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In today's world, any prediction is a thankless job. Technologies constantly change, so any trend can become obsolete in the blink of an eye. However, some tendencies have been strengthened over the last years and expected to become even stronger in future. Experienced designers who are … [Read more...]
A 2015 study by Ofcom discovered that 72% of adult Internet users have a social media profile. With services such as Facebook topping the 1 billion user mark, that really is no wonder, but the prevalence of social media has, unfortunately, highlighted the flip side of being constantly … [Read more...]
It seems not so long after the new batch of Winter Transfers were made available things started to go a little wrong for those playing FIFA 16. However, from 11pm PT/7am UK a 5-hour FUT maintenance began. Over on the official FIFA Twitter page they did report that FUT would be down for … [Read more...]
With it’s impressive scale of reach, many businesses flock to causal media and use it as one of their marketing channels. Before diving into your social media marketing campaign, there are numerous pitfalls, which I really don’t want to see you tumbling into. In this post, I’ll uncover the common … [Read more...]
Channel 4’s ‘Married at First Sight’ is back for its second casting, and the ground breaking social experiment is looking for single people to see if they can be matched through science, with their ideal partner from within our matching pool. The top four couples found will get married, the … [Read more...]
Social Media has firmly established itself as one of the key marketing channels due to its ability to reach huge, targeted audiences whilst often offering a healthy return on investment. Social media marketing is therefore one of the best ways to promote virtually any type of business. One thing … [Read more...]
Both the Currys and PC World websites are down and have been for a fair few hours now, and customers are not too happy because there doesn’t seem to be any explanation as to why on official social media channels from the group. When you visit both of the websites you will see the same … [Read more...]
New Free Stuff is relatively a new website that has a team looking, contacting and scouring everywhere so they can bring you freebies, samples etc. But what is rather interesting is its social media growth, especially Facebook. Many new websites pay a lot of money boosting posts or buying … [Read more...]
Snapfish is known for offering their users a lot in return for signing up, but one of the most successful promotions this brand has offered would be in relation to giving away free photos every month to their members. It’s a simple plan and one their customers have jumped upon, it is as … [Read more...]
The news on Sir Terry Wogan sadly passing away has shocked thousands, and have turned to Twitter to send in their respects to a TV legend. The TV veteran sadly passed away at 77 due to a short illness, he battled cancer for a short period of time and is going to be missed by his family, … [Read more...]
HSBC was at the front of a cyber attack where its Internet banking was hacked, leaving customers highly frustrated today. You will see many tweet updates on the official @HSBC_UK_Help Twitter page with the last saying, “We continue to defend our services against todays attack. For urgent … [Read more...]
Engagement, in any respect, is a measure of users who choose to act on any one of the many calls-to-action that you provide in or below your YouTube video. YouTube gets over 1 million unique visitors each month, and more than 300 hours of videos uploaded every minute. However, only a few manage … [Read more...]
Social media marketing and freelancing are fantastic bedfellows and there is often no better way to exploit your talent in that area than by going it alone. Staying productive, however, can be very tricky indeed and particularly when working from home. Freelancing presents a number of challenges. … [Read more...]
With more businesses choosing to promote their goods and/or services via popular social media sites, there has been a boom in the demand for professionals who are skilled in working on these platforms. As the popularity of using social media to promote a business has grown, so has the number of … [Read more...]
The heavily popular micro-blogging platform Twitter is down with an on-screen error message, both desktop and mobile are having issues. When you visit Twitter online you will see an error message saying, “Something is technically wrong. Thanks for noticing—we’re going to fix it up and have … [Read more...]
David Bowie has died of cancer with children by his side leaving the world saddened with the loss of a great legend, after battling cancer for 18 months. So many people have taken to Facebook and Twitter to send their condolences; he has two children Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones and Duncan … [Read more...]
If you are currently using social media to market your business, you may want to consider investing more time and effort into it in 2016. Social media sites are an excellent way to increase brand awareness, drive traffic to your website and generate leads and business, furthermore they offer unique … [Read more...]
HSBC online Internet banking is still down on day 2 even though things were fixed for a short period of time. Yesterday January 4th, 2016 thousands of customers were not able to login to their online banking accounts due to some sort of disruption that has not yet been explained. If you visit … [Read more...]
Mark Zuckerberg in 2015 decided it was time for ‘A Year of Books’ and he said he really enjoyed it, but this time round he wants people to join him in a new community where he will run 365 miles in one year. Welcome to the new ‘A Year of Running’ Facebook group with Zuckerberg. The … [Read more...]
Thousands of PS4 gamers are not very happy at the moment because PlayStation Network is down and undergoing maintenance. The problem seems to surround Sony not giving out any warnings as to why they decided to do it; some are saying it could be because they were hacked. PlayStation network is … [Read more...]
Mark Zuckerberg recently updated his Facebook status to let users know they have activated its ‘Safety Check’ to see if their friends are OK after the devastating earthquake in Manipur that reached a magnitude of 6.7 killing at least 9 people according to BBC News. The northeastern India … [Read more...]
People have been falling for the ‘Facebook giving away money scam’, so much so they have been copying and pasting a text status message onto their wall. It was such a good practical joke that millions have already shared the message. Facebook shares giveaway is just a hoax, seriously it really … [Read more...]
Being it your last minute Christmas shopping or looking for the best Boxing Day sales in-store, it always makes sense to know what time your chosen store opens first. So this is why we have decided to share with you the top 8 supermarket opening times from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day. Waitrose … [Read more...]
Just under a week ago we reported a possibility of new hackers Phantom Squad taking down PSN and Xbox Live on Christmas Day, then literally one day later on December 18 the groups Twitter account was taken offline. It was then just one day later on the 19th they made a Twitter comeback with a new … [Read more...]
Facebook is rolling out its new ‘Apple Live Photos’ example, users will be able to use the live photos by Apple using their Facebook on their mobile device, which means they are starting to move away from Adobe Flash for online content and using HTML5 for video content. Tumblr was first to … [Read more...]
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