Twitter and Facebook users have been urged to think carefully about their social media content before pressing ‘send’, Oxford University professors have urged. A study commissioned by Holocaust Memorial Day )undertaken by academics from Magdalen College Oxford) found that many people and
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Both Twitter and the FBI have unveiled plans to monitor social media content, guardian.co.uk reports. The FBI has unveiled its plans to “scrape” information form social networking sites, then plot the results against a map to create an “early warning
Facebook says that businesses are failing to see the wider benefits of social commerce platforms, explaining it’s not just about sales figures. Speaking to New Media Age, Gavin Sathianathan, Facebook’s strategic partner manager, admitted that steps need to be taken to
Facebook is fuelling a substantial part of the UK economy, driving some £2.2 billion into the government’s coffers through the employment of 35,000 people and in Facebook advertising revenues. That’s according to figures published by Deloitte, which also reveal that the
Facebook Timeline will become mandatory for all users in a matter of weeks. An updated blog on the Facebook website has announced that the controversial update will become the default option for all Facebook members over the next few weeks.
From March, rewritten privacy policies will enable Google to merge data from a range of its services into a single unified Google Account. The changes mean that Google has a better way of tracking the interests of logged in users;
Facebook has announced it is to offer £4.3 million of advertising free to small businesses looking to grow, independent.co.uk reports. Speaking at the DLD conference in Munich, Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, claimed that Facebook was more than just
Google has realigned its position concerning the use of real names on its Google+ social network, reports BBC News. Following a very small number of complaints (0.1 per cent) from users, Google says that it will soon introduce the use
Mozilla Firefox users can now access a new add-on which negates the effects of Google’s new update, ‘Search Plus Your World’. According to The Guardian, the add-on was created by a team of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace technology experts in response to
One hour’s worth of videos are uploaded to YouTube every second, theregister.co.uk reports. The Google-owned video hosting site is now one of the most used and valuable web properties online, with new reports claiming that every second sees an hour’s
