Facebook has today announced that it is set to rollout an update to the layout of its mobile Pages, making the pages more tailored to the way people find information about businesses on their mobile devices.
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International - 23/04/2013
They have nothing to do with last week's marathon horror - but T-shirts reading "Boston Massacre" and intended to look blood-splattered have been pulled by Nike from stores and online retailers after last Monday's bombing that left three dead... Read more
United States - 23/04/2013
Social news site Reddit has apologised to the family of a missing student after he was wrongly identified in a crowdsourcing thread on the site as a possible Boston Marathon bombing suspect.
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United States - 23/04/2013
Ambitious agency owners are set to gather in London next month to attend MiNetwork's Agency Leadership Assembly – a one day conference during which all areas of agency leadership, management and growth will be explored by a range of marketing... Read more
THE OUTNET, part of designer fashion group NET-A-PORTER, has announced the appointment of We Are Social to handle social media strategy and execution.
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International - 23/04/2013
Twitter has signed on the dotted line of its largest ever advertising deal after agreeing to grant preferred advertising slots to clients of Starcom Mediavest Group in a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the micro-blogging service.
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Flinders University are investigating how social media can help young people with disabilities in rural and regional areas build their social networks and reduce loneliness and isolation.
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International - 22/04/2013
Facebook goes to court today in a battle to carry on using the Timeline name for a feature CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the "heart" of a user's experience when he introduced it in September 2011.
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United States - 22/04/2013
Lastminute.com is aiming to capitalise on today’s “culture of immediacy” by centring its brand message around spontaneous bookings in a multi-channel ad campaign called Love Living.
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The Co-Operative Group has named Holler as winner of a competitive five-way pitch for its social media business.
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MediaCom UK has appointed Moneysupermarket’s head of digital Andy Mihalop to the newly formed role of head of biddable media.
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Facebook Home, the social network's custom designed Android launcher, has racked up its 500,000th download on Google’s Play store just 10 days after its US launch on 12 April.
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International - 22/04/2013
Paris Brown, Britain’s first Youth Crime Commissioner, has escaped formal sanction over a series of racist and homophobic tweets posted on Twitter prior to her appointment.
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Auckland Airport is partnering with Chinese social media website Sina Weibo in a move that should see New Zealand tourism branded and marketed to an audience exceeding 500 million people in the Chinese market.
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International - 21/04/2013
A relief fund for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing was set up just over 24 hours after the attack - complete with logo and website - with Boston agency Hill Holliday at the centre of the action.
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United States - 21/04/2013
The nation’s favourite dancing babies are back in a new ad for Evian, created by BETC Paris.
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Yahoo! has continued on its mission to streamline its focus and services by axing another batch of its products.
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CBS has been forced to shut down two Twitter accounts after a group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army managed to hack them to send messages supporting “terrorist” rebels in Syria and accusing President Obama of trying to “take away your... Read more
North America - 21/04/2013
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