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The Times creates a social networking league

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:20:30 +0000

The newspaper, famous for its rich list of the top wealthiest people around the globe is building a new list to cater for the clout and reach of those in the social media market. The new service analyses your twitter feed, facebook stream, linked in etc etc for quality and then reports back a ranking.

No doubt we shall see some familiar faces in the top league. Its an interesting idea, because getting to the top can really be equated to wealth.

Http://www.the-social-list.com

Facebook pulls its deals website

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:19:34 +0000

Facebook has decided to scrap its much vaunted deals feature. This might come as rather a blow to some after all the effort the social networking site has put in to grow and develop new features.

Facebook places has also been scrapped. Where this leaves FourSquare is anybodys guess. But after making big noises FB has thrown in the towel.

FB is intending tighter integration and a fresher feel to its new streamlined site to cope with the march of Google plus.

Facebook execs attack Google plus for lack of users.

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:18:50 +0000

Perhaps a touch of jealousy. Google plus is also incorporating games recreating much of the same functionality as on Facebook. Perhaps this is just bad form on the part of Facebook.

Steve Jobs leaves apple due to health grounds

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:15:54 +0000

Well, the inevitable happened. Steve Jobs, perhaps one of the most lauded CEO’s of all time has resigned from leading Apple, the company he co-founded in the 1970′s.

Steve Jobs was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2003 and since then there have been concerns over his ability to perform as CEO. But now it looks like steve will no longer be able to keep up with the demands of Apple, so he is retiring from his role as CEO.

We wish him and his successor all the best. And of course. We wish Apple well, one of the most innovative companies in recent times.

Facebook and twitter achieve record traffic levels

admin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:08:23 +0000

In July, Facebook had 162 million unique visitors

Google plus only charges vendors 5%

admin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:46:48 +0000

Unlike facebook, the Google social network is only charging users 5% against the 30% set by Facebook.

Rioters who used Facebook social networking site get 4 years sentence.

admin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:55:26 +0000

In a controversial move, rioters who used the social media Facebook platform have been handed down a four year sentence for using inciteful behaviour on the popular social networking site.

Gartner reckons young people are bored with social networks

admin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:13:45 +0000

A recent report from Gartner suggests that young people are increasingly turning away from social media, citing its ephemeral nature and shallowness.

Could social networks be nothing but a mere distraction and blip in the technological revolution inderway. Could we see social media decimated and transformed as we all go back to using email or pen and paper to communicate.

The fact of the matter is that unless social media serves a greater good, then it will be redundant. Many marketers use Facebook marketing campaigns to sell products, but unless the marketing gains are worthwhile, its a fruitless excercise. The jury is still out on whether there is any benefit to using social media to advertise.

Young people want to meet other young people. Perhaps being on Facebook is not helping them achieve those aims and the real world fun of going to a club or pub is still far more enticing. There are generations of youth today, who will never get intothe habit of going down the pub to socialize. That’s sad.

Could the rioting lead to shut downs in social networks?

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:26:15 +0000

One of David Camerons advisors has suggested the government should and could change the way it interacts with social networks in that it should be able to control the interactions people have with social networks or to even shut them … Continue reading →

Google buys Motorola Mobile and what is means for social

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:55:29 +0000

The purchase of Motorola’s mobile division is seen by many as a way to compete with Apple in building out good quality mobile platforms or mobiles. The 12.5 billion dollar buy, puts Google in the situation of being a mobile and device manufacturer.

So why does this matter for social? Well, soon, just about all of us will be primarily using our phones to interact with the social networks we create. As a result, the device and software its running will have some importance on the social networks that we use. After all, if google own the software, hardware and the network, you can see the direction. Google now does have its own social network called Google Plus, a rival to facebook.

We have even seen Google android phones with decicated Facebook buttons, but this could all change with the potential to get your social networking kicks on Google plus.