Twitter takes on breaking news with ‘Moments’
Twitter has launched a new feature dubbed Moments, offering the best tweets in a bid to take its social network further into the news arena.
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Human-rating app Peeple vanishes from web after backlash
The website and social media pages for controversial human-rating app Peeple have been taken offline, after a flood of criticism.
Why Twitter should move beyond 140 characters- research
Amid rumours that Twitter could be ditching its 140-character limit on tweets, Global Web Index looks at the implications of the social media platform losing one its most iconic features.
Online ‘advertorials’: New IAB guidelines provide more transparency
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB UK) has released a set of guidelines to help the marketing industry provide more transparency to consumers around digital advertorials.
Mail Online digital ad growth slows from 49% to 16%
Mail Online’s digital advertising grew 16% in the last 11 months ending August 2015, marking a significant drop on the same period last year for one of the world’s biggest online publications.
Rugby World Cup app: Learning from the design mistakes of FIFA
With the Rugby World Cup in full swing, how are the official app and website faring? New research suggests lessons have been learned from design flaws in last years FIFA football World Cup app.
Unilever proves social buzz really does drive sales
Positive mentions in social media really do directly result in more sales, according to research by Unilever, despite previous evidence to the contrary.
Third of consumers ‘willing to shop via social media’
With most major social networks carrying ‘buy buttons’, brands are quickly moving into this new market place- but are consumers ready for a more social online shopping experience?
Cadbury’s ‘Gorilla’ ad voted most popular UK ad ever
A 2007 Cadbury’s ad featuring a gorilla drumming to Phil Collins’ 80s hit In The Air Tonight has been voted the nation’s favourite TV ad of all time, in a new public poll.
Can Instagram overtake Twitter?
With Instagram having recently opened its platform to all advertisers, new research looks at the ongoing battle between the photo-sharing site and Twitter.