Social Media News
Twitter Launching @anywhere Platform
18th March 2010
Following closely on the heels of their announcement regarding location tagging, Twitter has announced the introduction of yet another service, called the @anywhere platform. More »
Twitter Already Location Tagging
17th March 2010
While speculation about the possibility of Facebook starting a location sharing feature in the near future is still just speculation, Twitter is already one step ahead of them. More »
Twitter Advertising Service Details Emerge
3rd March 2010
Rumours 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 »
Peer Power Of Social Media Declines
17th February 2010
The 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 »
Google Buzz Makes Gmail More Social
16th February 2010
As social networks and other forms of online communications continue to expand, Google has launched a new service to try and do their bit to help users enjoy and share their online experiences better. More »
Facebook & Bing Update Relationship
15th February 2010
Microsoft and Facebook have worked together for a while now, and they have now decided to expand the scope of their working relationship. More »
Social Media More Popular With Teens Than Blogs
8th February 2010
A 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 »
Social Media Still Not Considered Important By Marketers
4th February 2010
A survey of 250 U.K. marketing professionals has found that social media is still not being given enough importance by marketers. More »
How Social Is Google Social Search?
1st February 2010
Google 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 »
Twitter To Release Usernames
26th January 2010
Twitter 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 »
Twitter Might Mimic Facebook Connect
21st January 2010
Following 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 »
Twitter Building Team To Turn Profit
12th January 2010
Twitter 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 »
Escaped Prisoner Taunts Police On Facebook
5th January 2010
About 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 »
Twitter Profitable In 2009
22nd December 2009
Over the last year or so, everybody has been wondering about how Twitter manages to survive without monetising the site. More »
Twitter Rolls Out Contributors For Businesses
16th December 2009
For a while now, Twitter has been planning to monetise their site and has been working towards that goal. More »
Google Friend Connect Integrates With Twitter
7th December 2009
Google has recently announced that they are integrating their service Friend Connect with Twitter. More »
Yahoo! To Integrate With Facebook
3rd December 2009
Yahoo! has announced that by the first half of 2010, they will integrate all their properties with Facebook via Facebook Connect. More »
Gangs Of New York On Twitter
30th November 2009
Technology is being used in the most unexpected of ways, by the most unexpected people. Street gangs in New York are making use of Twitter to communicate with each other and to plan up-coming fights. More »
Last.fm Integrates With Xbox LIVE
27th November 2009
Microsoft recently integrated the Xbox 360 console with social music site, Last.fm. Reports of user uptake of this service have been very positive so far. More »
Paid Twitter Accounts To Debut This Year
25th November 2009
For a while now, there has been talk about Twitter starting commercial accounts. That piece of news has now been confirmed by none other than Twitter’s co-founder, Biz Stone. More »
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