YouTube stream of Dutch football team gets 35,000 viewers
A YouTube stream of the Netherlands football team training ahead of their England friendly match has notched up an impressive 35,000 viewers.
Facebook woos mobile networks for payment service
Facebook has outlined plans to team up with mobile operators on payments, offering to give them back part of the revenue and influence they have lost to Apple and Google in recent years.
Guest comment: Why is f-commerce failing?
F-commerce became a popular marketing buzzword last year, as brands set up online stores on Facebook to sell physical goods. But have stores grasped f-commerce yet or is there a long way to go before social selling succeeds as a business model? Anton Gething, co-founder and product director at nToklo, takes a closer look.
SMS still the king of messaging- UK smartphone users ‘lost without text’
SMS still dominates the mobile messaging market when compared to other messaging services such as ‘Over the Top’ (OTT) Instant Messaging (IM) services, according to new research.
Google offers $1m prize for hacking Chrome browser
Google has offered prizes, totalling $1 million, to those who successfully hack the Google Chrome browser, as the internet giant turns to hackers to find weaknesses in its browser to bolster its security.
Facebook denies spying on text messages
Facebook has denied reports that it is spying on users is spying text messages and other personal data sent from users’ smartphones.
Yahoo threatens Facebook with patent lawsuit- could IPO be delayed?
Yahoo has threatened Facebook with a legal war over “10 to 20” patents, according to a news report, in a move that could disrupt the social network’s plans to go public this year.
Right to Reply: Facebook censorship rules- publish and be damned?
As Facebook’s rules about whether to censor specific postings made by users have now been published for the first time in the media, Joanna Morley, Social Media & Online PR Manager at SiteVisibility, argues that the guidelines contradict the social networks own approach to user’s privacy.
Top 5 tips: Promoting coupons on Facebook
2011 marked the year that many FMCG brands went social. For some it was small-scale exploratory activity. For others the creation of a Facebook Fan Page or Twitter profile was a social land grab to directly counter the plethora of unofficial pages/profiles that have emerged. However for some of the more forward thinking brands it … [Read more…]
Leaked docs show Facebook censorship guidelines ‘rule sex more offensive than blood and gore’
Facebook staff moderating user posts are ordered to delete all forms of sexual activity, but violent and gory images are allowed, according to a leaked document issued buy a disgruntled former employee.