After a shaky start Twitter’s native iPhone and iPad app came good at the end of 2010 with the promise of more to come and today the micro blogging site came good by rolling out another update for Apple users. The new app has simplified a lot of tasks and added some new features that other unofficial apps already offer. Users can now easily upload photos, attribute a...
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We all know Facebook is popular, it has over 500 million members but have you ever stopped to think just how many people in the UK actually use the world’s largest social network. At a recent event Joanna Shields, Facebook’s Vice President of Europe, said “We can announce to day that we have reached 30 million in the UK, which we are really excited about.” Bear...
Mere weeks ago Charlie Sheen was admitted to rehab and the two and a half men star looked like he could be down and out forever. Not so if his exploits over the last couple of days are anything to go by, certainly when you consider that he has amassed 1 million Twitter followers is just over 25 hours. Sheen has been mixing things up and grabbing headlines with a string...
What is keeping you from sleeping at nights right now? Money worries? Problems at work? It might surprise you to find out that a number of people are living their lives under stress generated by Facebook. It seems that having 24 hour access to details of the activities of our friends isn’t quite as simple as it seemed at first. Researchers from the Napier University...
Yes you read the title correctly; a mother of four from Swindon has been challenged to raise one million Facebook likes by her fiancée of ten years. If she manages it he has agreed to finally answer her pleas to get married. Kelly Coxhead has dreams of getting married to fiancée Paul Mapplethorpe on 11/11/11 giving her just over ten months to complete the task, needless...
As February is the month of love we were interested to hear about the new dating service from StreetSpark.com which aims to offer matchmaking with a twist. They say that their service gives people an easier way to connect with people in the ‘real world’ utilising information from social networking platforms. The team over at street spark have tapped into the wildly...
Facebook was in the limelight for a good portion of 2010, barely a day went by without a story about the world’s largest social networking site. Whether the news was good or bad press the site has gone from strength to strength and has been officially named as the most searched for keyword in 2010 receiving an impressive 2.11% of all searches. The research was performed...
Cast your mind back 10 years and describe your routine before going to bed, it might have involved a bit of TV, reading or getting your things ready for the early morning wake up call. Now ask yourself the same question for today’s routine. A study has revealed that 72% of you check their social networking profiles before going to bed – a stark change when contrast...
Alicia Keys has convinced fellow celebrities such as Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga and Kim Kardashian to stop updating their Facebook, Twitter and other social networking profiles to raise money for charity. The unusual event means that a large number of celebrities will not log on, update or reply to any message on their profiles until $1 million has been raised for the...
When Apple launched Ping uptake was actually pretty swift, one million users signed up in the first 48 hours – not surprising when you consider how many people use iTunes to manage their music. What was surprising and a little confusing was Ping’s standing in the social network pecking order. Was it trying to compete with the likes of Twitter and Facebook? Was Ping...