Category Archives: Social Media

Death knell for email marketing?

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:30
Written by Edward

We don’t have much of a sweet tooth around here, but news of Ben and Jerry’s decision to drop email marketing in favour of social media has got the taste buds working. This is the first major brand to act on the long-held assumption that email is “for old people”. Boston College stopped issuing email [...]

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O2 announces data plans for the iPad

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 11:28
Written by Stephen

O2 announced it will offer dedicated data plans for iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G in Ireland. The iPad data tariffs will be available without a minimum term contract and include free access to Bitbuzz Wi-Fi hotspots in Ireland. The O2 micro SIM pack for iPad will contain full set up and registration details and customers will [...]

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The early days of the empire

Friday, 16 July 2010 10:19
Written by Stephen

Here’s the full length trailer of Director David Fincher’s The Social Network, a film about Facebook and the early days of its foundation, (the haunting cover of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ is by Vega Choir). Jesse Eisenberg plays Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, which already looks like perfect casting.

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Simply soccer – World Cup social stats

Thursday, 15 July 2010 08:52
Written by Stephen

SimplyZesty recently completed an infographic on the World Cup, mainly focusing on the online buzz and social media surrounding the event. All the figures have been verified.

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Facebook adds child protection button

Monday, 12 July 2010 07:12
Written by Stephen

Facebook has teamed up with the UK’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre to provide young Facebook users with access to a reporting facility and advice centre. Young teenagers can now access the CEOP’s reporting centre – ClickCEOP – via an application that can be bookmarked or placed on a user’s homepage. The app will [...]

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