directly onto the tweeting platform as well as onto their own Vine Profile. While some may scoff at the ability of […]
[Infographic] The 10 social media sites that tried… and failed
It was stated in June 2012, that around 30% of Google + users who made a public post, never made a second one. Similar stories followed Diaspora and Facebook massacred Friendster. So why did these predecessors to the current social media boom fail?
“Current employers of people who like Racism” and other Facebook searches.
The new Facebook Graph Search is still in its Beta phase but already has hordes of die-hard fans and privacy protesters. While many of us have to wait to test it out ourselves, one man, Tom Scott, a computer programmer did have access to the holy grail of social media search engines and decided to […]
Major Social Media Fails – Why Crisis Management is Vital
Social Media is a wonderful tool for reaching a wide range of audience members while giving your business a personal touch. Being able to interact with your consumers leads to trust, brand loyalty and viral awareness. Having said that, mistakes that are made on the World Wide Web cannot be erased and will be […]
Social Media Outrage for #Doprah
Lance Armstrong has had a very bad year. In June 2012 the United States Anti-Doping Agency charged him with using illegal enhancement drugs and in August of the same year he was officially banned from competing. He was also stripped of all his titles won since August 1998, with officials stating that he ran “the […]
Facebook Announces Graph Search – Did we get what we wanted?
It’s been widely agreed that Facebook’s inbuilt search engine leaves a lot to be desired. Finding new people you may have met a few times is almost impossible unless you know their exact Facebook name – and God forbid the name is as common as John Smith! On Tuesday, Zuckerberg and Co. unveiled their new […]
10 Users To Follow On Instagram!
According to reports, Instagram has lost almost a quarter of its daily users since the privacy debacle took over the web. Quick to deny these statistics, released a statement claiming that the data is “inaccurate” and that they are continuing to see a rise in users.