There are a few mighty suns in this Twitter user galaxy and they certainly do shine brighly. There is Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Ashton Kutcher and Kim Kardashian to name a celebrity few.
Then in different orbits we have the likes of Barack Obama, CNN and and the New York Times. Read More
Print isn’t dead, not by a stretch, but print advertising is looking at the tail lights of internet advertising in the US for the first time. A significant moment, but TV remains much bigger than online.
Even though this has come ahead of predictions, it was expected later this year, it can’t be much of a surprise. Read More
Will Rick Astley never go away? I’m not even asking that question I’m just wondering if this is what Rick Astley is thinking as ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ goes viral, yet again, in a wonderful prank in the US.
This time it is courtesy of the Oregon State Legislature. It uploaded a video of members of the legislature who had slipped lyrics to Astley’s 1987 hit ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ into their speeches. Read More
We have had some well read posts on The Wall of late talking about the use of social media in finding a new job. It is becoming ever more important. We asked whether your next CV would be an infographic and a little while later we answered that question for you ( Yes your next CV should definitely be an infographic) and we also talked about why you need a social CV.
So against that background its really interesting to see the Guardian Careers team come up with an idea to launch the a Twitter job challenge. Read More
Microsoft Tag has just released a neat infographic highlighting statistics on how people are using mobile phones in 2011. I also dug up a great video that featured late last year with an array of great mobile “growth” statistics, stats and facts for 2011.
The infographic shows that over one billion of the worlds 4+ billion mobiles phones are now smartphones, and 3 billion are SMS enabled (weirdly, 950 million mobile phones still don’t have SMS capabilities). In 2014, mobile internet usage will overtake desktop internet usage and already in 2011, more than 50% of all “local” searches are done from a mobile device. Read More
Social media has had a large part to play in driving donations towards relief efforts to help those affected by the tsunami in Japan. Some have been received well, like the initiative by LivingSocial that matched users’ $5 donations to give more than $2m to relief efforts. Others have sparked accusations of profiteering from human tragedy, such as the ill-judged attempt by Bing to link donations to retweets using the #SupportJapan hashtag. Read More
One of the things that I find very odd, is that companies allow their staff to answer the phones, use the email, give out business cards, all representing the company.
But suddenly when it comes to Twitter.. Oh no.. We have to outsource that or your all banned from using it. We don’t want any of our staff going onto Twitter and saying something that may ruin or effect our business.What a load of tosh. Read More
It’s space day. Okay, unofficially, but it is a day of astro anniversaries. It is literally all happening. From Russian to the United States. On this day in 1961 Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagari became the first man in space. Twenty years later to the day the Space Shuttle STS-1 (Columbia) blasted into orbit for the first time.
To celebrate Nasa has given us this Space Shuttle infographic and a site dedicated to all things Shuttle. Read More
Twitter: where in the world are you?
Do you pay any attention to Twitter trends in your area? Do you even know what they are, or do you only ever log in via one of the Twitter clients that doesn’t bother with Twitter trends or their geographical breakdown?
Twitter has just extended its locations to over 100 cities and countries, meaning you can now see what Venezuelans or Ecuadorians are all talking about at any given moment.
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations has published a social media guide for its members including a list of 10 Dos and Don’ts of Social Media. What do you think?
As well as the guide it has a new blog space for PR agencies, called The Conversation, where firms can syndicate their personal or company blog. Read More
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