Excited Manchester United fans who wanted to congratulate hat-trick hero Robin van Persie have bombarded a 52-year-old IT consultant, Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad in India with Twitter messages. It’s a classic case of mistaken identity. Robin van Persie’s correct Twitter handle - @Persie_Official - may have the word “Official” in the title, but ... Read More »
A Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) attack is being used to infect PCs, gain access to Twitter accounts, and send malicious tweets. Since the messages come from existing legitimate Twitter users, some are being duped as they trust those who they follow. This particular attack, was discovered by security firm Trusteer, and is being carried ... Read More »
It sounds like Twitter is noodling around with the idea of creating an Android home screen. Twitter’s VP of product Michael Sippey has left open the possibility that the company could alter Android’s home screen in a similar fashion as Facebook recently did with Facebook Home. This was while responding to a question ... Read More »
Twitter is in talks with NBC and Viacom to bring video content and advertising to the service, Bloomberg reports: Twitter … is racing to add video content that will get users to spend more time on the site and watch promotions. Building on its existing partnerships with Walt Disney Co. (DIS)’s ESPN, Weather Channel LLC and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TWX), ... Read More »
Social Media Marketing is a form of internet marketing that implements various social media networks in order to achieve marketing communication and branding goals. Social media marketing primarily covers activities involving social sharing of content, videos, and images for marketing purposes. Before you begin creating social media marketing campaigns, consider your business’ ... Read More »
Micro-blogging site Twitter is rumoured to be launching a new music service after buying the music discovery site We Are Hunted. We Are Hunted confirmed the deal, adding “there’s no question that Twitter and music go well together” – and said it was shutting down. The hashtag #music is also ... Read More »
Social media is being turned to to help raise awareness and educate the public on a ‘violence free’ society. The Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia (PPAZ) helped train twenty specially appointed local members of society how they can help spread knowledge to stop gender-based violence. The key to the new project ... Read More »
“It is very difficult to think of any learning that is not E-enabled.” Are mobile devices revolutionary or disruptive in a classroom setting? Should IT and social media be used to develop professional learning networks? And can twitter, Facebook and MixIT enhance teaching and learning in the classroom? These are ... Read More »
Google has secured a new domain name, YT.be, which it started forwarding to its goo.gl URL shortening service today.Presumably, Google will use the domain name for shortened links to YouTube videos. Today, the company uses another .be domain name to do that, namely youtu.be. Google acquired the domain name, which was originally registered back in May ... Read More »
Twitter has released a new version of Twitter for Android. Its new design reflects a native Android experience: wider and taller timelines that fill the screen, a flat navigation bar, tap and hold for quick actions, and more. You can now quickly navigate between tabs by swiping across your screen. ... Read More »
