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The BUZZ around Social Media

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Social media has become very big in our day to day lives as social media use increases 82% worldwide. Not only is it becoming important in our personal life it is also becoming the norm for businesses across the world to engage in all the different forms of social media available. So much so that [...]

Bit.ly up the game as Goo.gl chases fast

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

The war is on and the kiddy gloves are off. With the increased success of URL shortening sites such as Bit.ly (the year’s fastest growing website) and Tiny, the big boys have decided to join the party.
It’s no surprise really, with the increase of Twittering and other social networking activities more people are sending shortened [...]

Twitter takes giant leap

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Over the last year Twitter has slowly been crawling towards that tipping point, where things become such a huge phenomena we start wondering what we ever did without them.
It’s increasingly been used by PR guys and dolls to promote their wares. But this week it’s been the surgeons who have been using this social networking [...]

Facebook celebrates 5th Birthday

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Social media site, Facebook is celebrating its 5th birthday today.  It’s hard to believe that the social networking medium that has infiltrated most of our lives has only been around for five years.
Unlike some of its competitors Facebook has refrained from selling out to the big boys in the playground, hoping to make it on [...]

15 years of the web?

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

According to MSN news the World Wide Web is 15 today, but the BBC dates this anniversary as far back as the 5th of August 2006. Windows communication foundation recognises the release of the first web browser celebrating its 15 years on the April 22, 1993. However today is the anniversary of when web technology [...]