Twitter is set to open its European headquarters in London having begun a recruitment drive for its first offices outside of the US. According to The Telegraph, the San Francisco social media company has already begun talks with property agents in... Read more
Microsoft’s search engine Bing was found to be the fastest growing search engine in the UK following a recent report carried out by Experian Hitwise. The UK Search Engine and Social Analysis report found that while Google was still the... Read more
Gordon Bethell, managing partner at Gratterpalm, offers his thoughts on how retailers and brands alike can get maximum return on investment from using both social media and online advertising as tools to engage with customers.As brands and... Read more
On this week's episode, we bring you news about cuts to Spotify, a potential new rival to Twitter and a warning from one of the victims of the dot com crash.We also ask the Chartered Institute of Public Relations to tell us what its new social... Read more
England cricket star Freddie Flintoff has shocked his fans from Burnley after sending a derogatory tweet in which he claimed residents of the Lancashire town had “six fingers”.The gaffe was made as Flintoff praised the Royal Couple... Read more
David Beckham’s 69-second viral video has sparked some fierce debate online among the 1.5 million people who have viewed it on YouTube, with arguments raging over whether it is real or fake, and whether or not it is an ad for Pepsi.Among the... Read more
Telecommunications company Yoozoom4business has appointed Dinosaur PR to work on social media as it looks to enhance its reputation online.As well as getting the firm set up on the usual social networking channels, Harrogate-based Dinosaur will... Read more
San Francisco has approved a payroll tax cap, a legislation change that is expected to keep Twitter’s headquarters within the city.Twitter had been thought to be looking to move into new premises, with other US cities vying for its presence,... Read more
Miffed bloggers who gave their time and energy for free to populate Arianna Huffington’s Huffington post site with material are taking legal action against the founder following its sale to AOL for $315m.The cash windfall went straight into... Read more
The retailer will this weekend donate £1 to the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity for the first 25,000 customers to check in on Foursquare at an M&S store.On 16 & 17 April, the first 25,000 people who check-in will receive a voucher... Read more
Games site Mousebreaker is launching a fantasy football game for Facebook, which it hopes will prove as addictive as runaway success FarmVille.It has teamed up with Fantasy Moguls to create Mousebreaker Galacticos Football 11, which challenges... Read more
Facebook may be the darling of Wall Street, but is regarded with suspicion bordering on contempt in places like Main Road, East Ayrshire. Gordon Young argues this hostility points to flaws in its core proposition.It was a rancorous, rough and... Read more
Bebo, the struggling social networking site, has today unveiled a redesigned homepage as the firm looks to regain lost market share.Central to the redesign has been a desire to de-clutter screen space of unnecessary info whilst focussing on an... Read more
Organisers of The Logies, Australia’s show business awards, have chosen to ban mobile phones in order to prevent the use of Twitter at this year’s ceremony. The organisers have made the decision to avoid a repeat of last year, when... Read more
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins who took facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to court over claims that he’d stolen their idea, have lost their appeal for damages.The pair had earlier won a $65m cash and stock settlement but had appealed... Read more
Manchester agency Amaze have launched an application that will allow marketers a complete overview of their brand online, bringing together all digital activity.AmazeOne offers users the chance to monitor social media activity through a single... Read more
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations has updated its social media advice to PR professionals in a bid to impart core principles, best practice and legal consideration to the industry.Targeted at communications campaigns which include social... Read more
Social bookmarking website StumbleUpon has reported explosive growth to one billion individual bookmarks a month, proving that far from stumbling the site is striding ahead.The statistic illustrates an exponential trajectory for the site, adding... Read more
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