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Friday Social Round Up: MySpace Returns, Twitter vs. Facebook, £1 Fish Man and Brighton Xmas Lights
14th December 2012
MySpace returns What goes around comes around again. At least Justin Timberlake must be hoping in the case of his social network MySpace, which relaunched this week in beta format. The former world leader of social networks has seen members slump to less… Read more
Friday Social Round Up: eBay Pop-up Shop, First Instagram Music Video and Fake Facebook Privacy Notice
30th November 2012
eBay pop-up shop Today eBay will be opening up an eBay Social Shopping pop-up shop in Covent Garden, which will remain open until Sunday the 2nd of December. There will be in-store screens showing live data highlighting products that people are recommending… Read more
Friday Social Round Up: #Susanalbumparty, #Facebook Dictatorship, #Dumbways2die and Social Media Psychosis
23rd November 2012
#Susanalbumparty Susan Boyle has launched another album – Party – and, in order to promote it, her PR team decided to use the hashtag #susanalbumparty (read “Susan Album Party”). This is apparently an honest mistake. I’m sceptical: why is there… Read more
Friday Social Round Up: Pinterest Business Profiles, Facebook Relationship Pages and Job Board and The Big Bang Theory
16th November 2012
Pinterest business profiles This week saw the launch of Pinterest business accounts. This allows the account to use the brand name rather than a first name and last name. The account can be verified via the website verification process. Companies that… Read more
Friday Social Round Up: Instagram Profiles, Facebook Sponsored Search, Twitter Hack and Pinterest Secret Boards
9th November 2012
Instagram profiles Instagram have finally rolled out online profiles. At first glance, the design looks similar to the Facebook top cover. However, the images rotate through other photos taken on the account. The introduction of these individual profiles… Read more
Friday Social Round Up: Twitter Tests New ‘Favourite’, Grab Your Sledgehammer on Facebook and Bing Integrates Klout
26th October 2012
Twitter tests new ‘Favourite’ terms A story on TheNextWeb reported this week that Twitter has been testing out an alternative for their ‘Favourite’ function. Most tweeters use Favourite as a ‘like’ but also as a way of bookmarking or saving… Read more
Friday Social Round Up: Thomas Cook’s Low Cost Holiday, Bodyform and Nick Griffin
19th October 2012
Thomas Cook gets a free Low Cost Holiday Last November, the coincidentally named Thomas Cook left a comment on travel agency Thomas Cook UK’s Facebook page asking for a free weekend in Paris as compensation from them sharing the same name. Thomas… Read more
Friday Social Round Up: Facebook Hits 1 Billion Active Users, Promoted Personal Posts and Twitter Introduces Surveys
5th October 2012
Facebook one billion active users We all knew this was coming: Facebook has finally hit over one billion active users. Yesterday Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement via his Facebook profile, which has over 16 million subscribers. Facebook personal promoted… Read more
Friday Social Round Up: Facebook Dropbox Integration, #ProjectPink and StumbleUpon Beta
28th September 2012
Facebook integrates Dropbox into groups Facebook has added a new Dropbox feature to some of its groups. A Facebook representative said of the update: “When the owner of the file makes updates, those updates will also be shared back to the group. And,… Read more
