ScanMe turns social media profiles into real world barcodes
Social media tool ScanMe has launched this week, an application that creates a unique, permanent, QR barcode for a user through their Facebook account.
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Only read it for the articles? Entire Playboy back-catalogue goes online
Playboy is launching a new online site ‘i.Playboy.com’ giving subscribers access to every page of its magazine since its first issue 57 years ago.
RAC first to sign up to eBay’s newsletter ads
eBay Advertising is launching ad placements on its UK daily and weekly deals newsletter which reaches millions of eBay shoppers, with the RAC the first to sign up to the new format.
Brits turning to social media to talk about brands
A growing number of the UK population are using social media to express their opinions about brands and companies, according to a new poll.
eModeration launches ‘ Facebook VIP’ service for celebrities and high-profile individuals
Social media agency eModeration has launched a ‘Facebook VIP’ service, to help celebrities and VIPs manage their official Facebook pages.
Bing ramps up Facebook ‘Like’ data in search rankings
Microsoft has deepened its ties with Facebook to make Bing’s search engine more social, as the two firms look to challenge Google’s dominance of the search sector.
Hargreaves report: 10 steps to shake up UK copyright laws for digital world
As part of a new Government-backed report, Professor Ian Hargreaves has made 10 major recommendations to free-up restrictive intellectual property and copyright laws that “obstruct innovation and economic growth in the UK”.
Nearly half of non-web users are disabled- data
Almost a half (48.3 per cent) of people who have never used the Internet are disabled, according to data published for the first time by ONS.
Right to reply: Will MyData usher in a new era of money-saving?
Launched by the UK Government last month, Mydata, gives consumers access to the data that businesses have on them, calculating that such access could help people make better-informed choices. Justin Schamotta at Choose.net wonders if businesses really are keen to share their data with others…
Android phones 'vulnerable to attack'
Nearly all (99.7%) of Google’s Android phones are vulnerable to hackers, according to new research.