BufferUK internet users have visited more social networking sites than search engines in one month than ever before. Data released by research firm Hitwise shows that visits to social networks accounted for 11.88 per cent of all UK internet visits in … Continue reading
Category Archives: Social Networks
Facebook boss speaks out over privacy concerns, taking business public
BufferFacebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has defended changes to the service which have led to privacy concerns, and said that he has no date in mind for a public floatation of the company. Zuckerberg used an address to the All … Continue reading
Newspaper under Twitter assault for ‘gay minister’ poll question
BufferThe Sun newspaper in the UK was the target of a torrent of anger from Twitter users when it asked its readers to vote on whether gay people should be ministers in the cabinet of the UK Government. The paper, … Continue reading
Serial Tweeter Fry boosts health body’s mental illness awareness campaign
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
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
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
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
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
