Twitter acquires We Are Hunted music service
It has recently been reported that social networking site, Twitter, will launch a new music service after purchasing music discovery site, We Are Hunted.
View ArticleTwitter adverts target keywords
It has recently been reported that microblogging service, Twitter, will offer targeted adverts based on specific words identified in user’s tweets.
View ArticleFacebook Home faces large downloads but mixed reviews.
Since it's release at the beginning of April, Facebook's app for Android 'Facebook Home' has received over 500,000 downloads from the Google Play store.
View ArticleTwitter and Starcom’s Multimillion dollar advertising deal
It has recently been reported that microblogging service, Twitter, has signed an advertising deal with media agency Starcom in a bid to boost its revenue.
View ArticleMobile ads boost Facebook’s revenue
Social networking giant, Facebook, has reportedly seen a quarterly rise in revenue to $1.4 billion after an increase in its mobile advertising.
View ArticleTwitter tightens its mobile security settings
The online social media service known as Twitter is set to introduce ‘two factor authentication’ (2Fa) in a bid to restrict users passwords from being hacked.
View ArticleFacebook phone European launch delayed
It has been reported that Facebook has delayed the European launch of its ‘Facebook phone’ following negative reviews and disappointing US sales.
View ArticleFacebook to verify its high profile pages
Following in the footsteps of social network rival Twitter, Facebook is set to introduce page verification marks for pages and profiles on the site.
View ArticleYouTube triples mobile advertising revenue
The online video service YouTube, a Google owned company, has generated almost £226 million from mobile advertising during the first quarter of 2013.
View ArticleFacebook introduces clickable hashtags.
Social networking giant Facebook has followed in the footsteps of its rivals by adding clickable hashtags to its service.
View ArticleFacebook introduces videos to Instagram
Facebook has recently revealed that users of its photo sharing app, Instagram, can now upload short video clips as well as still images.
View ArticleMobile ads to increase by 90% in 2013
Analysts are predicting that 2013 will see the UK mobile advertising market grow by 90% to reach £1bn as digital advertising figures increase.
View ArticleTwitter to experiment with new promoted ads
The micro-blogging service Twitter is planning to experiment with its adverts in a bid to make them more useful and effective.
View ArticleWimbledon causes social media explosion
During the course of the two week Tennis championship, social networking service Twitter received more than 6.6 million tweets worldwide about Wimbledon.
View ArticleUnemployed youths helped into work with VideofyMe CV’s
A smartphone application called VideofyMe is trying to help unemployed youths gain employment through the use of social media.
View ArticleThere’s an app for that!
After reading about the recent Icelandic dating app, I was interested in discovering more about unusual, questionable apps – and narrowed it down to these 5.
View ArticleInstagram to introduce ads in the US
Instagram users in the US will soon find adverts appearing in their photo streams as the company is set to introduce advertising to its photo sharing service.
View ArticleHash tags: #Where #Why #How
Oddly enough, hash tags were invented alongside the pound (‘lb’) abbreviation, around 700 years ago. The initial appearance of ‘lb’ appeared with a line through the centre of it (‘lb’).
View ArticleThe Humble QR Code
If you follow our #Facts on Twitter (@Total_Ltd) you may have spotted a couple of tweets relating to the practical uses of QR codes.
View ArticleTexting and the influence of the younger generation.
With texting, instant messaging and tweeting also available on smartphones and tablets, communicating via a few characters and at great speed has become quite the art.
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