Daily Archives: 10 July, 2012

Twitter users are the most mobile of all social network users

Twitter: most mobile of all social network usersTwitter users are very mobile and more likely to access the social network with a smartphone than users of any other social site.

As many as 82% of  Twitter users  own a smartphone and 22% a tablet. Only wealthier LinkedIn users own more tablets, according to research from Ipsos Mori.

The research also says Twitter users are likely to more affluent than users of Facebook or Google+, whose users profiles are very similar.

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John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, and the difficulty of the law and Twitter

John Terrry in court over racism claims against Anton FerdinandFootballers are becoming increasingly prolific users of Twitter. Controversial QPR midfileder Joey Barton spent the early part of the summer mocking England’s Euro 2012 squad, while full-back Benoit Assou-Eckotto’s twitter feed is a frequent source of amusement to Spurs fans.

Yesterday though Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand’s twitter account struck a legally dubious tone, and revealed how the law is dealt with differently online and offline. Read More »

The future of video search beckons

It all started with the craze of bidding for the best seats at Lady Gaga’s only show in Hong Kong in during March this year. My wife is a Gaga fan and I willingly converted. Having learnt from a friend in the entertainment industry that HK$3,000 was the price tag for great seats, I began to search for alternatives online. Read More »

Tribal DDB scores with its Instagram only agency

We wrote back in May about how digital agency Tribal DDB Israel was launching on Instagram….and only on Instagram.

They’ve taken that a bit further now and are using hashtags to let people view their office, work and agency culture.

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Lady Gaga opens her social network ‘Little Monsters’ to the public

 Lady Gaga has opened her social network Littlemonsters.com to fans as it comes out of private beta testing.

The site has a simple sign-up and is open to anyone with a Facebook or Twitter account. It offers all the latest Gaga news and the chance to socialise with other Gaga fans.

When you first go in there is a lot of Pinterest and Facebook about Little Monsters with a huge gallery of images pinned that fans can comment on and like.

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