The New York Times reports that Facebook is getting ready to allow location sharing between friends. (more…)
Recent ‘social media’ News Stories
Facebook To Allow Location Sharing
Monday, 15th March 2010Tags: facebook, geolocation, google, local-search, social-network
Posted in social media | 2 Comments »
Twitter Advertising Service Details Emerge
Wednesday, 3rd March 2010Rumours about Twitter’s monetisation efforts and a potential ad platform have been around for a very long time. A few details about how their ad platform are now being uncovered. (more…)
Tags: ad, advertising, social media, social-media-marketing, social-news, twitter
Posted in social media | 9 Comments »
Insurance Premiums May Go Up For Social Media Users
Tuesday, 23rd February 2010While social media sites continue to grow, there is a sector of the service industry that is not too happy about it. A possible hike in home insurance premiums is the unexpected but likely fallout of this. (more…)
Tags: facebook, social-network
Posted in social media | 5 Comments »
Facebook Zero For Mobile
Friday, 19th February 2010Facebook will shortly launch a new version of the social network, called ‘Facebook Zero’ for mobile Web users. (more…)
Tags: facebook, mobile, mobile-internet, mobile-social-network, social-network
Posted in mobile, social media | 2 Comments »
Peer Power Of Social Media Declines
Wednesday, 17th February 2010The recent exponential growth of social networks has led marketers to focus largely on this sector, as it is widely believed that users will trust the opinions of their friends easily. While this did actually happen, to begin with, a recent study by Edelman’s Trust Barometer, shows that things are now changing. (more…)
Tags: social media, social-network
Posted in social media | 4 Comments »
Facebook & Bing Update Relationship
Monday, 15th February 2010Microsoft and Facebook have worked together for a while now, and they have now decided to expand the scope of their working relationship. (more…)
Tags: bing, facebook, social media, social-network, social-search
Posted in search, social media | 2 Comments »
Social Media More Popular With Teens Than Blogs
Monday, 8th February 2010A study conducted by the Pew Research Center, has shown that the once popular blogs are now unsurprisingly taking a backseat, while social networks like Facebook are taking centre stage on the Internet. (more…)
Tags: blogs, facebook, social media, social-network, social-news
Posted in blogs, social media | 2 Comments »
Social Media Still Not Considered Important By Marketers
Thursday, 4th February 2010A survey of 250 U.K. marketing professionals has found that social media is still not being given enough importance by marketers. (more…)
Tags: marketing, social media
Posted in marketing, social media | No Comments »
How Social Is Google Social Search?
Monday, 1st February 2010Google has now released Social Search in beta for all users. While this could mark the start of an exciting new era in organic search engine optimisation, there is one severe limitation to this feature. (more…)
Tags: facebook, google, search, seo, social media, social-network, social-news, social-search
Posted in search, social media | No Comments »
Social Networks More Popular Than Search In Australia
Thursday, 28th January 2010Data released by Hitwise has shown that over the last few weeks, social networking sites have become more popular than search engines in Australia. (more…)
Tags: facebook, search, social-network, youtube
Posted in search, social media | 1 Comment »
Facebook Privacy Stance Raises Federal Eyebrows
Wednesday, 27th January 2010Facebook changed user privacy settings on their site late last year, classifying a lot of user data by default as “publicly available information”. The FTC has been alerted and are now probing the matter. (more…)
Tags: facebook, privacy, social-network
Posted in social media | 1 Comment »
Twitter To Release Usernames
Tuesday, 26th January 2010Twitter plans to release usernames from inactive accounts on their site. Interested users will then be able to register for these usernames once they’ve been released. (more…)
Tags: social media, twitter
Posted in social media | 4 Comments »
Twitter Might Mimic Facebook Connect
Thursday, 21st January 2010Following reports that the growth of Twitter has tapered off considerably and the fact that they are no longer considered a significant threat to Facebook, new rumours have surfaced indicating that Twitter might be all set to launch a service that could challenge Facebook’s popularity outside its own domain. (more…)
Tags: facebook, facebook-connect, social media, social-network, twitter
Posted in Technology, social media | 5 Comments »
Twitter Building Team To Turn Profit
Tuesday, 12th January 2010Twitter has slowly but surely been turning their focus towards creating revenue from the site. According to a report from Reuters, Twitter has now started building a team that would help them to make money from the free service they are providing to their customers. (more…)
Tags: micro-blogging, social media, twitter
Posted in business, social media | 1 Comment »
Escaped Prisoner Taunts Police On Facebook
Tuesday, 5th January 2010About 3 months ago, Craig ‘Lazie’ Lynch escaped from a prison near Suffolk in England, where he was being held on charges of burglary with a weapon. Since then, he has been using his Facebook profile page to taunt the police regularly. (more…)
Tags: facebook, social media, social-network
Posted in social media | 1 Comment »
Twitter Profitable In 2009
Tuesday, 22nd December 2009Over the last year or so, everybody has been wondering about how Twitter manages to survive without monetising the site. (more…)
Tags: micro, micro-blogging, social media, social-news, twitter
Posted in social media | 20 Comments »
Facebook Earned $1 Billion Revenue
Friday, 18th December 2009Facebook looks all set to cross the $1 billion mark with their annual revenue for 2009. This figure is close to double the $550 million that was predicted to be their annual revenue for the year. (more…)
Tags: facebook, social-media-marketing, social-network
Posted in marketing, social media | 2 Comments »
Twitter Rolls Out Contributors For Businesses
Wednesday, 16th December 2009For a while now, Twitter has been planning to monetise their site and has been working towards that goal. (more…)
Tags: social media, social-media-marketing, twitter
Posted in business, social media | 2 Comments »
Google Friend Connect Integrates With Twitter
Monday, 7th December 2009Google has recently announced that they are integrating their service Friend Connect with Twitter. (more…)
Tags: google, social media, social-network, twitter
Posted in google, social media | No Comments »
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Facebook Allows Comments Via Email
Wednesday, 13th January 2010Facebook has made it possible for users to send in comments or replies to posts via email. They started testing this feature last month, and it has now been launched for general use. (more…)
Tags: comment, email, facebook, social-network
Posted in social media | 2 Comments »