Social Media News
Bing Redesigned For Social Search
18th May 2012
Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, was given a new facade last week. The change however, is not just visual, but functional as well. With this new design Microsoft hopes to be able to better incorporate social into their search engine. More »
Social Media Providing Health Care Information
23rd April 2012
As the usage of social media continues to grow at a sometimes alarming rate, it is taking over more and more areas of ones life. One of the areas that is recently being heavily influenced by social media is the health care sector. More »
Pinterest Grows In Popularity
11th April 2012
The photo-sharing site Pinterest has reportedly been growing in popularity. According to recent reports it is now the third most popular social site in America. More »
Revamped Search Functions On Facebook
2nd April 2012
Facebook and Google have been trying to outdo each other at their own game, for a while now. More »
Unforeseen Dangers Of Social Networking
14th March 2012
Those who invented applications like geo-tagging and timeline for the various social media services available to us surely never intended that these features should endanger the lives of people. More »
Social Media Marketing Challenges: Resources, Measurement
8th March 2012
Measuring the effectiveness of social media marketing and allocating sufficient resources to it were identified as the biggest challenges facing marketers in 2012. More »
Google’s New Privacy Policy – What’s Wrong With It?
27th January 2012
Google announced this week that they will be discarding 60 of their privacy policies and replacing them with one common privacy policy, covering multiple products and features of Google. While this might seem a good move for users, it’s not quite as innocent a move as it may seem. More »
Social Networks Do Not Influence Shoppers
18th January 2012
While social networks are growing increasingly popular, quite surprisingly, they have not yet started to influence shoppers in a major way. More »
Facebook Launches Always-On Messenger Client
3rd January 2012
Facebook has just started testing a new app called Facebook Messenger for Windows. By using this app, PC users can access Facebook direct from their desktop without going to www.facebook.com More »
The Most Popular Mobile Websites Of 2011
23rd December 2011
Opera Software has recently released their last report for the year 2011, ranking the 10 most popular websites on mobile. More »
Twitter Receives $300 Million Bounty
20th December 2011
Popular microblogging site, Twitter, has received an investment of $300 million from an Arab Prince. 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The New Delicious: Tastier Or Just Bland?
28th September 2011
Once popular social bookmarking website, Delicious, was shut down a while ago after Yahoo! sold it to Avos Systems, a company created by Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. The site is now back, with a new, revamped look. More »
Google Discards Social Failures For +1
9th September 2011
Google recently announced that they will shortly discontinue a number of projects and integrate some with other existing or newly introduced projects. This is being done with a view to “simplify matters for users and to improve the over all Google experience”. More »
Can Social Media Be Blamed For The U.K. Riots?
12th August 2011
The prime minister of the U.K. David Cameron, has issued a statement that the government is considering banning social media sites, due to the current riots in the country. More »
Mobile Apps Being Used To Discover Cities
11th August 2011
The development of mobile apps is now being used to help people discover things about cities. More »
How The Internet Affects The England Riots
10th August 2011
England has been at the centre of a public outcry in the form of riots since the last few days. The effect that the Internet has had on these riots is two-fold. More »
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