Category: Web 2.0
Has this guy figured out why Facebook is so horrible?
Let's face it – Facebook is the social network you love to hate. Whilst all of the important chat happens on Twitter, and your trendier friends are all Snapchatting each other, we still maintain our Facebook accounts out of grim…
300 Australian sharks join Twitter – #followfriday just got a lot more dangerous
Twitter has always been a good place for unusual people to make an impact. For every inspirational Commander Chris Hadfield, lurking just under the surface is the opposite: the space oddity that is Katie Hopkins, or the insufferable Piers Morgan….
Q&A: Edward Saatchi on NationalField, Obama and the democratisation of the workplace
Edward Saatchi, son of millionaire advertising mogul Maurice Saatchi, is being billed as the UK's answer to Mark Zuckerberg. His private, enterprise focussed social network NationalField is credited as a key tool in President Obama's successful election campaign, and,…
The Week in Social Media – 15/10/10 – tweeting police, Facebook and Skoda and more
Sutro Digital brings you this week's social media news in handy video format. Among this week's highlights are Manchester bobbies on the tweet and Skype integration with Facebook….
Facebook adds "I've Voted" button for General Election
If you're a UK resident and haven't been living under a stone for the last month, you'll know that today is vote-casting day in one of the most closely run General Elections in recent history. Facebook, recognising its platform's ability…
NME and BlackBerry team up for new "Breakthrough" music social network
NME and BlackBerry are to team up on a new social network. Breakthrough will be primarily aimed at musicians and music fans, allowing users to upload music and videos onto a network teeming with music aficionados. Uploaded music will also…
15 Must-Follow General Election Twitter feeds
If there is one thing other than "Bigotgate" that this General Election will be remembered for, it'll be the growing use of social media to share party policies and give voice to the nation's voters. From the #nickcleggsfault hashtag to…
Facebook Lite closes its doors
Facebook Lite has been shut down by Facebook, after going live just recently in September of last year. The service was intended to offer a low-bandwidth version of the social network. It stripped Facebook back to its basics (status updates,…
Facebook "Like" button about to go web-wide
Facebook have announced that their "Like" button is about to become available across the web. Acting as a content sharing button similar to StumbleUpon and Digg, clicking the button when browsing online will send a link to the user's Facebook…
Myspace update adds gig ticket sales
In a post that we could just have easily titled "You Should Have Been Doing That Years Ago", Myspace have today moved into the live music sphere, allowing artists using the site to sell tickets to events and shows on…
