History was made a few weeks ago when the first live-tweeted open heart surgery was performed at Americas Houston Memorial Hermann Hospital and they are at it again. This time with a live brain operation performed by one of the world’s leading neurosurgeons, Dr. Dong Kim. The operation is a brain tumour resection and is Read News…
Brain operations live tweeted & pinned on Pinterest
May 3rd, 2012 by Geoff
Social Networking as a business tool
April 30th, 2012 by Geoff
The rise of social media as a business tool is one of the major changes society has witnessed over the past few years, as communication is now transferred at such a fast pace. Pepsi recently announced it is partnering with the social network site Twitter to provide streaming videos of live music concerts to all Read News…
Tips for making sure you don’t screw up your social media strategy
April 26th, 2012 by Geoff
If you have utilised traditional marketing techniques and haven’t as yet made the shift into social media, now is the time! Potential customers have the control over how, when and where they make buying decisions, how they communicate with brands and how they “manipulate” others’ feelings toward a brand. Companies can get this very wrong Read News…
A Teenage girl who was targeted by bullies on Facebook sues!
April 24th, 2012 by Geoff
A young girl is suing 2 children from her school for libel after claiming they had bullied her on the social networking site. The young girl called Alex Boston is 14 decided along with her mother and father to pursue legal action after local police said they could not do anything about it. Alex has Read News…
The phenomenal rise of Pinterest
April 23rd, 2012 by Geoff
12 months ago, if you were to use the term ‘social media’, an automatic connection with either Facebook or Twitter would be the response of most. Fast forward to 2012 and the social media boom means that platforms such as Google+ and LinkedIn have grown in stature and popularity. One notable story is the emergence Read News…
Introducing Pinterest
April 19th, 2012 by Geoff
You may have already noticed or heard of the latest buzz in social media, “Pinterest”. Its huge success makes it currently the third most popular social site, and already ahead of LinkedIn in terms of visitors. With its huge recent growth and popularity, would make it wise for marketers to start to incorporate it into Read News…
Facebook Purchases Instagram For $1 billion
April 11th, 2012 by Geoff
Facebook has announced it is to buy Instagram, the widely used Photo Sharing Smart phone application. Instagram was only launched in 2010, and was originally released for the iPhone. The application has proven very popular and has over 30m users uploading over 5m photos on a daily basis. Facebook have agreed to pay over $1b Read News…
Friends Reunited to Reunite???
March 29th, 2012 by Geoff
One of the first pioneers in social networking – Friends Reunited is to re-launch in the form of a nostalgia based network. Friends Reunited which was established in 2000 is encouraging former members to sign for a ‘memories’ related service. ITV suffered a huge loss on the site which they bought for £175m in 2005 Read News…
