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What cost Twitter Brand Pages?

January 30, 2012 Facebook , Social media , Social networking , Twitter

Businesses can no longer arrogantly assume that users will come to their website as users opt for social networking’s walled garden – but at what price? $25,000 perhaps? Twitter’s about to roll out ‘Brand Pages’ for commercial partners who’ve committed to spending $25,000 on its ad products, including promoted tweets and trends. The pages give [...]

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Summify shuts as social networks look to filter noise

January 25, 2012 Social media , Social networking

Canadian start-up Summify has been acquired by Twitter leading to the “mothballing” of the current Summify service. Summify was designed to cut through the noise of social media streams and present its interpretation of the” content that matters to you”. Filtering is an Achilles heel for Twitter and its social networking brethren – there are [...]

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YouTube for schools – Google targets young learners

YouTube for schools – Google targets young learners

December 13, 2011 Video

Pity the poor teacher – while there’s a wealth of educational content on YouTube there’s also a fair share of LOLcats and worse. Google have announced a new version of its video sharing service for schools aiming to attract institutions who may have previously been put off by inappropriate content on the site. Project manager [...]

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Let’s fly! #newtwitter hits mobile and smartphones

December 9, 2011 Social media , Social networking , Web development

Recent iterations of Facebook and Google+ left us wondering what Twitter were up to… but not any more. Approacheth #newtwitter…. A redesigned version of the microblogging service Twitter is set to hit accounts over the next few weeks after new smart phone apps and the mobile site were pushed to distribution yesterday. Tweetdeck, recently acquired [...]

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Path 2 – a social network that’s got small ambitions

Path 2 – a social network that’s got small ambitions

December 2, 2011 Social media , Social networking

Designing a social network from the ground up it’s easy to start from the assumption that you should aim to connect EVERYONE to EVERYTHING, ALL THE TIME. Path takes a different approach. Designed by former Facebook employee Dave Morin, and launched around this time last year, Path is, well, a bit different. For a start, [...]

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