‘Twitter for business’ Yammer to come to UK after $25m funding boost?
Yammer has received $25m in third-round funding, as the US-based business-based social network looks to expand to Europe and Australia.
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Top 7 tips: Developing businesses social media presence: one tweet at a time
How can small businesses capitalise on Twitter in an increasingly crowded social media space? Thomas Vollrath, CEO at 123-Reg.co.uk, offers a guide to standing out from the crowd on the micro-blogging platform.
Right to reply: Ask gives up the Google ghost
Ask.com has given up the Google ghost and gone back to their question and answer service of old. They’re laying off 130 engineers and consolidating the rest of their skeleton staff at company headquarters in California. Suzanne Morrow, Senior Copywriter at Dog Digital asks; is there really room for more than one search giant out … [Read more…]
IAB Engage report (Part 2)- Jimmy Carr: Facebook and Twitter “like The Beatles and Elvis”
This year’s IAB Engage event featured a wealth of key players from the global Internet industry, offering their insights for the future of digital media. This report offers key highlights from the afternoon session, including Daniel Ek, founder of Spotify, and comedian Jimmy Carr, who speaks about his previous career in marketing…
Police Tweet all 999 calls to protest Govt. cutbacks
Greater Manchester Police have completed a Twitter hashtag campaign, as a means of protesting Government cutbacks by revealing the sheer number of incidents they face in a single day.
Digital Life study: Chinese use web twice as much as Americans
People in China and the Middle East use the web far more than their Western counterparts, according to ‘the largest ever’ global study of online habits.
Google preps TV launch with media content deals
Google has secured new content partnership deals with media and internet companies, including NBC Universal’s CNBC, Time Warner’s HBO and Amazon, for its forthcoming Google TV service.
Videojug debuts knowledge and revenue sharing site ‘Videojug Pages’
Videojug, a provider of ‘how-to’ online video is extending its services with the launch of ‘Videojug Pages’, a new knowledge and revenue sharing website signing up Panasonic as the first brand to provide content.
Twitter drops Earlybird deals to launch ‘Promoted Accounts’
Twitter has introduced its latest efforts to monetize its popular micro-blogging platform,, with a new scheme called Promoted Accounts that will let companies pay to be included in Twitter’s “Who to Follow” lists.
Twitter drops Earlybird deals to launch 'Promoted Accounts'
Twitter has introduced its latest efforts to monetize its popular micro-blogging platform,, with a new scheme called Promoted Accounts that will let companies pay to be included in Twitter’s “Who to Follow” lists.