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We don’t need to tell you about just how popular social networking site Facebook is, with recent reports of huge investment and just how much the site is now worth and the panic that broke out over the weekend when false rumors of Facebook shutting down were spread. Anybody and everybody seems to … [Read more...]
As we all know, the world is moving more and more towards the use of social networking and social media. So far we know how much businesses use LinkedIn for checking people out before hiring them, but now we have caught wind that Nokia are using Facebook to communicate with its potential employees … [Read more...]
With the new year now just over a week old it is time to reveal what the first top 10 trends of 2011 are, with plenty of world events and general news filling the chart this week. So lets get down to business and see what has been going on in the Twitter community courtesy as normal to Mashable. … [Read more...]
Earlier today we reported the reaction to the FA Cup tie between Manchester United and Liverpool on Twitter. Now Liverpool’s Ryan Babel has joined in the debate via Twitter, and could now see himself in trouble with the Football Association. … [Read more...]
We’ve heard some crazy rumors in our time here at OSM but possibly the most unbelievable we’ve heard so far is the one that’s going viral across the internet right now which says that Facebook, the popular social networking site, is shutting down. Not only that but the rumors also state a … [Read more...]
By now many of you will have heard of the deadly shooting rampage that took place in Arizona earlier today where several people were killed and more injured, some of them now in a critical condition. It now appears that the man identified as being the suspected gunmen, 22-year-old Jared Lee … [Read more...]
As we all know football is a intensely competitive game that has devoted fans awash with emotion. But its not just the fans that struggle to contain their enthusiasm when voicing their opinions through the social media forum. … [Read more...]
So far the CES 2011 event has had a lot of press around cameras, TVs, and various other devices, the majority of them have been mobile tablet PCs. Have you ever wondered how many Twitter Tweets come from mobile devices … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we reported just over a week ago about British soap opera “EastEnders" and a recent storyline that has proved itself to be more than controversial. In fact as well as comments on here and other sites, the BBC have received over 6,000 complaints about the storyline being taken too far. … [Read more...]
Sad news today for the world of boxing, former Boxer “Gary Mason” has been killed in a bicycle accident Thursday in South London. The 48-year old who was born in Jamaica won the title of British Heavyweight Champion back in 1989. Online social networking site Twitter has today been inundated … [Read more...]
The tragic murder of Joanna Yeates just before Christmas shocked many people who continue to follow the investigation to help hunt down her killer. We previously told you how the police were using social media such as Facebook and YouTube in the murder enquiry and now it seems there has been another … [Read more...]
CES 2011 is big news right now and we’ve been bringing you dozens of posts about the events and earlier today brought you a roundup of what’s happened so far. It’s not just us that’s excited about the goings-on in Las Vegas though as it seems that Twitter has been awash with people … [Read more...]
Yesterday we told you the heartwarming story of the homeless man with the golden voice who became a viral hit on YouTube when a video of him became an internet sensation. The man, Ted Williams, had been advertising his gifted voice with a cardboard sign by the sign of the road and we told how we … [Read more...]
We have already reported quite a lot of news on LinkedIn, recently we have informed you of the Buzzwords to avoid and also, that LinkedIn may beat Facebook in going public. Now we would like to give you some tips on how to build influential connections effectively on LinkedIn … [Read more...]
In the past, we have completed various comparisons between Facebook and Google, we have had a look at them trying to gain from each other’s markets, we’ve seen them battling it out to get you to add their webpage as your homepage and we have also reported on the user data battle … [Read more...]
Whilst Facebook may not generate the most traffic from a social media perspective, it has still managed to get to the top of the charts for search terms and the most searched for website. Facebook has become more than just a social networking site; today we reported that it would be streaming the … [Read more...]
We often hear of the negative aspects of social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook such as people posting the wrong things, but we sometimes forget it’s many good uses such as our recent story about a thief caught using Facebook. Now we have news that many of you may have been … [Read more...]
Another viral video has swept Google owned site YouTube, with the story hitting just about every news station over the globe. If you have not heard of "the man with the golden voice" then allow us to enlighten you. … [Read more...]
The entire world is moving towards social media and social networking sites. It doesn’t matter if you are searching for old friends and family, advertising, adding an article from your business or simply adding a status update. Recently there seems to have been too many conflicts between the … [Read more...]
The sad murder of Joanna Yeates continues to attract huge media attention and it seems that police have now turned to forms of social media in their efforts to solve the crime and find Jo’s killer. Realising the potential of using Facebook for example, police are hoping that because of the sheer … [Read more...]
Facebook is one of the biggest social networks in the world; it currently has more than 500 million users with more than half of them using it daily. Facebook’s statistics page says, that around 70% of the Facebook community of users reside outside of the United States.In accordance to … [Read more...]
During the course of last year, the way in which you used social media has expanded, allowing a large percentage of you to now have the opportunity to view events LIVE. Online social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have all given us the accessibility to catch the action as it … [Read more...]
Facebook has become one of the largest companies in the world, even more so since its investment from Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies. It has also become what some may call a great ‘Snooping’ tool … [Read more...]
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, had one heck of a 2010 being named as TIME Person of the Year and Facebook continues to go from strength-to-strength with news yesterday that it was to receive $500 million of investment, the majority coming from Goldman Sachs, and today we learned of a record number … [Read more...]
CES 2011 is going to be upon us in a few days time and whilst we have reported on various products and technologies that will be appearing, we haven’t spoken to much to you too much about what social media and social networking you should expect … [Read more...]
