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  • Twitter To Target Users Based On Browsing Activity

    Twitter To Target Users Based On Browsing Activity

    Twitter is experimenting with new advertising techniques and formats. In a recent announcement the company announced their plans to start targetting their US users based on their web browsing activity. The new “service” is aimed at US based Twitter users so Europeans should not be impacted: So if you’re a European Twitter user you shouldn’t…

  • If Toddlers Used Facebook

    If Toddlers Used Facebook

    George Takei “gets” social media and his Facebook page is probably one of the more amusing ones on Facebook. From earlier today:

  • Social Network Wars Explained

    Social Network Wars Explained

    Social media networks want more users. Of course if you’re trying to grow your social network then it makes sense that you use your users’ existing connections .. So a lot of social networks tap into the data available via Twitter, Facebook and other services. Of course by doing this they can upset each other…

  • Twitter Goes Offline

    Twitter Goes Offline

    Twitter has been offline for the last 30 minutes. It’s not even showing the (in)famous “fail whale” at the moment! So you can expect to see a surge of traffic to Facebook and Google+ 🙂

  • Twitter Sells Tweets

    Twitter Sells Tweets

    With most social networks the users are the product. In the case of Twitter one of the problems the company has been struggling with is how to actually make money from it all .. So selling their content ie. their users’ tweets appears to be one of the solutions. According to an article on RWW…

  • The Social Network On Release In Ireland – What Do People Think Of It?

    Last weekend The Social Network went on general release in the UK and Ireland. It’s currently playing in most of the cinema chains across Ireland and seems to have been well received. Have you seen it? If you have, what did you think of it? Seemingly Mark Zuckerberg isn’t overly impressed with it, but then…

  • Facebook the Movie?

    It’s not enough that Facebook and its founder get splashed around in the mainstream media day in, day out .. now Hollywood wants us to watch a movie .. There’s a couple of versions of the trailer floating around. The first one (below) gives a few headlines and doesn’t show any real action: The second…

  • Christmas Is A Time For Sharing With Your REAL Friends

    Social media networks; Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace etc., etc. How many of your “friends” are actual friends? How many of them actually care about YOU? If you’re completely caught up in the “follower count race”, then you’ve probably already entered “social media hell”. But. There is light at the end of the tunnel You can…