Tag Archives: Twitter

Jan
17

BT Vision to get social media revamp

BT Logo BT is planning on revamping its internet TV platform with new social media features. The move comes as the competition in the streaming TV market hots up with the launch of.. more
Jan
16

Murdoch says Google profits from piracy

Google Logo Rupert Murdoch only recently opened up his Twitter account, but he’s quickly accrued some 140,000 followers, and made some controversial tweets. He’s had a pop at Google and Obama, no less,.. more
Nov
10

Kindle Fire to have Facebook, Netflix

Kindle Fire Amazon are set to begin shipping their Kindle Fire tablet next week across the water and have revealed that the device will offer users thousands of popular apps through the Android.. more
Oct
31

Zeebox social TV app goes live

The Zeebox app has been launched on the iPad, and will be coming to the iPhone, desktop PC and other platforms in short order. Billed as a TV viewer’s social companion, Zeebox claims to be the “new way to watch television.” Developed by Anthony Rose,.. more
Oct
11

Social media putting organisations at risk

New research has been published this month on the risks posed globally by social media. The study was carried out by Ponemon and sponsored by Websense, and it looks into what security threats target users of social networks and how they affect companies. It found.. more
Sep
23

Promoted tweets and trends hit the UK

Twitter has announced the launch of its suite of advertising products in the UK, a year after the US release. The services are intended to help businesses reach their target audience with “geographically relevant content” and include promoted tweets, promoted trends, offers and other information... more
Sep
22

Twitter SMS updates now support images

Twitter has announced a new feature that enables users to send SMS messages to share photos on the social networking site. Many users already use SMS to post to their Twitter account or to receive notifications from their favourite tweeters. The site says that at.. more
Sep
12

Twitter sues over use of word tweet

Twitter has filed a complaint in San Francisco against Twittad for using the term tweet in its advertising. The social networking site claims that “tweet” is owned by Twitter as part of its internationally recognised family of trade names and associations. The tag line “let.. more
Sep
09

Twitter hits 100 million users

Social media site Twitter has announced that it has broken the 100 million user mark. Although this is still a way off Facebook’s 750 million it’s massive progress since the first tweet was sent five years ago. Since then Twitter has been a powerful tool.. more
Sep
08

Brits lose sleep over social media

Whether it’s finding out about Beyonce’s pregnancy, or hearing about the latest foray into the work of Nietzsche by former footballing thug Joey Barton, it seems that Brits are losing sleep with social media addictions. Research has found that rather than heading off to the.. more