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Is Facebook joining the hashtag crew? The latest news from Facebook HQ is that it is considering trialling the use of hashtags. This is rumoured to tie in with the launch of revised news feeds. If implemented, the hashtags would work alongside the new… Read more

Luton Airport Facebook Fail Luton airport have been under fire after their social media agency put a picture of a plane crash that took place at another airport on its Facebook page. The hugely offensive image showed the aftermath of a horrible accident… Read more

Instagram now has 100 million active users This week Instagram announced that it has passed the 100 million active user landmark. This is quite an achievement for the Facebook-owned photo app after a few months of ups and downs and plenty of lost users…. Read more

Big brand hacking On Monday, Burger King was subjected to a ridiculous and embarrassing hacking on Twitter. Its profile picture was changed to a McDonald’s logo and its bio declared “Just got sold to McDonald’s because the whopper flopped”. However,… Read more

Another Facebook lawsuit This week, Facebook is facing legal action for a change. It is being sued by Rembrandt, a company acting on behalf of late programmer Johannes Jozef Everardus van Der Meer. It has been claimed that Facebook’s success is partly… Read more

A few weeks ago, you may remember we blogged about the Facebook 20% text rule for brand cover photos, promoted posts and sponsored stories.  Put simply, if brands are using such images on Facebook, then only 20% of that image can be taken up by text…. Read more

It’s time for Vine This week, Twitter released a standalone video sharing app for the iPhone called Vine. The app allows users to tweet six second clips that play on a loop, and has proved to be really popular in its first week. Indeed, it has already… Read more

After a week or so of speculation from the social media industry and tech press over exactly what Facebook would be announcing at it’s press conference today, we’ve just heard from Mark Zuckerberg that it’s called ‘Graph Search’…. Read more

Facebook mystery conference Facebook has announced that it is holding a mystery conference on Tuesday 15 January. This has prompted an increase in Facebook stock to over $30 for the first time since it was released. Facebook does not usually hold major… Read more