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Get ‘that’ cool new Facebook profile picture that everyone’s talking about
Facebook recently rolled out its new, streamlined, more ‘visual’ profiles. The new profile layout has caught the imagination of many users who have taken advantage of the new photostream feature at the top of the profile page. You may have seen some interesting examples pop up on your friends’ pages – this sort of thing; Achieving this look is a pretty complicated procedure that requires a degree of Photoshop knowledge…
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Most viral brands of 2010
It’s been a big year for brands going viral. Two campaigns that stand out to us straight away are the ‘Old Spice Questions’ from Old Spice and ‘A Hunter Shoots a Bear’ by Tipp-Ex – both fantastic campaigns that captured the imagination of millions. If you haven’t yet experienced the latter, we thoroughly recommend you do so, it’s brilliant. The good people of Rubber Republic’s Viral Ad Network have gone…
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It may be Christmas, but don’t neglect social media
In the words of Andy Williams, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”. There will indeed be “parties for hosting” and “marshmallows for toasting” but there’s also blogs to be blogged and tweets to be tweeted. There's a temptation to slow down social media efforts over the Christmas period, but don’t make that mistake, because for many businesses it’s one of the most important times of year. There are…
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Facebook uses facial recognition technology for new photo tagging feature
Another day, another advance in Facebook technology. Today Mashable brings news that Facebook is due to give its photos feature a big upgrade with a new feature that automatically suggests who users should tag in photos based on facial recognition technology. The feature is called ‘Tag Suggestions’ and Facebook says it works like this… “When you or a friend upload new photos, we use face recognition software—similar to that found…
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Top 10 Facebook status trends of 2010
Facebook has released its list of global status trends for 2010. Facebook analysed status updates across 236 countries, comparing the rate at which each phrase occurred in 2010 compared to 2009. And here they are; HMU – The number one trending phrase for for 2010 was HMU (shorthand for "hit me up") No, we hadn’t heard of it either. World Cup – Not surprisingly the World Cup received a lot…
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Top Twitter trends in 2010
Today, Twitter has released its list of top 2010 trends. A staggering 25 billion tweets were sent in 2010 and this lists is a representation of what those tweets were all about. A Twitter representative blogged; “These Trends indicate the things that are most meaningful in our lives. Each day on Twitter, people tweet about news, sports, entertainment and cool new technology–and everything else in between. The list of 2010…
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Bebo launches live video chat service, bChat
Social networking site Bebo hopes to rekindle it’s dwindling success with the launch of it’s new video chat service, bChat. bChat will allow Bebo-ers to talk to one another live via their webcams – like Chatroulette, but hopefully with less offensive nude imagery. As you’d expect, it has built in safety measures to ensure that connections are better targeted. This is the first real news we’ve heard from Bebo since…
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How to set up a Facebook page for your business
If used in the right way, Facebook can be a very powerful tool – both for brand building and customer acquisition. Below is a step by step guide of how to set up a Facebook page and some top line rules of thumb for managing it. Before setting up your page, ask yourself the following questions; Why? What are you setting out to achieve? Why will a Facebook page help…
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Introducing the new Facebook profile
Stop the press – Facebook has announced it’s new profile pages. Facebook made the announcement via Twitter over the weekend, just hours after Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg appeared on 60 Minutes – the popular US news network. Users will notice two big differences; a bigger emphasis on ‘visual’ and a streamlined design to make it easier to find information you actually care about. Here's a few of the big changes;…
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HootSuite hits 1 million users
Social media dashboard HootSuite has reached one million registered users – a momentous milestone. HootSuite was born in Vancouver in December 2008 and took just under 2 years to reach this mark. The service, that allows you to manage multiple social networks and create reports has become increasingly popular with social media users worldwide – users send more than 1 million messages per day, mostly on Twitter, but also on…
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