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Instagram Hits 300 Million Mark
MobileNewsSocial Media December 15, 2014
The Facebook owned, photo-sharing social network, Instagram, announced on Wednesday of this week that it has more than 300 million users at the same time unveiling a new system to authenticate it’s celebrity members. The new update means that Instagram has for the first time overtaken it’s rival, Twitter.... Read more
Dislike Button Coming to Facebook?
NewsSocial Media December 14, 2014
If you’re a Facebook user, and let’s face it, most of us are Facebook users – you may have noticed something missing from every single post you read while browsing the social network: a dislike button. Oh, the “Like” button is everywhere, and most everyone knows how to use... Read more
Zuckerberg Hits Out At Apple
InternetSocial Media December 10, 2014
Back in September, Tim Cook published an open letter in order to address some iCloud security and privacy concerns that had popped up. In the letter he said that free online services treat you, the consumers, as product. In a recent interview with Time magazine about his mission to... Read more
Hashkey Makes Hashtags Easier than Ever in the UK!
InternetSocial MediaSoftware Reviews December 4, 2014
If you haven’t noticed, hashtags (#hashtags) have become incredibly popular over the past few years. At first, I’d only see them on Twitter, but now, I seem to see them on Facebook and just about everywhere else I visit as well. Sometimes, they make sense, and sometimes, well, they... Read more
Twitter Now Tracks User Downloaded Applications
NewsSocial Media December 1, 2014
Twitter has been rather lacklustre on the advertising front, compared to rivals Facebook and Google. The microblogging company simply has less information to pull from the user, since it doesn’t track search and hasn’t got the wealth of information Facebook acquires. However, Twitter will now track what applications the... Read more
How to Use Twitter Analytics for Free
How ToSocial Media December 1, 2014
If you are a non-professional Twitter user, in that you are not using Twitter to promote a commercial enterprise, push a product or maybe just generally take over the world with your ego, then you have probably never paid to advertise your tweets. If you have entered the world... Read more
Creed Singer Cries Out For Help Using Facebook
NewsSocial Media December 1, 2014
As someone who was a teenager/young adult within the past couple of decades, I spent my fair share of time listening to Creed’s music. In fact, songs like Higher and With Arms Wide Open were some of the biggest songs on the radio during my high school tenure. I owned every CD... Read more
Facebook Preparing a Social Network For Business in 2015
BusinessInternetSocial Media November 30, 2014
Facebook has over 1.3 billion people on the social network, but the amount of time spent on Facebook is less than ideal — at only 40 minutes per day — it drags behind other social services. One of the reasons for the low average user time may be the... Read more
Snapchat Update Lets Users Send Money to Friends
MobileSocial Media November 25, 2014
It might not seem wise to let a bunch of young kids send money to each other, but Snapchat is in desperate need to show investors it can generate revenue. In partnership with Square – a finance and merchant supplier – Snapchat will now offer a simple way to... Read more
Facebook Helps Police Catch Murder Suspect
NewsSocial Media November 19, 2014
Facebook is good for all kinds of things – catching up with long-lost family members, old classmates, coworkers, etc. It’s also known for helping police officers catch the occasional criminal. I’ve read several accounts regarding how some of the “not-so-smart” criminals have actually incriminated themselves using the popular social... Read more
The Worst Corporate Twitter Fails
NewsSocial Media November 7, 2014
Twitter is arguably one of the most powerful tools for companies to interact with customers and fans, however at the same time it can also be one of the most dangerous, with humorous hashtags often backfiring. In worst case scenarios some tweets have majorly offended, insulted or just downright... Read more
How to Get More Followers on Twitter
How ToSocial Media November 1, 2014
If you use Twitter regularly, you’ll have noticed that they are now pushing users into buying promotional packages. Twitter introduced promoted tweets way back in March 2012 and they have been met with mixed results from users ever since, many find them an annoyance, an invasion into their personal... Read more
Twitter Acquires TwitPic Before Shut-Down
NewsSocial Media October 31, 2014
Twitpic has had a confusing month, with creator Noah Everett announcing the death of the service, then the revival, then the death again, and now the final acquisition from Twitter. Just over a month ago, Twitpic announced they would be going offline. Everett cited legal battles with Twitter over... Read more
Twitter Buy Button to Launch Next Year
NewsSocial Media October 29, 2014
Twitter is looking to expand its revenue streams, with a new Buy button inside the microblogging site. This would allow users to buy products advertized right from Twitter, instead of clicking a link to a new webpage. This is not the first social network to embrace internal product sales.... Read more
Stephen Hawking Is Now On Facebook
NewsSocial Media October 27, 2014
In case you were looking for a new face to friend or “like” on Facebook over the weekend, you can now follow Stephen Hawking, as he has officially joined the Facebook world. It seems he thinks Facebook will allow him to have more of an impact than he already... Read more
Leave it up to Facebook to develop something useful. As of yesterday (Wednesday), a new feature known simply as Safety Check has been unveiled. And, it’s exactly what it sounds like: a tool that lets your friends and family members know you’re safe in the event of a local... Read more
Thirteen Snapchat Fails
InternetSocial Media September 22, 2014
So we all think Snapchat is just for sending naughty messages that you don’t want anyone to keep or share. Well 90% of it is. But sometime people fail so hard they win. Here’s a selection of our favourite/worst. We can’t decide. All we know is that it was... Read more
The Weirdest People You’ll Find on the Internet!
InternetSocial Media September 18, 2014
Modern technology has given us the power to be able to edit and embellish pretty much any photo or video before anyone has the chance to see it, however thankfully the Internet has a way of making sure we get to see life in all its forms. Take a... Read more