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  • CoTweet Standard Being Pulled

    CoTweet Standard, which is used by a lot of companies to manage Twitter for teams, is being withdrawn on February 15th From then on CoTweet will only be offered as a paid service under a new name “SocialEngage” There aren’t much details about SocialEngage on the CoTweet / Exact Target site unfortunately, nor is there…

  • Gowalla To Go The Way Of The Dodo

    Gowalla is to be shutdown. After being acquired by Facebook the “also ran” to FourSquare will be shutting down early in 2012, according to Techcrunch. So while Facebook may have acquired the skills and experience of the FourSquare team, they’re not taking over all the data. So will Facebook use some of the technology to…

  • Guinness Try To Force Age Restrictions On Twitter

    Guinness Ireland’s Twitter account is a bit odd. They want to restrict their followers to people over the age of 18! Of course I’m not “following” their account, but I can still see all their content! And here’s the screenshot to prove it: I think the word I’m looking for is “fail” They’ve posted a…

  • Angry Birds Gets Real

    Angry Birds is one of those games that is all too easy to dismiss, but it’s also incredibly easy to get addicted. Just ask anyone who made the mistake of installing it on their mobile device! But how would it play out if you brought it into the real world? German mobile company T-Mobile did…

  • Heinz Launch Commerce Via Facebook But Get Security Wrong

    Heinz have launched a special offer via their Facebook page that allows “fans” to buy a “limited edition” ketchup. Unfortunately it’s pretty clear that the people behind the integration don’t really understand security or privacy. In order to order the ketchup you need to fill out this form: Now why do they need ALL that…

  • Social Media Experts Are Overpaid

    I could have come up with a clever title I could even have come up with some witty text. But it’s Friday and I don’t really have the energy. This image sums it up: And this blog post worries me.