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2009: Mobile 2.0 will drive social media
2008 delivered huge leaps in social media uptake. Over 80% of net users considered themselves to be YouTube viewers. At our presentations, on a show of hands in the audience, more people had a Facebook account than didn’t. And, significantly, most of those who were not yet on Facebook were aware of it and many [...]
Important Information for Internet Explorer users
Microsoft is to shortly release a security patch for its Internet Explorer web browser to fix a critical flaw.
It is believed over 2 million computers have been infected by the virus. Around 10,000 web sites have been compromised - visiting them could infect a PC with the virus.
All users of Internet Explorer - 5, 6, [...]
Making Facebook Advertising Work
Although written from the perspective of Facebook, this is an interesting article from Mashable about what Facebook and advertisers need to do to make social network users want to view their advertising.
How Can Facebook Crack its Advertising Problem?.
The Power of Crowds: Google predicts the next flu
Here’s an interesting article about how analysing information from social networks and large online groups can deliver some amazing intelligence.
“It turns out that Google can accurately estimate current flu levels one to two weeks faster than any other professional report”.
Crowds predict better than professionals: Google predicts the next flu.
Twitter Connects with Friend Google
Last week we told you about Google Friend Connect. Now Twitter, the most popular microblogging site (i.e. a blog in 140 characters or less), has joined the Google Friend Connect party.
The biggest benefit is that it allows Twitter users to come together on other websites too - discussing content and ideas. Read more on how [...]
Crisis for Business Social Network as “Ecademy” Reveals Private Messages
There will be a damper on the Ecademy Christmas party tonight after Blogger Paul Walsh alleged that one of the oldest business social networks made public thousands of private emails to the company over the course of four days.
The Ecademy flaw was revealed on his blog and appears to have included private messages sent to [...]
Censorship and Social Media: The Wikipedia Affair
There has been a fierce debate following a decision to censor popular social media site Wikipedia by the Internet Watch Foundation.
The IWF specifically tracks illegal material on the Internet and helps UK ISPs block access to it. Most Internet users unsurprisingly agree that censorship of child pornography is an important and valuable role of the [...]
New Facebook Koobface Malicious Worm Warning
There have been new warnings about a Facebook “worm” - a virus which works its way through your Facebook contacts and attempts to use social engineering to get them to click on a link which, in turn, infects their computer. 4TM’s team has come across instances of “Koobface” on Facebook in the last week.
The link [...]
£1bn Startup Fund Essential to Change Status Quo
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts has asked for a £1bn venture capital fund for high-tech startups to be created by the government. In addition, it has asked for pubic lending to ensure the construction of the next generation broadband infrastructure - estimated at £15bn.
A brilliant idea.
So far most of the emergency spending [...]
The End of Business Cards? Poken
Streamlined Mind brings news of a new social networking gadget: Poken.
You meet someone at a party, or at a business event. Rather than exchanging business cards you can hold your Pokens together and they will exchange your social network pages and photograph.
Targetted initially at students, who presumably won’t remember who they met on a night [...]
