Archive for July, 2009

The Wailing Wall gets its own Twitter site

By Jim Webster ⋅ July 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

One of Jerusalem’s most holiest sites has entered the Twitter age with its own Twitter address, allowing believers around the world to tweet their prayers, get them printed and concealed within the ancient stones.
The site says that it exists “to give anyone on earth the opportunity to place his prayers in the Kotel”, as [...]

Aleks the Meercat is Social Media Hit, Watch the Hilarious Out-Takes

By Jim Webster ⋅ July 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

One of TV’s funniest ads which has become a cult almost overnight is Aleksandr Orlov, a Russian aristocratic Meerkat. The superstar and public face of comparethemarket.com has become so popular, he has half a million fans on Facebook and over 20,000 followers on Twitter – more popular than Lily Allen and Katie Price.
Aleksandr said [...]

Twitter got $50m of free publicity following its strategy leak

By Jim Webster ⋅ July 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Twitter has generated almost $50m, (£31m), worth of free publicity over the last 30 days as media coverage of the microblogging service remains frenzied following the leaks about its strategy.
Research from news monitoring service VMS puts the value of Twitter’s TV, newspaper and magazine coverage at $48m (£29m), equivalent, incredibly, to half of what Microsoft [...]

Don’t advertise family BBQs on Facebook – you have been warned!

By Jim Webster ⋅ July 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Riot police stormed a 30th birthday party for just 15 people and shut it down, thinking it was a rave because it was advertised on Facebook. Four police cars, a riot van and a helicopter were involved in the swoop on Andrew Poole’s gathering for his family and friends.
He was just about to [...]

Boys in Blue embrace social media!

By Jim Webster ⋅ July 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The boys in blue have been left red-faced after it emerged that the Crown Prosecution Service is advising police officers to use Wikipedia to research court cases. Soucre Revolution July 2009
You couldn’t make it up if you tried!

HSBC Offers iPod Banking

By Jim Webster ⋅ July 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

HSBC Commercial Banking has become the first financial institution in the UK to offer business internet banking on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The service allows users to securely monitor their transactions in real time. Source Revolution July 2009

Facebook awards brands

By Jim Webster ⋅ July 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Facebook has recognised Starbucks, Vitamin Water and H&M as brands adept at engaging with users through their Fan Pages. Source Revolution July 2009

Twitter in a Flutter after strategy leaked

By Jim Webster ⋅ July 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The in-vogue social networking site Twitter is in a flutter and taking legal advice after hundreds of documents were hacked into and published by a number of blogs.
TechCrunch, one of the most respected blogs in Silicon Valley, has made public some of the 310 bits of material it was sent after a hacker [...]

O2 and Twitter link up to give subscribers updates on their mobile

By Jim Webster ⋅ July 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

O2 has agreed a deal with Twitter allowing all of the operator’s subscribers to receive updates to the micro-blogging service on their mobile for free.
The agreement will see @ replies and direct messages sent via Twitter delivered via SMS for free from August. Subscribers can receive a maximum of 600 alerts a month.
O2 subscribers can [...]

Soaring Mobile Media Usage Opens New Avenues for Marketers

By Jim Webster ⋅ July 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Incredibly, one out of every seven minutes of media consumption today takes place via mobile devices, according to new research from IPG’s Universal McCann and AOL.
The study, which canvassed opinions from 1,800 mobile users over the fourth quarter of last year and first quarter of 2009, found that 80% of smart-phone users are satisfied [...]

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