Social Media News
Microsoft and Facebook Launch Docs.com
26th April 2010
Facebook and Microsoft’s partnership is delivering new, innovative applications that few expected to see from the collaboration. The largest social network has been working with the software giant to create a service that will allow users to share their documents online. At the F8 conference held by Facebook on the 21st of April, they announced the launch of Docs.com More »
Facebook As Popular As TV
20th April 2010
It is a known fact that social networks are gaining in popularity. According to the latest reports released by Nielsen Online, 73% of the U.S. population is now engaged in some form of social media activity or the other. More »
Ning Initiates User Exodus From Own Site
19th April 2010
The social networking network, Ning, has just announced that it will no longer provide any free services to users. This will most likely mark the (not too slow) demise of what was an excellent social networking service. More »
Google Enables Twitter Archive Search
15th April 2010
Ever since the introduction of real-time search last December, Google has added content from sites like MySpace, Facebook and Buzz. The data is now available in 40 different languages. Google has also added a links feature to help people find the most relevant information with updates from Twitter. More »
Twitter Ads To Be Via “Promoted Tweets”
14th April 2010
Twitter has just announced that their ad platform will launch with the release of a new service called Promoted Tweets. More »
AOL To Sell Bebo
9th April 2010
AOL bought the social network Bebo in 2008 for $850 million. However, the network has not been doing too well and has been losing ground against its more popular competitors. It is believed that AOL is likely to sell the social network or shut it down. More »
U.K. Elections To Be Fought Online
7th April 2010
Following the success of Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. elections, all the major political parties in the U.K. are set to follow his example and take the fight for votes online in the run up to the upcoming general elections of May 2010. More »
Consumers Engaged Via Social Media More Likely To Buy
22nd March 2010
A recent study has found that consumers who follow brands on social media such as Facebook and Twitter are more likely to buy their products since becoming a fan/follower. More »
Revenue From Mobile Web 2.0 To Reach $18.9 Billion By 2014
19th March 2010
Juniper Research has predicted that demand for Web 2.0 services on mobile phones and the associated annual revenues from those services will reach $18.9 billion by 2014. More »
Twitter Launching @anywhere Platform
18th March 2010
Following closely on the heels of their announcement regarding location tagging, Twitter has announced the introduction of yet another service, called the @anywhere platform. More »
Twitter Already Location Tagging
17th March 2010
While speculation about the possibility of Facebook starting a location sharing feature in the near future is still just speculation, Twitter is already one step ahead of them. More »
Twitter Advertising Service Details Emerge
3rd March 2010
Rumours about Twitter’s monetisation efforts and a potential ad platform have been around for a very long time. A few details about how their ad platform are now being uncovered. More »
Peer Power Of Social Media Declines
17th February 2010
The recent exponential growth of social networks has led marketers to focus largely on this sector, as it is widely believed that users will trust the opinions of their friends easily. While this did actually happen, to begin with, a recent study by Edelman’s Trust Barometer, shows that things are now changing. More »
Google Buzz Makes Gmail More Social
16th February 2010
As social networks and other forms of online communications continue to expand, Google has launched a new service to try and do their bit to help users enjoy and share their online experiences better. More »
Facebook & Bing Update Relationship
15th February 2010
Microsoft and Facebook have worked together for a while now, and they have now decided to expand the scope of their working relationship. More »
Social Media More Popular With Teens Than Blogs
8th February 2010
A study conducted by the Pew Research Center, has shown that the once popular blogs are now unsurprisingly taking a backseat, while social networks like Facebook are taking centre stage on the Internet. More »
Social Media Still Not Considered Important By Marketers
4th February 2010
A survey of 250 U.K. marketing professionals has found that social media is still not being given enough importance by marketers. More »
How Social Is Google Social Search?
1st February 2010
Google has now released Social Search in beta for all users. While this could mark the start of an exciting new era in organic search engine optimisation, there is one severe limitation to this feature. More »
Twitter To Release Usernames
26th January 2010
Twitter plans to release usernames from inactive accounts on their site. Interested users will then be able to register for these usernames once they’ve been released. More »
Twitter Might Mimic Facebook Connect
21st January 2010
Following reports that the growth of Twitter has tapered off considerably and the fact that they are no longer considered a significant threat to Facebook, new rumours have surfaced indicating that Twitter might be all set to launch a service that could challenge Facebook’s popularity outside its own domain. More »
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