As we near the biggest tennis event of the year, millions will be glued to every aspect of the game from TV to online updates. Wimbledon brings excitement to many that follow the game of tennis. … [Read more...]
Facebook Set To Buy App Developer Snaptu
March 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
As were all aware social networking giant Facebook is one of the most visited sites in history, a vast percentage of its page views comes from mobile devices so with this in mind the company have set out to buy mobile app developers Snaptu. … [Read more...]
U.S. Hospital Undertakes Social Media In Bid To Raise Funds & Donors
March 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
For some time now, social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, YouTube and so on have been around and as user numbers increase, more individuals and companies are taking these very sites on to publicly make themselves known to the rest of the world. … [Read more...]
Coca-Cola Will Invest More In Social Media At An Expense
March 22, 2011 1 Comment
There are more and more companies standing up and taking notice of social media and social networking. We have seen a few different retailers moving towards Facebook as a platform to try and boost their sales such as ASOS and FCUK … [Read more...]
Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Disaster Helped By $2M From LivingSocial
March 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
As the rest of the world still look on in horror at the devastation caused by Japan's earthquake and tsunami on Friday 11th March, plenty is being done to try and help those that have been affected. Whether its kind donations of money that have been received, or food and shelter. But as well as … [Read more...]
Facebook Hits New Highest Value Ever
March 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Facebook is the largest of the social networks in the world with a massive following of more than 500 million users. Of course a network with as much of a backing as this is always going to be valued highly and previous valuations have proven this. There’s been a right old mix of valuations, … [Read more...]
The Most Explosive Growth On A Facebook App: Pushing Daisies
March 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
We have been reporting for the last couple of weeks on the fastest growing app, two weeks ago it was Badoo and then last week that same app remained in top spot. Badoo is a location based app that finds people in your area for you to chat away and flirt with … [Read more...]
Missing 22-year Old Still Not Found: Facebook Sparks Search
March 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Nowadays it is very easy to see where a person is and what they have been up to, with the growing trend for social media use like Facebook updates. With accessibility through mobile phones making “on the move” status changes just a click away, your friends can follow you throughout the day. … [Read more...]
Japan Earthquake & Tsunami: YouTube Person Finder Reaches Out
March 21, 2011 1 Comment
As the presumed death toll and missing persons list rises to over 15,000, we still look on in complete disbelief at Japan's earthquake and tsunami that took place just over a week ago on the 11th March. Here at OSM, since those fateful few hours, we have given you updates as to how social … [Read more...]
Facebook’s Zynga Burgler Gets 2 Years In Jail
March 21, 2011 1 Comment
We reported to you a while ago that a hacker had burgled the games developed Zynga. A substancial amount of virtual poker chips were stolen and now the thief has been brought to justice, serving 2 years in jail. … [Read more...]
Gmail Down In China: Secret Government Block
March 21, 2011 5 Comments
With all of the recent violence and demonstrations we have seen in Libya and Egypt, it looks like China have feared a potential uprising of their own and tightened their grip on internet control. The whole of China has said it is unable to access Gmail, but Google has confirmed there is no problem … [Read more...]
Facebook Update Events To Include Check-ins For iPhone Users
March 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
The Facebook updates just keep on rolling in; the social network of the moment boasts more users than all of the other ones with more than 500 million and to keep them happy there are a few changes that have been implemented … [Read more...]
Twitpic Photos that Broke News to the World
March 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
In our article yesterday about user responsibility with social media in times of emergency, one of the points we made was just how immediate news is now, with social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter being used to tell people about breaking news, or show them with a Twitpic, virtually … [Read more...]
Bill Gates Vs. Steve Jobs YouTube Rap Video A Hit
March 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Here at OSM we bring you the best viral videos out there and have a new one in the making here which you should enjoy. We normally bring you YouTube's finest like Epic rap battles of history and other sensations like Casey Heynes; however we have something a little different. An animated rap … [Read more...]
Twitter’s 5th Birthday: New Site & Celebratory Video
March 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
As you may know, today is Twitter's 5th birthday and to celebrate they have launched a new look website and YouTube video to mark the occassion. … [Read more...]
Facebook Chat: Hijacking Continues – It’s Another Scam
March 21, 2011 1 Comment
Facebook as we all know is the largest social network in the world, it boasts more than 500 million users and with that in mind they are constantly making changes. The changes that are made are to make things better and improve the overall functionality. Unfortunately it is also a target for a lot … [Read more...]
Twitter Toast Incident: Staff Evacuate and Furiously Tweet
March 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Earlier today we told of the top 100 socially networked cities in the US and noted the impact that social networking has made on day-to-day life. As a perfect illustration of that we bring you a story that shows just how much things have changed and it involves social networking giant Twitter and … [Read more...]
Most Socially Networked Cities in US: Top and Bottom of 100
March 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
We’ve all noted the growing impact of social networking in everyday life but have you ever thought of just how many people are using it and where they are? If you have you may be interested to hear which city in the U.S. tops a list of socially networked cities and of course which city was at the … [Read more...]
YouTube Hero Casey Speaks Out About His Incident
March 20, 2011 2 Comments
We brought you the powerful story of "Casey (the punisher)" last week, the brave lad who has caused a real stir on YouTube of late. Casey has spoken out about the incident which has given him worldwide heroic status as he fought back against severe bullying. … [Read more...]
Bad Facebook Pic? EU Privacy Law Lets You Bin It
March 20, 2011 1 Comment
If you are a Facebook user, then you will most probably have an embarrassing or dodgy picture from a drunk night out which a friend has uploaded and refused to delete. If so then you may be able to get rid of it once and for all. … [Read more...]
The Top 10 Trends On Twitter This Week Are…
March 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
As another week ends it signals the time where we take a look back at what trended on Twitter in the last 7 days. Once again we offer our thanks to Matt Silverman over on Mashable who summarises the top 10 trending topics each week. … [Read more...]
Digg Social News: Kevin Rose Resigns – Confirms with Tweet
March 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
It was only a few weeks ago that we reported on social media site Digg and its new look after it went through a redesign in an attempt to rejuvenate interest. When the social news site was founded it quickly gained popularity but it’s no secret that the site has struggled to keep up with the likes … [Read more...]
Facebook Suggest To Friends: It’s Back… For Some
March 19, 2011 2 Comments
Any of you who are regular readers will already be aware of some of the changes we have reported recently with regards to Facebook. We have reported on the way they have removed the post button in favor of a simple tap on the Enter key, Facebook’s Places going global as well as the Places … [Read more...]
Social Media in Emergencies: User Responsibility
March 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Here at OSM we’ve often posted articles about the role of social media in times of emergency and the recent dreadful earthquake and tsunami in Japan has highlighted just how much social media is now being used in times of crisis. However as the use of social media and social networking sites is … [Read more...]
Man Updates Facebook And Stops Robbery
March 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
In the past we have previously reported on the many interesting ways that social networking site Facebook has been used, now it appears it can add another notch in its belt after being used to stop a robbery after a user updated his profile status. … [Read more...]
