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Almost 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords reportedly stolen

By @gordonmacmillan // 6 June, 2012 – 2:46 pm // 1 Comment

A huge blow for LinkedIn if the story breaking today is correct. A user in a Russian internet forum claims to have hacked the professional social network LinkedIn and stolen the account details of almost 6.5 million accounts.

According to reports the user has uploaded 6,458,020 hashed passwords, but as yet no usernames. Read More »

Print still leader in advertising revenues, trumping digital [Print not dead]

By Eamonn Byrne // 6 June, 2012 – 9:08 am // 6 Comments

The future of media advertising may be in digital, but for newspapers, print is still where it’s at.

Labeled a bit ‘on the old-fashioned’ side by some colleagues, I feel that it is incumbent upon me to start defensively, which, in sport, war and life, it seems, is never a good idea. Nonetheless, here goes…

I have no interest in paper, no investment in traditional print journalism (or indeed any other kind) and no interest in yesterday’s model. I don’t care whether content is delivered in paper format or digitally, or for that matter by carrier pigeon. Read More »

Booze brands are on their way to Twitter

By @gordonmacmillan // 6 June, 2012 – 8:21 am // No comments

While alcohol brands have been busy on Facebook, with Diageo among others last year striking a multi million dollar deal for its brands including Smirnoff and Guinness, they have been slower to get to grips to Twitter.

In part this has been down to how they tackle the age requirement that followers should be over 18 in the UK  or 21 in the US. But a new age checking tool is currently being tested in the US that could change all of that.

The Twitter age-checking tool is currently being tested by several big brands including  Coors Light. With a single click confirming their age Twitter users will be able to follow any alcohol brand they so choose. Read More »

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