Hello everyone! Please check out this week’s social news…. From Gordon Ramsay to songs in space… Partnerships and Acquisitions Yahoo announces a partnership with Twitter- What will this mean? It will bring real time tweets from politicians, celebrities and alike straight into the Yahoo news content. Great news for Yahoo. This comes a week after … Continue reading »
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Social Media Newsletter 10/05/2013
Good afternoon all. We have everything from Alex Ferguson to Ryan Gosling this week. Check it out Alex Ferguson has retired. 1.4 million mentions of it on Twitter in the first hour – by comparison it took four hours for the death of former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher to top one million. Check out more … Continue reading »
In the outside world: 3rd May
Anjali Ramachandran, Head of Innovation (@anjali28) shares a few interesting links from the outside world: — MARKETING INNOVATION Lego is building its first ever school, set to open in August in Billund, Denmark. Why: Extending the brand into an association with successful learning can only go well for them (early days yet but as the … Continue reading »
In the outside world
Links courtesy Anjali Ramachandran, Head of Innovation. — A quick set of links this week – happy reading! Social innovation The World Wildlife Fund sporadically changed the colour of a football pitch from green to brown during a match to convey the importance of stopping deforestation. Hats off to the Guardian for launching Witness, sponsored … Continue reading »
Social Media Newsletter 05/04/2013
Hello all, I hope you have all had a fantastic week! The introduction of Google Nose should make it that little bit better… Facebook have launched Facebook Home- Facebook is not building a phone and it is not building an operating system- having said that it is basically turning an Android phone into a … Continue reading »
Social Media Newsletter 22/03/2013
Hello everyone. This week we have stories of Kate Upton, Google Glass and farting. (Not at the same time) The power of social media. One lady named and shamed a crude joker at a tech conference by tweeting a picture of him. This spiralled MASSIVELY out of control. Facebook Now you can pay to … Continue reading »
Social Media Newsletter 15/03/2013
This week we have everything from boxing trolls, to social cars and a Pepsi prank. Twitter will launch a music service next month. Twitter supposedly acquired We Are Hunted last year and is using its technology to creat a new stand alone music app, which is rumoured to be named Twitter Music. The app will … Continue reading »
Social Media Newsletter 08/03/2013
There is a HUGE amount of really cool campaigns this week. It is all definitely worth a gander! Network changes Last night Facebook announced changes to their newsfeed and surprise, surprise it has given more focus to images with a very minimalist look. There are now also multiple versions of News Feed (music, pages, photos, … Continue reading »
Social Media Newsletter 22/02/2013
Hello everyone. This week we have some big brands getting hacked on Twitter, the latest on Google Glass, the latest fashion technology from Burberry and loads more! Google Glass A year after the first mention of Google Glass, a competition has been launched inviting bold creative individuals to apply for a pair of its glasses. … Continue reading »
Social Media Newsletter 15/02/2012
Hello everyone. I hope everyone is feeling loved up because there is plenty of Valentine campaigns, apps and a creepy viral. Plus betting on the Pope, the new Gangnam Style and loads more… Changes to Twitter metadata: This is fantastic news. People who tweet “I am eating breakfast” or any other mundane, boring update which … Continue reading »
