News Corporation has sold Myspace for $35m, a fraction of the $500m it paid for it in 2005 and barely a third of the $100m it had hoped for. The …
Twitter and Facebook traffic hit rare heights thanks to Ryan Giggs
According to traffic statistics released by UKOM/Nielsen, the major social networking sites, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, all had record months in May. It is thought that news of the Ryan …
Facebook becomes second most popular site in the UK after Google
Facebook has now passed MSN to become the UK’s second most visited website, according to statistics from UKOM/Nielsen. It is now only behind Google. The MSN network, which includes Bing …
Grandparents on Facebook – over-60s embracing social media
A recent survey has revealed that as many as one-in-five grandparents over the age of 60 have social networking accounts. Around 71 per cent of those who do are on …
Facebook to overtake Yahoo in terms of online display advertising in the US
According to recent research carried out by eMarketer, Facebook is set to pass Yahoo in terms of its share of the US online display advertising market. Online display advertising includes …
Indiscreet Facebook juror given eight month jail sentence
A woman was jailed this week after being charged with contempt of court for interacting with a defendant via the social networking website Facebook. This was the first time anyone …
Facebook facial recognition feature triggers privacy debate
Facebook has recently expanded its facial recognition feature to ‘most countries’ having previously only offered it in the US. However, as the feature is automatically enabled, critics have rounded on …
Newcastle Facebook bin exposes students’ recycling efforts
As part of an environmental challenge, a group of students in halls of residence in Gosforth, Newcastle, are having the contents of their bins photographed and the resulting images automatically …
