A new app which aims to put an end to young people being bullied via their mobiles is being backed by children’s charity the NSPCC. Read More »

Egypt: social media was where people found information

Since the regime changes in Tunisia and Egypt, and other popular uprisings in Middle Eastern countries, there has been a lot of discussion about the importance of social media in mobilising protesters.

Now a new report by the Dubai School of Government addresses this question, among others, with the publication of the latest Arab Social Media Report.

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Have you ever had a friend request that you just let sit in your inbox for a while as you mulled over whether or not to ‘accept’? Maybe it was someone you weren’t quite sure met your ‘friend requirement’. Or maybe it was someone you had heard of, but didn’t really know very well.

Japan has felt the same way about Facebook since it launched here in 2008. Awareness is high of course, but Japanese weren’t ready to accept Facebook into their social media milieu – which consists of powerhouses such as Mixi, Twitter and gaming site Gree, each in the neighbourhood of 20 million users. Read More »

The speed at change at Twitter in recent weeks has become rapid in these last few weeks and today it gives users who still tweet mostly via Twitter.com, which many still do, something that they have been asking for a long time – automatic link shortening on Twitter.com.

As with the launch of Twitter’s own photo sharing service this development will hit third party firms like Bit.ly, which will likely quickly become the default. Read More »