Snapchat, one of the most popular mobile apps amongst teenage girls, can teach CIOs a thing or three about technology and communication. Rob Sobers, director at Varonis, offers 3 key factors to SnapChat’s success- and what firms can learn from this.

In his first official communication to the public, John Sims BlackBerry’s President of Enterprise Services, outlines how Samsung has missed the mark on their enterprise solution, and why BlackBerry earned its security reputation.

Old Spice has become famous for pioneering viral video ads, and its latest campaign sees the return of Isaiah Mustafa in a series of prank ads that look set to get consumers sharing in droves. See why it’s our video viral of the week below…

3rings, a new online service that helps families keep an eye on elderly relatives, has been launched by UK tech entrepreneur Steve Purdham- the man behind the We7 music streaming service.

Facebook advertising demonstrated performance improvements in the last quarter of 2013 due to greater consumer interest during the holiday shopping season. This infographic looks at how Facebook ad sales revue rose a massive 60% on the last quarter.

Baby Supermall recently worked with Google to run a targeted AdWords paid search campaign, targeting mothers. This video case study outlines how the baby retailer linked analytics to search with attribution modelling to generate tens of thousands of dollars in additional sales every week.”

Suttons Seeds worked with SLI to implement learning site search technology to help visitors find products they wanted. This case study looks at how the garden equipment and seeds supplier got a 112% higher conversion rate for site search users with learning search.

Facebook has updated its newsfeed with a new algorithm that means users will see more text updates from their friends and less from brands.

Global mobile advertising spending is forecast to reach $18 billion in 2014, up from the estimated $13.1 billion in 2013, according to new research.

Global ad giant Interpublic has bought Profero for an undisclosed sum, merging the digital network with Lowe and Partners to create a new agency Lowe Profero.