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Twitter has this week made a few tweaks to its homepage and search function that will make it easier to find news on the social networking site. Over the past few years Twitter has proved itself as not just a real-time information network that connects users to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news. To [...]

You may think that social media has taken over the world, and with Facebook’s recent New York Stock Exchange debut you’d be forgiven for believing it too. However, new research from Satmetrix reveals that it is actually only a small percentage of both business-to-consumer and business-to-business companies that have fully given it to the opportunities [...]

You’ve probably heard from the naysayers that online shopping is killing the retail industry. I believe that the opposite is true. Online shopping has not only saved the industry and encouraged spend, it has completely revitalized the retail marketplace. And now, by harnessing technology to enhance the shopping experience, some of the world’s biggest retail [...]

“There’s more to PR than media relations,” one PR managing director recently told me. Of course I know this, but thought it was interesting she would tell me – to reiterate her point as if defending it. Who would have thought? PR is not just about writing press releases and calling journalists about an “exciting, [...]

If you’ve ever set up a Twitter profile for your brand and then excitedly followed hundreds of people willing them to follow you back only to be disappointed, Fame is for you. We’re not suggesting you go out and get your self a hit record and then cover yourself in a dress of red meat [...]

I feel sad for Kodak. A brand that defined an entire industry has been beaten by evolution. But digital isn’t responsible for its demise; it was Kodak’s resistance to it and other change that saw the final nail in the coffin called bankruptcy. Having never quite capitalised on the digital technology it pioneered, Kodak stood [...]

Jerry Yang has gone – the pioneer of Yahoo, a guy that can be credited with bringing the internet to masses. Well, maybe that is a bit extreme, but he did change the way we communicate on the internet. In my eyes, he was first. From 1995 until the early 2000s Yahoo reigned the internet [...]

Looking to bolster your digital capabilities in 2012? There’s only one device you’ll need, and finally it is your mobile. We’ve published many a headline over the years to the effect of “Is this the year of mobile?” While we’ve all waited eagerly – knowing the broad capabilities our pocket devices hold – we have [...]

“Whether you’re looking for a new job or looking to make your next rock star hire, matching talent with opportunities is a time-consuming process,” reckon the folks at LinkedIn. Late last year the professional social networking site launched a real-time job seeker application – currently in Beta. Profile Matches, aims to make it faster and [...]

I’m sure many retailers are wishing that it could be Christmas every day. Shopping this season really has put a great big smile on somebody’s face and retailers are expected record crowds in the Boxing Day sales with consumers hungry for real discounts. Imagine if it was Christmas every day. We simply wouldn’t celebrate it [...]