Twitter has recently announced that it will be working with brands in order to fully utilise the power of social media and the second screen.  The new targeting features can focus on those who have typed in specific tags in relation to the TV programmes during which the company airs their commercial advertisement. Hashtags in relation to the…

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It is Tornado Week for the Weather Channel, and the Interns have decided that they would cause a storm on Twitter. See what I did there? Well, they are streaming a live feed of the office for a week, and the interns are counting the mentions of their topic on the social media Twitter. The more mentions…

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Tumblr, one of the top ten internet services visited daily, just opened up it’s mobile market to advertisers. The announcement came that this would be happening a number of months ago, and they have kept their word. The advertisements will appear in a users feed no more than four times a day per user, and will blend…

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Tuesday the 16th of April saw Facebook Home begin it’s unveiling to the wider world outside of the United States. The Android devices that can accept the software are still limited however, including the HTC One X, X+, Samsung Galaxy S 3, and Samsung Galaxy Note 2. It will later grow with Samsung and HTC…

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Google Hangouts, with Glamour Magazine, has recently been repurposed to generate money for the fashion company. They are using the free space of Google Hangouts and the broadcasting capabilities present there in order to fully utilise the resources available. They are creating a series of 9 Hangouts and all but one of them are sponsored…

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Twitter has relaunched it’s campaign for Twitter for Business. The video below was posted on Monday the 2nd of April. The Twitter campaign highlights ‘How much can be done for your business in 140 characters’ and their website, found here, has been revamped in the effort. The website is full of helpful tips and tricks…

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Google has recently picked the explorers that have passed the challenge posed roughly a month ago. Google had requested that those who wanted to become beta-testers for their Google Glass project submit a tweet with the hashtag #ifihadglass, describing what they would do with the product if they had it. They chose all the winners…

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Facebook has recently surprised us all once again by changing the policies that it has in regards to business pages. This is a great thing for brands that want to experiment more with their Facebook timeline cover photo, because a lot of restrictions that have previously bogged down the service have been removed and replaced…

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YouTube has recently reached a benchmark for it’s user count. The amount of YouTube users has now reached the 1 billion unique users per month mark, making YouTube on par with Facebook, and officially the second highest and most influential social media network. Did you know that nearly one out of every two people on…

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KitKat and Oreo had a showdown! Well, sorta. On the 13th of March, Kit Kat challenged Oreo to a tic-tac-toe battle. This was for the attention and the affections of a Laura Ellen, or @laura_ellenxx on Twitter. The public showdown started with Laura posting the following tweet Can tell I like chocolate abit too much…

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