Facebook delay their auto-play video ads Late last year it was reported that Facebook was about to release auto-playing video ads for news feeds on their site. This would mean all users would have video adverts automatically pop up and start playing when they accessed their feed. With nothing happening since then news of the …
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Facebook paid a staggering amount for WhatsApp last month, will it prove to be worth it? Last month Facebook surprised no one with another of its venture-backed digital acquisitions but what was a surprise to many was the amount the deal with messaging service WhatsApp was worth. Comprising a mix of cash and shares the …
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As American Idol enters its fourteenth season, its producers have implemented some technological changes which should enhance the viewer experience. The singing talent show has been a ratings leader, typically ranking as the most or second most watched network program for the majority of the years it has aired. The show has faltered somewhat in …
The world’s most popular social media application has introduced a networking aide that allows pages to be included in the Facebook feeds of pages that it mentions. This new tagging feature is intended to help visitors to a particular page more easily find other related pages. For example if a Facebook user visits the Seattle …
With more than 200 million users, Twitter has a sizeable population, and with its new search features, the social media giant will be able to raise the visibility of those users to search engines. The new feature allows advertisers to promote their accounts through high exposure ad placement in their proprietary search function as well …
In a recent blog post by Twitter, the owner of the photo and video service Vine, the company announced that it would prohibit the introduction and distribution of explicit sexual content on Vine. Twitter stated that it respects the free exchange of imagery on Vine, but that a small percentage of its users were not …
17-year-old Londoner, Nick D’Aloisio sold his Summly app to Yahoo last year for $30 million and announced last week that he is currently working on their new Yahoo News Digest. Speaking at the Consumer Electronic Show on January 7, D’Aloisio was the spokesperson to announce the news app, revealing he had been working on the …
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Twitter’s much anticipated launch on to the New York Stock Exchange created even more of a buzz than had been predicted. Twitter’s pre-float price was $26 per share; this immediately rose to $50 when they floated the company, up a full 92%. Though the share price eventually settled at $44.90 it still enjoyed a 73% …
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We’ve all been there – when a friend or an acquaintance, or simply someone we met in a bar once or played in the playground with 18 years ago, posts an update where we want to offer some response but where the ‘like’ button clearly wouldn’t cut it. You know, when someone has been burgled, …
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Facebook has revealed the top 25 check-in destinations for 2013 and it seemed we all enjoyed tourist attractions, music and sport. Or perhaps we all just liked showing off. Touristy hotspots were frequent on the top 25 list with Disneyland in Anaheim, California, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland all taking the top …
