US President Barack Obama fronted a surprise ‘Ask Me Anything’ chat with the public on Reddit this week, as he gears up for his re-election campaign. The move sparked a flood of traffic that crashed the popular bulletin board site.
Old Spice has returned with another interactive viral video, letting viewers make music with their keyboards (via a muscle-bound American football star, naturally). See why its our video viral of the week below…
Facebook has finally been given the go ahead to buy Instagram, but the deal is now three quarters of its original value to the mobile photo application firm.
Since the Opening Ceremony of London 2012, the world has embraced Olympic fever. Research from Nielsen revealed that there were more tweets about the Olympics on that single day than during the entire duration of Beijing 2008. The unprecedented social following of the Games is reflected in 67% of UK adults using Social Media to … [Read more…]
Online targeting firm Nugg.Ad is launching a competition aimed at start-ups where data driven businesses have the chance to win a service contract worth up to 100,000 euros.
Nearly a quarter (24%) of all Brits used the web to watch the Olympics, while 14% used social media to catch up on the action, according to new research.
More than half (53%) of Facebook and Twitter users are happy to tell ‘social lies’ according to this new infographic from Intel.
Google+ is now offering custom URLs to profiles and pages, similar to the vanity URLs provided by Facebook and Twitter. The move also suggests the internet giant is looking to integrate the service as a ‘social spine’ into all its services.
Nike was the most engaging brand on social media during the Olympics despite the fact that it was not an Olympic sponsor, according to new data.
Yahoo is launching an online talk show hosted by some noteworthy guests, including “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof and journalist Maria Shriver.