One of Twitter’s co-founders, Biz Stone, is to stop working there and will instead join up with former colleagues in a new venture. Twitter was spawned from The Obvious Group …
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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 …
Remembering online passwords – no wonder we struggle
According to research commissioned by Skrill, the firm behind Moneybookers, a third of us resort to writing down passwords so that we can remember them, while another third simply forget …
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 …
UK newspapers’ web traffic figures
The death of Osama bin Laden drove UK newspaper website traffic to unexpected heights in May, according to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations Electronic. Leading the …
Harry Potter ebook downloads only available from Pottermore website
Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, launched the Pottermore website earlier in the week, but at that time it was little more than a landing page saying ‘coming soon’. Now, following …
SeeSaw internet TV service could be revived by Bebo owners
It is being reported that Bebo’s new owners, Criterion Capital Partners, may be in the market for the online TV service, SeeSaw. SeeSaw is currently owned by Arqiva who last …
Advertising on Twitter to become more prominent
The Financial Times is reporting that Twitter has plans to introduce bolder advertising within the main message section of the site. The microblogging site is increasingly looking for sources of …
