With 13.5 million tweets in less than 12 hours, this year’s Super Bowl, which marked the 50th anniversary of America’s biggest sporting event was bigger and louder than ever. Agency Carat looks at some of the biggest ads and their impact on social media.

The old adage that we are all six personal connections away from knowing everyone in the world is no longer accurate according to Facebook- who claim it is now just 3.57.

The Metropolitan Police in the UK is considering using eagles to take out drones operated by criminals, according to a news report.

US communications giant Verizon is considering a bid for Yahoo, its CEO has revealed.

To promote Zoolander 2, Universal Pictures is running a social media tie-up with Mattel, which will see the movies titular hero take over barbie’s Instagram account for three days.

Last Sunday’s Superbowl on CBS delivered the second highest overnight rating on record for the Super Bowl — behind only last year. With digital ratings expected to shatter records by going free on Apple TV for the first time, Jacques de Cock, faculty member at London School of Marketing, argues why $375m will be spent … [Read more…]

India’s telecoms regulator has blocked Facebook’s Free Basics internet service today, saying the scheme violates net neutrality.

As we get closer to one of the most loved, and dreaded days of the year, brands are thinking about how to capitalise on loved up shoppers. Research by Google shows there is 60% rise in mobile consumers who reach for their mobiles to shower their partners with gifts.

LinkedIn shares dropped 26% after the company projected lower than expected profits for the first quarter of 2016, blaming shaky global economic conditions.

Many customers find an increased click & collect service is improving the supermarket offering, with ‘more value’ being the number one are that they need to improve, according to a new customer survey.