Olympic Games 2012 athlete Jade Nicholls secures sponsorship from DWPub
British discus champion Jade Nicholls has secured sponsorship from media communications company DWPub for the Olympic Games 2012.
Twitter buys rival Posterous to boost sharing tools
Twitter has bought micro-blogging rival Posterous for an undisclosed sum, as the firm looks to boost its sharing tools.
Instagram photo app set for Android launch
The popular photography app Instagram is set for launch on Android ‘very soon’ according to one of its founders.
Video: Angry Birds launch into Space with NASA
Rovio has teamed up with Nasa to launch its latest Angry Birds title, Space, which aims to add a new educational twist to the hugely popular game.
Google Chrome hacked for first time at $1m contest
Google’s browser was hacked within only five minutes as part of an annual security contest, thanks to a team of French hackers and a Russian student.
Meetings- a waste of time and money? New iPhone app calculates the cost
Marketing technology agency LBi has created an iPhone application to discourage people from wasting time and money in pointless meetings.
Twitter debuts Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu versions
Twitter has launched versions of its site in ‘right-to-left’ languages for the first time, with Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu.
Boost for rural broadband? BT uses ‘white space’ to speed up internet in Cornwall
BT is testing ‘white space technology’ (unused TV signals) in Cornwall in a bid to speed up broadband access in remote parts of the UK.
Right to reply: American Express Twitter discounts signal rise of social shopping
American Express recently teamed up with Twitter and a number of retail partners, including H&M and Best Buy, to offer its customers the chance to get discounts by tweeting specific hashtags from the retailers. Jonathan Lakin, CEO at Global Dawn, discusses how social media is providing a rich mine of data for retailers…
Is social shopping putting people off? Facebook and Twitter icons ‘influence online buying’
Online purchase decisions can be positively and negatively influenced by displaying the Facebook and Twitter icons next to products, according to new research.