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Viral video sharing site YouTube which launched back in 2005, attracts millions of visitors to its webpage every week. Music, favorite TV/movie clips, advertisements and so on can all be viewed in front of your very eyes and at times for those involved in the videos, it can or has already been an … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Twitter, since its arrival back in 2006 is growing by the day in terms of user numbers. This year as seen a dramatic increase with some 200+ million users accessing the site and of course the number is continually rising. With Facebook still holding first position, … [Read more...]
In the past here at OSM, we've spoken about various pieces of news on social networking site Twitter. Topics have ranged from footballers sounding off to other players, news of events that are taking place, music albums that are on the way, birth and death announcements and so on. The new version … [Read more...]
Social networking site Facebook has now reached the 800 million mark in terms of users and to alter the way in which people can share content, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has changed the entire layout. As announced last week, the new “Timeline” has it's now known, will give users a new profile page, … [Read more...]
Just two days ago, we brought you news on what you can expect to see from Facebook's new announced layout “Timeline,” which will start to take effect soon. Along with users now having a better and enhanced sharing experience by way of listening to music, app sharing with games, videos and so … [Read more...]
Following on from yesterday's massive Facebook F8 Developer Conference hosted in the US, we wanted to bring you an overall synopsis of what was announced and what changes you can expect to see tail end of this year, beginning of 2012. The new features across Facebook will play an instrumental part … [Read more...]
Crikey, news surrounding social networking site Facebook has been coming in thick and fast today and with their F8 conference scheduled to take place in two days, there doesn’t seem any end to the articles. Launched back in 2004, Facebook has come a hell of a long way from its early days, based … [Read more...]
In the past we've brought you a variety of news relating to social networking site Twitter. We've spoken about births and deaths, celebrities airing their anger towards one another, news of events taking place, how Twitter can help in the promotion of brand awareness and so on. Today the news is … [Read more...]
For as long as we can remember, we have been bringing you news on the world of what is classed as “social media” and the way in which it can help individuals or organisations. Of course with the positives come the negatives but from past articles, it seems that social media when used in the … [Read more...]
Tutt Tutt Tutt! Yet another footballer has landed himself in hot water on social networking site Twitter, don't they ever learn? Here at OSM we've posted many varied articles which have made their way through to the popular site and we have to say a fair few of them have related to the world of … [Read more...]
If you have seen the Social Network movie or have a knowledgeable interest in Facebook then you will know who the Winklevoss twins are. The brothers who claimed that Facebook was their idea and had it stolen from them by Mark Zuckerberg. In the last few years the twins have really mocked … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Facebook has its many uses, but do we ever consider using it to follow a favorite brand or specific product. In the past here at OSM, we've been keen to bring you updates via the world of what's known as social media and its presence across the internet. Individuals … [Read more...]
Today we remember those that lost their lives of the 9/11 attacks across the United States of America. Four hijacked planes crashed, two of which were deliberately slammed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and one crashed in Shanksville, Pennylvania, which were to change the Nation … [Read more...]
Motorola's Droid Bionic with support for 4G LTE was finally available to purchase on 8th September, only just nine months after its initial announcement, but there you go! In the last 2 days we've given you news about its arrival and that retailer Amazon are offering the handset at a lower price, … [Read more...]
StumbleUpon which acts almost like a search engine was initially founded in November 2001. It gives it users the opportunity to find and then recommend various content to other people. Dependant on what a persons taste is, the content is designed to fit around it and once users have had a chance … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Twitter may not have quite beaten its rival Facebook in terms of user numbers, but its having a pretty good go. Figures are now equating to over 200 million and as well as the likes of you and me accessing the site, celebrity figures are as well. Articles we've … [Read more...]
I must start this by saying that I'm not a big football fan, there you go I said it, I don’t really understand the so called beautiful game although I can relate to the dedication that its fans and followers all possess. This small issue aside I have to admit to being a bit taken by FIFA 11 on the … [Read more...]
Facebook remains a hot topic here at OSM and just recently we’ve told how the company has now had one trillion pageviews and no, that’s not a misprint. Although the company recently announced an end for the Facebook Deals marketing tool it doesn’t appear to be a reflection of the popular … [Read more...]
The age of social media is upon us and Apple is looking to get further in on the act. Last year a patent was leaked showing a user interface which had all the makings of a social platform. Taking another look at it now, it features plenty of social jargon much of which is related to Twitter. … [Read more...]
Many of you will have heard of and also used Klout, which has seen rapid growth and success in its three years of existence. The platform uses social media analytics to measure a user’s social networking influence and news today is that it has now reached a milestone of 100 million scores. … [Read more...]
Today celebrates the life and music of famous singer and frontman of Queen “Freddie Mercury” and what would have been his 65th birthday. Search engine Google have embraced the legend with their own fitting Google Doodle which coincidentally if clicked onto will automatically show clips and … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Twitter launched back in 2006 is showing no signs of slowing up, in fact its quite the reverse. User numbers according to wikipedia are now in the region of over 200 million with at least 200 million tweets or messages being sent on a daily basis, along with 1.6 … [Read more...]
Social networking site Facebook is still proving as popular as ever and user numbers are soaring over and above 750 million. The site which originally set up in 2004 by co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was only accessible for students in and around the Harvard university campus, the young … [Read more...]
Here at OSM one of our favorite ways of digesting information is with an infographic and two of our recent examples have been about the impact of the MTV Video Music Awards on social media and another on job searching and recruiting with social media. This new infographic is also about jobs and … [Read more...]
We’ve been bringing you news on Google+, the latest social networking site, since its recent launch and have recently told about verification badges being added, Google+ Games and how Klout intends to add Google+ to its scoring system. It’s fair to say that the initial success of Google+ was … [Read more...]
