BufferComedian Stephen Fry boosted the number of pledges for a UK health trust’s campaign to raise awareness of issues surrounding mental illness, after he tweeted details about it. The 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which covers areas in the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Social Media
Times iPad edition is another brick in the paywall
BufferThe Times newspaper of London has launched an iPad edition on the same day as the device went on sale in the UK. The move also came just days after the launch of the News Corporation-owned newspaper launched its revamped … Continue reading
The tweet goes on – five billion messages in less than three months and Twitter shows no sign of slowing
BufferThe 15 billionth Twitter post was sent over the weekend of May 29 and 30, just a few months after the social networking site passed the 10 billion message mark. According to social media and marketing blog The Wall, it … Continue reading
Bangladesh blocks Facebook over caricatures
BufferFacebook has found itself in hot water with a second country in a matter of days, as a result of ‘objectionable’ material posted on the site about the Prophet Mohammed. Authorities in Bangladesh have placed a block on the social … Continue reading
Twitter goes rumour crazy over England squad for World Cup 2010
BufferMicro messaging website Twitter has gone World Cup crazy as journalists, commentators and fans share rumours over who has made it into England’s 2010 squad. ‘England Squad’, ‘World Cup squad’ and ‘Capello’ are all currently trending on Twitter, prior to … Continue reading
Social networkers claim average of 195 ‘friends’
BufferConsumers are increasingly conscious of the information they place on social networking sites, with 81 per cent indicating that they think twice before posting something, according to new research. The same survey also found that the average respondent claimed to … Continue reading
Twitter director flies the nest
BufferDoug Cook, the director of search at micro-messaging site Twitter, is reported to have left the company. According to an article on Tech Crunch, Cook has left after just under one year in the post. Twitter has confirmed his departure … Continue reading
Pakistan lifts ban on YouTube but restrictions on content stay
Buffer After a short period during which the site was blocked in the country, people in Pakistan are again being allowed limited access to popular video sharing website YouTube. A ban on the popular, Google-owned video-sharing website has been in … Continue reading
Google rules out bidding for live sports rights as wraps come off its web TV venture
BufferGoogle has said it will not compete with broadcasters for the rights to show live sporting events. This means that its recent announcement of an agreement with the Indian Premier League to stream live matches via YouTube is likely to … Continue reading
Arabs prefer Facebook to newspapers, says survey
BufferA new survey is claiming that there are now more people in the Arab world who are Facebook users than there are newspaper readers. The research was conducted by a Dubai-based PR agency, according to a report by the BBC. … Continue reading
