Daily Archives: 22 September, 2011

‘Fired ghost-tweeter’ hijacks former boss @markdavidson’s Twitter feed

While you were sleeping: hijacked Twitter feed

UPDATE – So a day later and Mark Davidson has still not taken control of his Twitter account.

Another series of tweets have appeared from the rogue ghost Twitter writer who appears to have posted an ad for a new ghost writer and another saying another of his ghost writers have quit. Read More »

Top 50 social media campaigns revealed

PR and Social Media agency Umpf has released a ‘Hall of Fame’ showcasing 50 of what the agency feels are some of the top social media campaigns from across the world. Here are the top ten which include Lynx, VW, Corona Light, French Connection, Jimmy Choo and Tippex. Read More »

Twitter launches first UK Promoted Tweet ads with Sky for Glee

Twitter is launching its first Promoted Trend ads in the UK today and Sky has been revealed as the first advertiser with a number of others lined up.

Sky will be advertising the third series of Glee, which starts on Sky tonight sponsored by Cadbury Diary Milk, after moving from Channel 4. Read More »

Now you can share photos on Twitter by text message

Twitter and text have always gone together, but if you ever have trouble getting a photo onto Twitter while on the move then this should help out.

Starting today, you can share photos on Twitter by including a photo in your text message. Considering that every month nearly four billion SMS messages are sent and received on Twitter that could be a lot of pictures. Read More »

Twitter acquires social search firm Julpan

Ori Allon Julpan Chairman and CEOTwitter has acquired a tech firm called Julpa, which specialises in analysing the way people share information on the social web, for an undisclosed sum.

Julpan ws founded by Ori Allon who previously created a search algorithm called Orion that he sold to Google in 2006. Read More »