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In the past few days we’ve brought you various articles on the shock resignation of Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs. We looked at the possible impact on Apple stock and also talked about the effects of his resignation on an iPhone 5 launch. Today though we wanted to take a look at the reaction to … [Read more...]
Here at OSM, popular social networking site Facebook is always a hot topic. Just yesterday we brought you news of a privacy overhaul, details of Facebook expanding its content and how Ticketmaster will now show details of where your Facebook friends are sitting at an event. Today’s Facebook news … [Read more...]
Social media marketing continues to attract a lot of attention as the platform grows and among our recent articles on this topic were a new Bounce marketing campaign and also an infographic showing social media marketing by figures. Today we wanted to look at a recent report that suggests that … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’ve been following all the developments about Google+, the latest social networking site and one thing that we noted early on was that a verifications system was needed. Further to that we heard that Google would indeed launch a verifications system and validation process and today … [Read more...]
Here at OSM, microblogging site Twitter is one of our most popular topics and many of us have become regular users, to an extent we never could have imagined when it was launched. Last month we shared an infographic showing the success story of Twitter and now we have news for you of a new … [Read more...]
It may only be day three of Celebrity Big Brother 2011 but the amount of attention the series is getting is a good sign for new host Channel 5 and presenter Brian Dowling. Although many of us are already hooked on the daily goings on of the celebs including Kerry Katona, Jedward and Paddy (though I … [Read more...]
StumbleUpon, the social discovery and sharing site, is seeing some hugely rapid growth lately and back in April we told how a milestone of 1 billion stumbles per month had been reached. Only a week or so ago we then told how StumbleUpon was celebrating its 10th anniversary and had now received 25 … [Read more...]
Those OSM readers with good memories may remember that back in June we brought you news of social media and tech additions to Oxford Dictionaries Online, such as ‘Twittersphere,’ ‘infographic,’ ‘unfollow’ and ‘permalink’. Today we have news of additions now made to the Concise Oxford … [Read more...]
One of our most popular subjects at OSM is giant social networking site Facebook. However we’ve noted on many occasions that a lot of people simply don’t like changes to their favorite social networking site and we’ve seen numerous examples of that from Facebook and Twitter. Today we wanted to … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’ve made no secret of our enthusiasm for a good infographic and a couple of recent examples include the 5-year YouTube impact on US politics and another detailing the iPhone 5 and its main rivals. Today’s infographic is on one of our favorite subjects, social media marketing, and … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we like to tell you the background behind all the Google Doodle’s and recent examples have included an interactive mobile for Alexander Calder’s birthday and another marking botanist Gregor Mendel. Today eagle-eyed observers will have noticed a new Google Doodle and this time it’s … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we are increasingly noticing the influence of social media on politics and only yesterday posted an article on US politics and its 5-year history with YouTube. President Barack Obama is no stranger to social media and back in June we told how he had now joined Twitter and before that he … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we often give you details of interesting infographics with recent examples including one on American identity according to social media and another about YouTube advertising. Today we have news of another intriguing infographic, this time looking at 5 years of U.S. politics on YouTube. … [Read more...]
The move of Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona was finally completed today and we have just witnessed jubilant scenes as Fabregas was welcomed by thousands of fans to the Nou Camp, followed by a press conference. However it seems that although Fabregas was pretty gracious about his time at … [Read more...]
For many the word “social media” may not mean anything straight away, but then if we associate it with words such as Facebook, Twitter, the use of MySpace and so on, then it starts to sound familiar. Individuals log onto the above sites plus many more, every day of every week and its not just … [Read more...]
To many, the words “Social Media” may still sound almost alien, but then if we mentioned how the use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, professional site LinkedIn and so on are now being used, you may start to prick your ears up! Over the last few years, sites such as the … [Read more...]
The dreadful riots that have struck the UK over the last week have been the subject of much debate about just how the situation should be handled and the response to the criminal element involved. Today Greater Manchester Police has begun a controversial initiative whereby the force is identifying … [Read more...]
The UK riots that have taken place over the last week, starting in London and spreading to other areas, have shocked many who thought they would never see such mindless violence on the streets. The government has been criticized for not doing enough but today Prime Minister David Cameron has … [Read more...]
Many of you will have heard of Klout, a company that measures a users social networking influence using social media analytics. The company is now three years old and started by just looking at Twitter accounts before spreading to Facebook too, followed this year by LinkedIn, Foursquare and YouTube. … [Read more...]
Some of you switching your Twitter on yesterday will have noticed that Old Twitter is now defunct, long live New Twitter. When the new interface was launched last fall it provoked mixed response from many regular users, as do most changes on social networking sites. However, people could still … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we often write about small businesses and their use of social media and technology. For instance recently we’ve posted about small business websites and also told why businesses should make time for social media marketing and how to track social media marketing. Disappointingly … [Read more...]
The current drops in the stock market are of course a big worry to many people but it seems that Twitter users know exactly who is at fault and have taken Standard & Poor’s to task. Yesterday the stock market took a big hit with NASDAQ and Dow Jones falling between 5 and 7% and Twitter … [Read more...]
Many people around the world are glued to the Internet and their TV sets tracking all of the happenings in London and around England as the riots continue. We have just seen some reports on a UK News channel that the London riots are being fuelled by social media but are they really? … [Read more...]
Facebook, the phenomenally successful social networking site, is now part of many people’s everyday lives but as well as the many positives about social networking, Facebook has sometimes received some criticism in studies. A new study, which we are going to look at today shows negatives for teens … [Read more...]
For the majority of us, tuning into our favorite social networking site be it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace and so on poses no problem. Depending on our circumstances, we have the freedom to go on the sites as much or as little as we choose, add or block certain friends, upload, share and … [Read more...]
