A few weeks ago Twitter announced that they would be rolling out a new version of their social platform for desktop and mobile users, which included enhanced features for businesses, to rival those already available via Facebook and Google+ Pages.

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Earlier this year micro-blogging site Twitter acquired BackType, a social analytics platform that enabled companies to track their impact on social media marketing.  Now the acquisition has paid dividends for Twitter, who have recently launched their new tool, to rival Google’s existing portfolio of web analytics products.

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The Commons Procedure Committee has agreed to allow the use of hand-held appliances such as tablet PCs and iPads in the House of Commons chamber. (more…)

Dick Costolo, the chief executive of Twitter has this week dismissed rumours that the company is in discussion with Google, with regards to a possible sale. (more…)

New research pioneered by a doctor from Carnegie Mellon University, Jacob Eisenstein, has revealed that people who use Twitter to update their status and communicate are actually using regional dialect in their tweets, which can assist experts to identify where they are located. (more…)

According to news reports this week, social networking giants Twitter are discussing the possibility of selling up for an estimated six billion pounds. (more…)

A new ruling by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has changed the law, by decreeing that material which is published on Twitter can be considered as pubic property, and therefore can be reproduced, circulated or admissible as evidence. (more…)

UKOM, the UK Online Measurement Company have published a report which has demonstrated that internet usage across the UK has increased by over sixty-five percent in the last three years. (more…)

Social networking giants Twitter have announced that they will be launching a new service to its members, focussing upon enhancing the multimedia features available on the site. (more…)

North Korea has always been notoriously secretive when it comes to permitting residents within the country to communicate through digital media. (more…)

A Japanese Tweeter has been freaked out by a flurry of attention all over the world, following the landmark posting up of the twenty billionth tweet on the site. Social networking giants Twitter congratulated the user as he published his 140 character tweet to the site. (more…)

You may think that the silver surfer generation is just catching on to the possibilities of online networking, but not all members of the older generation are confused when it comes to harnessing the power of the internet. (more…)

The Queen is not one of the people you immediately imagine seeing on Facebook, but it seems that her Majesty is a strong advocate of social networking sites. This week sees Queen Elizabeth join Flickr, as a number of exclusive royal images are posted up on her Majesty’s account. (more…)

We’ve all become accustomed to Reality Television deciding the fates of the z-list, from ‘I’m a Celebrity’ tortures to ‘Big Brother’ nominations. When you consider the places left for reality TV to go, it seems that as a nation we are already scraping the bottom of the proverbial barrel. (more…)