When presenting we’re often asked why companies should be using social media at all. Although a very valid question it’s one that requires statistics and graphs rather than fluff and marketing gobbledygook. So we decided to use our experience, knowledge and the social media library (aka. the internet) to put together some top-line facts and ‘how …
We all love a good viral video. Something that makes us laugh. Or recoil in horror/disgust. Virals are the new ‘water cooler moment’. And once and a while something comes along that really blows you away. In the case of the new Disney short animation ‘Paperman’, quite literally. After watching this fantastic animation I realised …
On our old digital blog - The Digital Times - we used to put together a weekly blog post highlighting the digital and social media news from the week and we’d also post some funnies we found along the way. These posts proved really popular so we decided to kick start them again here on …
On Thursday Google announced it was introducing Communities to Google+ and this morning we were pleased to see it live and full of activity. Google describes Communities as a place to ’talk about the stuff you’re into with people who love it too’. Any Google+ user can create Communities, which includes features such as public/private membership, discussion categories, …
It was announced yesterday that Facebook had bought Instagram for *Dr Evil pinky at the ready* 1 billion dollars, a move seen by many as very left field. In fact many users began to jump the Instagram ship. So, the real $1billion question is - what’s the true value and motivation behind Facebook’s purchase? For …
This week I re-tweeted a post from the #swchat which simply said ‘Social networking has no immediate goal. Social collaboration has.’ It wasn’t until a day or two later that I was discussing this with my good friend and colleague Paul Waddington (of Plain Text) that the real impact of this Tweet hit me. To …
This week has been possibly one of the worst for this country. The recent riots that have dogged London and other key cities have shown the worst of our society. From a personal perspective I’m sad to see the city I’ve lived in and currently work in shown to the world in such shameful fashion. …
An article out today reveals that Apple are scared of something. Microsoft? Don’t be silly. Google? Yeah, you’d think so. But no - Facebook. On first look this comes as a surprise, but when you start thinking about it it’s not as silly as it sounds. Apple have been tech innovators for years and now they’re …
We’ve all been horrified by the weekends news about the terrorist attacks in Oslo. As the news started to surface through Twitter on Friday I turned to the Sky News iPad app to find out what was going on through their live news feed. Over the weekend there was news of a Google+ circle that …
Aleks Krotoski posted an interesting topic on her Untangling the Web blog today - Friendship (see the post here). The question she raises has been something I’ve asked myself for a while - “What has the Web done to friendship”. So, as every good geek does, I decided to write a reply…which I also decided …