Google+ could soon be facing serious cutbacks that will see an end to forced integration with other platforms, dramatically cut division resources and a shift to Google’s fast-growing Android mobile platform, according to a news report.
Google is offering advertisers the option of targeted app install ads on mobile search and YouTube, following similar moves by rivals Facebook, Yahoo and Twitter.
A hashtag campaign started by the New York City Police Department has backfired after being inundated with photos of police brutality submitted via Twitter.
Conversation around TV shows are larger and lasts longer on Tumblr than on any other social network, with shared visual content driving fans to engage with the site, according to new research.
Sky has launched a new tool that lets customers who follow the broadcaster’s Twitter account record or watch Sky TV programmes when they see the #WatchOnSky hashtag appear on Tweets.
Twitter has bought long-time partner and social data provider Gnip, as the social network looks to boost its targeting abilities for advertisers.
US Airways has apologised after a pornographic photo was sent from its official Twitter account in response to a customer complaint.
Twitter has updated its profile pages, with a new look that resembles its closest rival Facebook, as the newly-listed social network looks to boost user engagement and ad revenue.
Twitter is giving high profile users the chance to ‘pin’ tweets to the top of a user’s stream for free-offering a new way of publicising announcements on the social network.
As the fourth season of popular HBO fantasy series gets underway, this video from Hootsuite reimagines the warring houses as social media platforms.