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Fastest app to hit 50 million downloads
Every week there seems to be a new ‘record’ attached to the app industry – the 10 billionth app to be downloaded, the highest grossing app of all time etc. However, with more iPads and iPhones now in the hands of Americans, the app industry is about to enter its ‘enormous growth stage’, and good...
Why Facebook’s social search engine really could challenge Google
Facebook is putting aggressive resources into rebuilding its search functionality, including a former Google search engineer, Lars Rasmussen. A recent article by Business Week suggests 24 people are now working full time on Facebook’s search project with the aim of feeding more of the web into its site, allowing people to search from within Facebook,...
Annoying conference calls? There’s an app for that
For anyone who has to suffer through … I mean deal with, regular conference calls at work, you will understand how annoying they can be, especially if you have to rely on other people to be at their phones and have to deal with complex passwords or pin numbers to access an old-fashioned call system....
‘Bully’- the controversial teenage film backed by Bing
A little film causing a fair degree of controversy stateside has received an unlikely backer in the form of Microsoft’s Bing search engine. ‘Bully’, a film that tackles teenage bullying, received an ‘R’ rating by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) meaning children under 17 won’t be able to legally see it in film...
Got drunk and sent inappropriate tweets? There’s an app for that
Ever got tipsy and started tweeting what you think are awesome insights? Ever gone onto Facebook and left a trail of drunken destruction in your wake? Ever posted a state of the nation video explaining to the world exactly what you think about stuff and why? Of course not. But if you did, you will...
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How to use Twitter to promote your small business [video]
Thinking of using Twitter to promote your business? Want to know what’s involved and how to do it? Check out the video below. It will be interesting to see if Twitter can make these tools (promoted accounts and promoted tweets) a success. It will all depend if small businesses, not big brands, find any value...
EU smartphone users are news-hungry and want more
comScore’s latest look at smartphone usage in the top five EU countries shows a remarkable jump in overall smartphone growth and people accessing news using such devices. Nearly 37% of smartphone users surveyed in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK said they accessed news sites via an app or browser in January 2012 –...
Friends Reunited targets middle aged Britons
As we all know, Facebook is the Big Daddy in social media. However, there are plenty of other social networks attempting to get a slice of the social pie. Friends Reunited, for example, is to relaunch in the UK and by the looks of it is determined to target Mums and Dads, aunties, uncles …...
Google sponsors businesses to create mobile sites
The Google-sponsored ‘GoMo’ campaign is being extended in the US and will expand into another 25 countries. The campaign is designed to encourage businesses, especially small ones, to offer their customers mobile-enabled sites. GoMo was launched in the town of Mobile in Alabama (see what Google did there) and over 500 local businesses availed of...
The iPad HD and its little brother?
Instead of the iPad 3, the next generation iPad will be called the iPad HD, and Apple will also announce a 7.1 inch iPad ‘mini’ to take on the space now owned by Amazon’s Kindle. Well, at least these are the latest bits of speculation as the tech world spins into its usual pre-Apple launch...
Keep your iOnRoad
Here’s a helpful app that uses augmented reality to deliver an enhanced car navigation tool. iOnRoad gives drivers “an enhanced view of the road ahead of them”. The app (only on Android at the moment but coming to iOS soon), calculates the speed and direction the car is moving using the phone’s accelerometer and digital...
New e-commerce solution for the tablet age
Online marketing firm Zmags has just launched a product that will allow retailers create a shopping environment for iPad and smartphone users. It’s a new e-commerce solution called ‘Convergence’ that could work well for retailers of all kinds who want to engage with consumers in the social and mobile world. “Most retailers have treated the...
