With over 40 million users already signed up – compared to Facebook’s 800 million – Google are attempting to entice brands away from Zuckenberg’s network by integrating a series of updated features for brands. Giving community managers the chance to boost their social reach within their fans/followers/friends, Google begin their quest to link search with ... Read more
If you didn’t catch the documentary Life In a Day on BBC2 last week, it’s well worth tracking down before Saturday. Why? Well on the 12th of November BBC2 are launching Britain In a Day, their own version of the film.
Capturing the zeitgeist of our generation – all footage was filmed on the 24th of ... Read more
It was confirmed this month that Rovio – makers of the hit mobile game Angry Birds – has started work on the first Angry Birds movie. This got us wondering; how a game that began life as a mobile app featuring disgruntled poultry and flying pigs has developed into such a hugely successful global franchise, ... Read more
A set of recent studies reveal alarmingly high figures of children using Facebook with a million British children aged 7 to 12 logging on to the site daily. In a time with increasing worry over privacy and security for children online, parent’s involvement and intervention in their children’s online habits have come into question.
Internet adoption ... Read more
As it goes, I’d say I’m pretty good at the friends malarkey. I remember key dates, backstories and whereabouts, am always there for an obligatory shoulder to cry on or a drink to celebrate; for dinner, dancing or directions. So after a day with Siri, I thought we’d be getting on like a house on ... Read more
After four days of service disruptions for Blackberry users last week, makers Research In Motion (RIM) announced that all technical problems were fixed and services resumed to normal. While the technological side of proceedings may well be restored, the blow comes after a summer of bad press for the mobile phone makers.
Despite results from a ... Read more
Thanks to the startling statistic that 1.08 million of the world’s 4 billion mobile phones is now a smartphone, more and more customers around the world have the power in their pocket to shop from anywhere, 24/7. Currently 10% of visits to websites are from mobile devices but figures show that mobile commerce, or m-commerce, ... Read more
The focus on Wall Street’s role in the global banking crisis has switched to London this week as protesters plan to occupy the London Stock Exchange from midday Saturday. A middle finger up to the global financial corporations after a year of economic discontent, the Occupy London Stock Exchange site has been set up to ... Read more
