Would you pay up to £10 to message a celebrity on Facebook?
Facebook has started charging its UK users up to £10 to send messages to their favourite celebrities. It has used a complex mathematical formula to decide how much it should cost to send a message to...
View ArticleAdvertisers angered as ads shown on Facebook pages about rape and violence
Angry advertisers have hit out after their ads were shown on Facebook group pages featuring rape and violence. Vodafone, Dove Cosmetics, the RSPB and audiobook site Audible are among those who have...
View ArticleTwitter hackers target news site and tell world terrorists have hit White House
Syrian hackers have targeted the Associated Press Twitter account and posted that two bomb blasts had rocked the White House. A group called the Syrian Electronic Army said it was behind the hacking,...
View ArticleSocial Video platform Spreecast launches mobile streaming for iOS and Android
Social video platform Spreecast has launched an iPhone app and now offers live streaming via mobile web. With Spreecast users can broadcast live streaming video together, interact with each other and...
View ArticleIs Facebook too boring? 1.4 million British users log off in a month
For some time now I have been more than a little bored with Facebook. I have even touched on this subject on my personal blog and mentioned it to some friends online. For me, Facebook has become too...
View ArticleMobile chat apps overtake SMS text messages for first time ever
Messages sent on mobile chat apps have overtaken those sent by the more traditional SMS for the first time ever, it has been revealed. Apps such as Whatsapp, Apple’s iMessage, and BlackBerry Messenger,...
View ArticleYouTube has overtaken traditional TV says Google’s Eric Schmidt
YouTube is more popular than traditional television and has overtaken the TV set as of the viewing platform of choice, it has been claimed. Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt made the claim when...
View ArticleBe happy and tweet more news to get extra Twitter followers
It seems there is a right way and wrong way to go about getting people to like you on Twitter. If you want more Twitter followers then you should ensure your tweets are generally happy (no moaning...
View ArticleYouTube said to be launching paid subscriptions from this week
Google is poised to introduce new paid subscriptions for specialist video channels on YouTube, it has been claimed. According to a report in the Financial Times, the new revenue stream could be...
View ArticleYouTube launches 53 paid subscription channels from 99 cents per month
YouTube has launched a pilot program where it will offer 53 paid subscription channels starting at just 99 cents per month. YouTube’s owners Google said the move was part of a plan to ensure that...
View ArticleTwitter Chief Executive Dick Costolo steps down as director of Twitter UK
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has resigned as director of the micro-blogging site’s UK arm Twitter UK. According to Sky News, he has been replaced by a Dublin-based chartered accountant Laurence O’Brien The...
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A closer look at the all new Google+
I know a few people who never really got Google+ and if I am being honest I would include myself in that category. When it first came out I added some people in circles and then I pretty much ignored...
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What do ten per cent of Facebook users have in common with my pet cat?
Well the answer is that, just like my cat, none of them are human. Facebook now has one billion users but new research suggests that one of ten of them are anything but human. Most seem to be animals...
View ArticleTumblr users anger as site sold to Yahoo! for $1.1 billion
So Yahoo! has bought blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Tumblr is a mico-blogging platform for quickly posting pictures, text and video but it also functions as a social media site. Its founder...
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How to use Twitter’s two-step login verification
Twitter’s product security team have introduced a new two-step login process for users following a number of high profile hacking attacks on the site. The new login verification process requires users:...
View ArticleExam boards warn students they will track down Twitter tweet cheats
Exam “tweet cheats” who use Twitter to try and unfairly gain better grades, have been warned that using social media in this way is not acceptable. There is now such concern about students using social...
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Is this the most potentially explosive text message you could ever send a...
Canadian prankster Nathan Fielder – star of Comedy Central’s Nathan For You – certainly knows how to stir things up on Twitter. A month ago he asked his 84,000 followers to “accidentally” text their...
View ArticleWant to feel good about yourself?…then check out your Facebook profile
If you want to feel a bit better about yourself then checking our your Facebook profile could be just the pick-me-up you need. A new study has found that by spending just five minutes a day on their...
View ArticleTweetDeck Gets Design Overhaul
I’m a huge fan of Twitter’s TweetDeck platform which enables you to bring your entire Twitter experience into a sleek and functional desktop and smartphone client. And today the TweetDeck app for...
View ArticleBlackBerry Messenger Coming To Android & iOS June 27th (Updated)
Last updated at 7 p.m: It has now been confirmed by BlackBerry that the information provided by T-Mobile UK was “completely inaccurate” and that BBM will not be appearing on iOS and Android devices on...
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