Tag: Social Media
Cyclists hound a poor woman for a tweet: Twitter users need to learn the value of a proportional response
Since I took up cycling a couple of years ago, I’ve become something of a militant cyclist. Having to take to London’s roads is not a pleasant experience for much […]
William Shatner is not a fan of Facebook Mentions
It’s Facebook, Jim, but not quite as you like it. Canadian actor William Shatner — variously famous as eccentric lawyer Denny Crane on Boston Legal, beat cop TJ Hooker, womanising […]
Israel take the battle in Gaza to social media: How diplomacy now takes place on Twitter
Over the last few days there has been renewed violence in Israel and Gaza as both sides have exchanged fire, in a situation far too complex to understand – let […]
Facebook is watching you – but soon you will be able to control how it uses that data
Have you ever wondered why Facebook showed you that advertisement for a new flatscreen TV, or a cheap flight to Bermuda? Soon you will be able to find out. Facebook has announced that it will soon give its users, starting…
Instagram loses over half its active users following copyright fallout
Troubing times for Instagram at the moment, as it seems the popular photo sharing app/social network has lost over half its active users in just a month. The decline in user figures (spotted by traffic monitoring firm AppStats) has seen…
Facebook user arrested for posting burning poppy picture, leads to #poppycock Twitter protests
A man has been arrested under the Malicious Communications Act and is awaiting questioning after posting a picture of a burning poppy onto Facebook this weekend, coinciding with the annual Remembrance Day events. Posted alongside "an offensive comment" according to…
Employees spend a day a week on social networks while at work!
Another day, another survey. This time one from VoucherCodesPro.co.uk (again) which shows that employees spend more time on social networks at work than home. Not great news for bosses up and down the land perhaps – unless the staff work…
Facebook finally adds calendar view to your events
A group of clever Facebook engineers have finally brought us a way to see upcoming events in a calendar-style layout. So you can view everything you've been invited to in a given month at once, which is usually how calendars…
The Facebook App Center rolls out to UK and US users
Facebook announced that it would soon be launching an app store back at the beginning of May and it's now here for (most of) us to play with. The app store, known officially as the Facebook App Center, is…
Shaker: Will anyone really use a virtual bar?
It may look a lot like Habbo Hotel or Second Life or countless other avatar-based games, but this is Shaker, a new site that's launching over in the US today, and we're really not sure what to make of…
