Amazingly more than 71% of the US web audience is on Facebook. That is an incredible stat for a website.

It so echoes a conversation I was having a that the weekend with an American friend. Her mother and her grandmother are both on Facebook.

Some great statistics here and no surprise that 48% of the 18-34 old age goup check it when they get up groggy eyed staring at that phone. Read More »

More reports are leaking onto the web about a possible smaller and cheaper version of Apple’s iPhone, which is being dubbed the iPhone Nano.

The phone is codenamed the N97 which is oddly the name of a Nokia phone. Is Apple having a laugh at Nokia’s expense? Read More »

Investment bank JPMorgan is hoping to get some more social media action with the launch of a new fund to invest in the new way of online and digital media companies.

The fund will raise between $500m and $750m from investors, according to a report in the New York Times. Read More »

The Football Association is toughening its response to players using social media and has warned about their comments on Twitter and other social networks.

It follows Liverpool’s Ryan Babel last month being fined £10,000 for posts on Twitter featuring a mocked-up picture of referee Howard Webb wearing a Manchester United shirt and criticism of the official. Read More »

Radiohead is keeping up its reputation for engaging with the age of the download — as opposed to fearing it — by announcing today it has a new album coming out on Saturday in digital form, and then releasing a deluxe, all-formats version in May.

The King of Limbs: new Radiohead album

But at the same time, the band has ditched the pay-what-you-think-it’s-worth digital download strategy it used for its 2007 release In Rainbows, where fans were invited to pay  as little or as much as they wanted. This time around, the download costs either £6 or £9 depending on the quality. Read More »