Tech and social media news
Fans of Apple will be pleased to learn that a new pilot program by the name of “Sherwood” is being rolled out, enabling customers to order goods online with the intention of pickup in-store. It is hoped that the new service will give customers a quick, easy and hassle-free way of shopping. … [Read more...]
Yesterday we gave you good news that streaming service Netflix would be opening their doors to the UK and Ireland in early 2012, but unfortunately with the good, comes the bad news. Despite Netflix opting to give its customers a low subscription cost once launched, it hasn’t stopped the company … [Read more...]
It’s been a couple of years since there was talk of a Microsoft merger with Yahoo, and it is only recently that a possible deal has started to gain momentum, even though Steve Ballmer has been vocal in the past about how pleased he was that they never went ahead. However, we have come to expect … [Read more...]
You’ll find a lot of companies entered the cloud computing business in the last year, and expectations for growth in 2012 are massive. The biggest company to hit the headlines recently is Apple with their iCloud service, which launched with iPhone 4S and iOS 5.Over the next year companies from … [Read more...]
There were great expectations for Apple earnings today, but the announcement made today fell a little short. The company has had great success just recently, what with their recent stock and also the popularity of the iPhone 4S.Most analysts had suggested that Apple earnings will be about $7.28 … [Read more...]
Google has launched a lot of services over the years, and not all of them work, although the search engine giant has continued to keep trying in a number of online industries, and this included moving in on Facebook’s turf.Facebook has been in the sights of many companies but none have been … [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...]
Its all going on over at Yahoo right now, the firing of their CEO Carol Bartz has been greeted with applause and share prices have jumped 6% upon the news! Yahoo's chairman Roy Bostock informed Bartz of the bad news yesterday and the company has installed CFO Tim Morse as interim CEO. Will this … [Read more...]
It looks as though the Amazon retail site is currently the subject of a revamp and testing has already begun on a redesigned amazon.com. It looks as though the reason for the new look could be associated with the upcoming Amazon tablet and that the current testing will be rolled out to increasing … [Read more...]
Regular OSM readers may remember that back in March we brought you news of AT&T’s intention to buy T-Mobile in a deal worth around $39 billion, which would make AT&T the largest wireless provider in the U.S. We have further news on that intended merger today as the U.S. Justice Department … [Read more...]
For some time now we’ve been bringing you news on Zynga, the social gaming experts, and its impending IPO. We told how a low-float IPO was the intention and then brought further news that Zynga was ready to file and also an infographic showing the company’s path to IPO. However, it seems that … [Read more...]
It’s no secret that in today’s social media savvy world, tasks such as job searching and recruiting employees have embraced social media tools. Although LinkedIn is probably the social networking site that most people think of as being associated with business, other sites such as Facebook, … [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...]
One of our favorite topics here at OSM is social media marketing and the campaigns emanating from it and just one of our recent posts was an interesting infographic showing social media marketing in figures. Today we have news for you of a new Bounce campaign using social media, which will use … [Read more...]
There’s big news today in the group messaging service sector as we have heard of the Skype acquisition of GroupMe, a service that is only one-year-old. So far terms haven’t been revealed but apparently talks have been ongoing for several months while Microsoft was also in negotiations to get … [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 keep gaming enthusiasts up-to-date with all the gaming console latest and recently told of an Xbox 360 Star Wars bundle and also asked what our readers most wanted from the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720. As far as current consoles go we know that many of you are fans of … [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...]
A new program is to be offered by Internet and cable provider Comcast called Internet Essentials and is aimed at providing low income families with cheaper Internet access along with computers. This initiative will be a boon to many families struggling to afford Internet services and we have more … [Read more...]
Back in 2005 before the launch of YouTube, none of us could ever have imagined what a huge impact it would one day make on many of our lives. Now here on OSM barely a day goes by without us bringing you a new YouTube story or video, with recent examples being Mortal Kombat: Legacy Episode 9 or … [Read more...]
Starting your own business can be difficult, and one of the hardest parts of the process is finding the right people to employ. In today’s market there are more people than there are jobs, so making sure that you select the best people to help you get your business started is essential. Whilst you … [Read more...]
Microsoft are having a really bittersweet time at the moment, they are failing in sales of some of their goods but luckily excelling in others. Sales of Windows and PCs dropped, but it was mainly their Xbox 360 and Kinect that spared their blushes. Despite the sluggish sales on their PC software, … [Read more...]
Twitter is looking to get bigger by injecting its wings with a chunky $800 million funding round. The popular microblogging service is steadily growing but is still way behind Facebook, with Google+ even coming in now to stir up some serious social competition. Facebook received a similar … [Read more...]
After you have sunk time and effort into promoting your brand you want to be able to take a step back and analyse how effective your social media campaign has been in terms of how your message has spread. You may have convinced your followers to spread your message for you, and you may have even put … [Read more...]
Here at OSM one of the subjects that we find increasingly popular is social media marketing. The way that this marketing platform has taken off over the last few years is nothing short of phenomenal and we’ve written about its benefits many times. However it seems that many people still don’t … [Read more...]
