Welcome to eModeration's weekly round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media, compiled by Kate Williams (@emodkate). This week: President Obama's thumbs; Twillionaires; and 'intextication'. Next week, eModeration is sending me on a social-skills course...
Welcome to eModeration's twice-weekly round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media, compiled by Kate Williams (@emodkate). This week: News Corp and Google; Twitter's wailing grumps; Britney's encounter with the Dark Side; and why Stephen Fry is like a giant...
Welcome to eModeration's twice-weekly round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media, compiled by Kate Williams (@emodkate). Check back soon! THE HEADLINES ... Good news! It turns out that using the Internet may not, after all, lead to alienation/sharp reduction...
1: Facebook replaces personal email Question: Google has it, Hoover has it (in the UK anyway), TiVo had it, lost it and has somewhat got it back. Xerox had it, but nobody really cares anymore. So what is it? It’s when a brand name becomes the verb associated with its use. So rather than searching, you...
Did you start using social networks more after buying an iPhone or one of its smart phone rivals? Before I joined the iPhone bandwagon I interacted with Facebook in fits and starts. However, since being inducted into the iPhone cult, I've become a more active user. It's especially good for uploading...
Welcome to eModeration's twice-weekly round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media, compiled by Kate Williams (@emodkate). Check back soon! THE HEADLINES ... Really, What Were They Thinking?® An attempt at a viral campaign by Swedish telecoms company Tele2 has...
Welcome to eModeration's twice-weekly round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media in the past few days. Check back soon! THE HEADLINES ... Tweeting on company time is costing the British economy a gulp-worthy £1.38 billion – and quite possibly a great deal more...
In the wake of Facebook's first profit generating quarter and recent improvements to its self service advertising platform, signs are beginning to emerge that Google may finally have a serious contender on its hands for online marketing budgets. As Google's search market share has risen above...
Welcome to eModeration's digest of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media. We'll be posting bite-size morsels of nourishing news not once, but twice a week - so check back soon! THE HEADLINES... The Web 2.0 world was reeling this week, after Microsoft slapped it...
As we all know, Facebook were the top dog in social networking until Twitter came along and started to steal some of its thunder with the introduction of real time search. So in August, Facebook upped their game with the $50 million purchase of Friend Feed. Many commentators at the time said that the...