Social Media News
Cancer Charity To Correct Wikipedia Information
6th April 2011
Wikipedia is known to be one of the most informative sites on a wide range of subjects, it has severe limitations and drawbacks. One of the major drawbacks of this site is that anyone can contribute to it on any topic. Due to this, the information is often incomplete or even incorrect. This can be especially dangerous, when someone is searching for information on a serious topic like cancer. More »
Over 50% Of Music Recommendations Deemed Inaccurate
25th March 2011
With the constant burgeoning of new music bands and music sites, it is not easy for users to find the music which they want. A recent study has attempted to measure how successful music recommendation sites are at helping users discover good new tunes. More »
Is Facebook A Better Social Commerce Platform Than Twitter?
24th March 2011
A recent study has attempted to place a dollar value on each social share. Facebook out performs Twitter in terms of the net worth of each share on the network. More »
StumbleUpon Expands, Renames Ad Platform
15th March 2011
StumbleUpon upgraded their advertising platform, launching two new ad options and renaming the service to StumbleUpon Paid Discovery. More »
Social Media Used To Fuel Civil Unrest In Egypt
31st January 2011
Protestors in Egypt are using various social platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter as well as mobile communications to spread their message to the outside world. More »
Is Twitter Still Growing?
21st January 2011
In spite of a lot of speculation last year that Twitter’s growth might have plateaued, Twitter disclosed that as of the 1st of January 2011, they had nearly 200 million registered accounts, and received about 110 million tweets every day. More »
Foursquare Launches Business Pages
17th January 2011
Foursquare has recently launched a new feature known as Business Pages to help businesses market themselves through the local social network. More »
Reddit Booms As Digg Busts In 2010
4th January 2011
Statistics recently revealed by Reddit show that the site has grown exceptionally well during the last year. More »
What’s The Verdict On Google Boutiques?
22nd November 2010
Last week, in a move that’s bound to puzzle Wall Street analysts, Google introduced a new site that is meant to make online shopping for fashion products more exciting and interesting. They are touting it as the intersection of chic and geek and have called it Google Boutiques. More »
Google v Bing – Kings Of Social Search?
21st October 2010
Microsoft engineers teamed up with Facebook developers, once again to make Bing search results more social. This new social search service was announced just a week age. Since then, it could only be a matter of time before Google did something similar. Predictably, Google has just introduced social enhancements to their search service. More »
24 hr Twitter Experiment By UK Police
15th October 2010
Greater Manchester Police conducted a 24-hour social media experiment. They tweeted every incident they dealt with during the time period in the hope of raising public awareness of the work they do. More »
Social Media Security Incidents Cost Millions
5th October 2010
While it is an accepted fact that the use of Web2.0 technologies by companies can be beneficial for generating more revenue through newer marketing techniques and better interaction with clients, the technology comes with its own share of risks and hazards. More »
Kevin Rose To Leave Digg?
30th September 2010
Digg used to be a leading social news site until recently. Now, the site has not been doing too well. This has been openly admitted by founder, Kevin Rose, whose own future in the company is now being questioned. More »
Goodbye Propeller
29th September 2010
AOL-owned social news site Propeller.com has recently announced that the site will soon be shutting down. More »
New Twitter Interface To Debut
20th September 2010
Twitter has just introduced a new interface for Twitter.com. This new interface will not only make the site faster, but will also make it easier to use. More »
3 Million Users On Foursquare
6th September 2010
Location based service, Foursquare, recently crossed a new landmark, when they reached the 3 million user mark in the end of August. More »
Size Of Social Media In U.K.
11th August 2010
An Ireland based social media and online PR company, Simply Zesty, has released some interesting details about the use of the social media in the U.K. More »
Social Media In The Curriculum
9th August 2010
Social media has become such an important part of daily life for millions of users that several reputed business schools are introducing courses on social media in their MBA curriculum. More »
Email Beats Social Media For Consumer Attention
30th July 2010
Of late marketers and advertisers have all been paying a lot of attention to social media sites in order to reach their target audience. While this is certainly a necessary move, considering the growth that social networking sites are now seeing, it is highly advisable that they do not ignore the tried and tested medium of email. More »
Social Media Sites Not Regarded Highly
26th July 2010
Foresee Results and the American Customer Satisfaction Index, have recently conducted a study to find out how customers in the U.S. feel about various social media sites. More »
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