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Facebook To Remove App Pages

12th December 2011

Facebook currently creates an profile page for every application created on the network. This can lead to confusion as often businesses create apps just to enhance their main profile pages and then these apps end up having their own stand-alone page. Facebook has recently announced that they will remove all app profile pages on 1st February 2012. More »

StumbleUpon Re-branded & Redesigned

9th December 2011

Over 17 million visitors go to StumbleUpon.com every month. The social media site, which allows users to randomly explore the Web, has just been re-branded and updated with several new features. More »

Facebook Updates Android App, Mobile Ads Coming Soon?

8th December 2011

Facebook has just launched a major update for their Android app. The update brings the app closer to the experience of browsing Facebook from a computer and delivers content much faster than the older versions of the app More »

Lego Stop Motion Christmas Video from AccuraCast

5th December 2011

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers!!

Facebook Could Be Forced To Deliver Privacy

1st December 2011

Following the passing of new privacy guidelines for social networks by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Facebook stated that they are very willing to follow those rules. Putting this to practice may be more difficult than it seems. More »

Facebook Forced To Review User Privacy

30th November 2011

Over a period of time, Facebook has had to deal with a lot of problems regarding user privacy, and on Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) laid out specific rules for Facebook to follow in this regard. More »

Google Hosts First Engage Event For Agencies In London

28th November 2011

On Friday, 25th November,  Google organised the first ever Engage event for agencies in the UK. Their objective for this event was to help agencies help small businesses advertise online. This post summarises key topics covered at the event. More »

Google Pushes Google+ At Expense Of Old Products

25th November 2011

As Google’s social networking star, Google+ continues to grow and acquire interesting new features, older Google products continue to be axed, presumably to free-up resources to support their new favourite. More »

Can Twitter Forecast The GOP Poll Results?

24th November 2011

While several organisations conduct studies to predict poll results, the latest tool being used to do so is Twitter. More »

Facebook Ticker To Include Sponsored Stories

22nd November 2011

Facebook has now decided to increase the scope of advertising on their website, by placing Sponsored Stories in their recently introduced News Ticker. Could this be the first step towards having Sponsored Stories show up in the main news feed? More »

Google Music‏ – Hit Or Miss?

18th November 2011

On Wednesday, Google launched an update to a service called ‘Google Music’ that was previously in beta. The service is now available to everyone in the United States and will allow users to upload, purchase, store, share and listen to music in digital form from any device. More »

Internet Usage In South East Asia Surges

15th November 2011

A recent report from Nielsen has indicated that Internet use in South East Asia is on the rise.  The study finds that not only is the internet growing in popularity but it is even out-shining the use of other traditional media channels such as TV radio and the print media. More »

Mobile Retail Marketing To Reach $15 Billion

14th November 2011

Mobile retail marketing has been gaining popularity and is set to grow even further. This has just been confirmed by a report from Juniper Research. More »

Google+ Business Pages – Should You Care?

9th November 2011

Google Plus, the social side of Google has recently opened up for business accounts. The new feature, known (unsurprisingly) as Google+ Pages, went live on Monday and the verdict on them is not very encouraging so far. More »

Mobile Data Traffic Expected To Grow 10-Fold

8th November 2011

Mobile data traffic is set to grow to ten times its current volume in the next five years, Ericsson has predicted . More »

Google Offers App To Combat Groupon

8th November 2011

Google Offers is now available as a mobile app for Android phones. The Google Mobile Blog describes this app as an app that will “allow users to discover, buy and redeem their favourite deals on the go.” More »

Google Shows Ads At The Bottom Of SERPs

4th November 2011

Google has announced, just this week, that they will now display ads at the bottom of the search engine results page. More »

Mobile Search Ad Spend Increases

2nd November 2011

Marketers are now spending more on advertising in the mobile search sector than in the past. A lot of this growth is driven by the growth in surfing via tablet devices. More »

Android Users Most Educated, iPhone Users Least Into Music

31st October 2011

The latest State of The Mobile Web report from Opera focuses on the habits of users of different mobile operating systems. The study finds that users of different operating systems have different mobile browsing habits. More »

Facebook Pushing Messenger‏ On Android

26th October 2011

Facebook launched a stand-alone messenger app for smartphones a few months ago. Users of iPhone and Android devices can use this app to message not only their Facebook friends but also any of their mobile contacts. Facebook is now actively pushing this app to users. More »