April Fools’ day has become a big event on the internet, as the web is flooded with pranks (and companies try to get a bit of free publicity). We’ve rounded-up some of the best spoofs to hit the web this year- including YouTube ‘shutting down’, Twitter charging for vowels and Sony’s tech for pets.
Just 4% of UK budget-related posts on Twitter were in support of Chancellor George Osborne, and 56% of tweets were personal insults, according to new data.
When Domino’s employees were caught on YouTube defiling a pizza, the company took less than 3 weeks to claw back a 22% drop in customer sentiment. However, when Nestle and United Airlines suffered setbacks, the brands took considerably longer to recover. This infographic from software and consultancy firm SDL Social Intelligence looks at all three … [Read more…]
Seven years ago this week, the first tweet appeared on a then private social networking website, ‘Twittr’. The micro-blogging service has since gained an ‘E’ and 200 million users.
Musicians are buying Facebook likes’ and YouTube viewers and Twitter follows to increase their popularity, according to a new report.
Facebook is reportedly set to introduce Twitter-style hashtags to its news feed, as the social network looks to find more ways of grouping users together for ad targeting.
Twitter users are spontaneously forming tribe-like communities of like-minded people who even share their own distinct languages, according to new research.
In a surprise move, Twitter has shut down the mobile apps of its TweetDeck social media management tool, in a bid to focus on its web versions.
With more than 10m Twitter users in the UK, 80% are now using it while on the move. This infographic from Twitter and Compete looks at mobile use in the UK.
Supporting the theory that ‘there’s no such thing as bad publicity’, this infographic from Synthesio looks at the statistics behind this week’s Burger King Twitter hack… and how the fast food chain got 30,000 new followers in just one day.