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...
THE HEADLINES ... HM Customs and Revenue is clearly in a state of some denial about the extent to which their pet subject is a byword for catatonic boredom: they have allowed the Boss Of All The Taxmen to have a go at delivering their new YouTube ad , instead of getting a professional in. If you are...
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...
Readers of my US blog, AdScam , where informed yesterday that I have given up on Twitter. Why? Because in the last few days, I have had dozens of emails from very pissed off people asking why I am bombarding them with shitty emails flogging everything from insurance to condoms. Obviously someone has...
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...
Facebook has hit the headlines again for introducing a new service helping its members reconnect with old friends. However within moments of the service going live facebook was inundated with furious emails as members were being encouraged to reconnect with deceased friends! The new ‘reconnecting’ service...
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...
The panel I chaired at Media140 in London felt like it could have run and run (it almost did) as the question as to whether "brands need a social media personality to engage consumers" or not sits at the heart of what a lot of companies are trying to do on Twitter. If you get this wrong you...
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...
