Category archives: Social Media
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Simon Turkas
2 days ago
Social media is massively popular across the world with millions of people logging onto Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Pinterest everyday. These sites are used by different people for different reasons. All the sites have something in common though; they are used to share content with friends, colleagues and even total strangers. Hence the reason it is called ‘social media’. What things do people love to see and share on social [...]
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Simon Turkas
22 days ago
Twitter has proved a very useful tool for a variety of companies, brands, celebrities and anyone else wishing to connect with those interested in their product. In fact it is becoming the case that if you aren’t on Twitter you appear behind the times, and as a result you are probably missing out. Having a Twitter account is just the start though, and posting a few Tweets and gaining followers [...]
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Ashley Pearson
34 days ago
Facebook Home had a pretty poor launch on Android via the Google Play store. Many people downloaded the app and began rating it just 1 star out of a possible 5, leaving many thinking twice about giving the Application a go. This app is more than just an App. It takes control of your device in a way that makes your phone more social. It is designed in a way that [...]
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Ashley Pearson
34 days ago
A lot of users on Twitter enjoy being able to see what is trending in their area at a certain time. It started with countries and a Worldwide option which proved very popular, and large groups of people would be required to include the #hashtag in their tweet to even get it on the list. Twitter then started adding more locations at the request of users, such as large cities. [...]
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Ashley Pearson
36 days ago
It was announced today in a BBC News Article, that Google have developed a tool which will determine what happens to your data when you die. This data includes your social profile on Google+, your email information and other Google Account services such as YouTube. This makes Google the first large company to take a positive step towards human privacy and offer the data to somebody else rather than keeping [...]
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Ashley Pearson
36 days ago
Facebook is very popular with the Teen demographic. But it is becoming increasingly popular with another demographic, and that is middle aged people who love all this fancy new technology and use it a lot more than teens do, spending most of their time indulging in apps such as the currently popular Candy Crush Saga. Statistics are always popping up about Facebook, and a trending tech news story this week involves stats [...]
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Ashley Pearson
36 days ago
Microsoft has started forcing people to shut down their MSN Messenger clients for good and move on over to the company they acquired last year, Skype. Accounts are being migrated and you can now use your information to log straight into Skype and carry on talking with your friends. Skype is a great chat client, but there are many things that we will never forget about MSN Messenger. Here are [...]
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Ashley Pearson
37 days ago
Have you ever had an Awkward Moment on Facebook? Have you seen something you shouldn’t have whilst browsing your social updates? Here are five ways in which your time on Facebook could be rather awkward. Like this post? Then please share it with your friends using the buttons below.
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Ashley Pearson
40 days ago
Facebook are soon to start trialling a new method of getting in touch with celebrities. Twitter is well known for it’s ability for users to have a direct link to those famous people they love the most, and this is something that Facebook currently lacks, because the only way is to comment on the celebrities photos or statuses and hope they might reply to your comment, which of course they [...]
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Simon Turkas
46 days ago
This status was posted by the Prayers For Brenden Facebook page on January 19th 2013 and has gained well over half a million likes! This is a community page set up by a mother for her nine-year old son Brenden who suffers from mental illness. These are impressive stats considering the page itself has just over 25,000 likes and clearly displays how things can go viral on social media. Source: [Facebook]