CorpComms Magazine

Starbucks serves up a hearty dose of AR
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 07/02/2012
Coffee company updates its AR features for Valentine's Day

Larger universities struggle with social
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 06/02/2012
LSE, Cambridge and Oxford lead while larger Russell Group universities lag

Brands back save the teapot campaign
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 03/02/2012
Twinings, Tetley, Typhoo and Debenhams offer support to the campaign

Facebook choice for creatives
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 02/02/2012
Just 12 per cent prefer Google+ and a fifth favour LinkedIn

Are tweets worth reading?
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/02/2012
Just 36 per cent are considered 'worth reading'

Corporate blogging declines
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 01/02/2012
Fastest-growing private US companies turn to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

CSI goes high-tech
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 01/02/2012
Augmented reality enabled goggles could revolutionise CSI

AR app shows past Olympic cities
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 01/02/2012
GPS-based augmented reality app allows users to learn about Olympic cities

India top Facebook nation
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 31/01/2012
Largest Facebook nation outside of North America

Irish rugby players lead on Twitter
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 31/01/2012
Irish rugby ahead in the six nations (in Twitter terms, at least)

Customers increasingly interacting online
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 26/01/2012
Research predicts tenfold increase on consumer interactions in utility sector

Brands unresponsive on Facebook
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 26/01/2012
More than half of top brands fail to reply to customers on the site

Marketers struggle with digital campaigns
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 25/01/2012
More than a fifth of marketers don't closely align print and digital strategies

Aviva raises its game on Facebook
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 25/01/2012
Insurer launches social media campaign to promote new product

VC firm seeks applicants on social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 24/01/2012
Asks job applicants to submit online connections instead of CVs

British Airways unveils Google+ site
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 24/01/2012
Airline joins a handful of UK brands on Google+

Facebook worth £12.7bn to EU economy
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 24/01/2012
Deloitte study suggests Facebook makes a £2.6 billion economic impact to the UK

Hospital tweets from A&E
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 24/01/2012
One day in Leicester's accident and emergency department

Twitter transforming mainstream media
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 24/01/2012
Many of 2011 top stories broke on social media

Cadbury gives fans giant 'thumbs up'
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 19/01/2012
Cadbury creates a chocolate thumbs up to celebrate one million Facebook fans

Firms back employee social media bans
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 19/01/2012
Survey shows mixed feelings about social media

Consumers views on QR codes mixed
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 18/01/2012
Survey reveals more than three quarters of consumers have not heard of the codes

Timid students tweet at tutors
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 17/01/2012
Shy students could benefit from using Twitter

M&S trials in-store multimedia zones
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 17/01/2012
M&S hopes to bring together its online and real-life stores

Scarborough councillors to get iPads
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 17/01/2012
In a move to save the council up to £10,000 each year

Met Police to tweet from the sky
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 13/01/2012
Force launches Twitter account for helicopter pilots

Social sharing boosts engagement
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 13/01/2012
Providing the facility to share on LinkedIn generates the most click throughs

Four Seasons spruces up website
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 12/01/2012
Luxury hotel chain hopes to please its tech-savvy customers

Toyota launches pop video campaign
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 11/01/2012
The public's rants about daily irritations turned into pop videos

Islamist radicals recruiting on social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 10/01/2012
Majority of organised terrorism on Internet takes place on social media

Majority use social networks regularly
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/01/2012
More than a quarter spend at least two hours a day on social media

New chocolate app sends messages to friends
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 10/01/2012
Allows users to send a secret message to a friend that will appear on wrapper

Social media important for customer service
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 10/01/2012
Firms that perform badly on social media risk losing customers

CIPR to work with Wikipedia
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 09/01/2012
Industry body wants clearer guidance for PRs

Papa John's apologises for racist receipt
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 09/01/2012
Pizza chain employee fired for racial slur after customer posted on Twitter

NHS offers Twitter help for quitters
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 09/01/2012
NHS Bristol's online initiative to help smokers give up

Campaign encourages friends to visit UK
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 06/01/2012
Tourism agency launches campaign to increase number of annual visits to Britain

Olympic volunteers face social media curbs
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 06/01/2012
LOCOG's new guidelines prohibit volunteers from commenting on social media

Employee 'forced out' for LinkedIn page
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 05/01/2012
HR manager sues former employer for constructive dismissal

Small firms plan more social media investment
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 05/01/2012
More than 50 per cent plan to increase spending in 2012

Obama retains giant lead on social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 04/01/2012
Mitt Romney in second place with 1.2 million Facebook fans to Obama's 24 million

More than one billion apps downloaded over 'holiday week'
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 03/01/2012
More than 242 million downloaded on Christmas Day alone

LA police tweet to tackle arson attacks
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 03/01/2012
Law enforcement agencies tweet in the midst of the city's arson attacks

Financial advisors not seeing benefits of social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 22/12/2011
Less than a fifth see it as a useful tool for reaching prospective clients

Journalists free to tweet from inside courtroom
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 22/12/2011
The Lord Chief Justice rules that journalists no longer have to make application to use Twitter

Stonehenge rocks up to the 21st Century
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 22/12/2011
New augmented reality app allows users to explore a virtual version of site

New Halifax Banking app tops charts
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 21/12/2011
Ranked top free Finance app within 72 hours

Health campaigners hit out at social media tactics
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 20/12/2011
British Heart Foundation calls for consistent regulation of social media campaigns

Facebook faces legal threat over ‘Sponsored Stories'
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 19/12/2011
The publicising of peer brand recommendation could fall afoul of US law

ASOS tops retail social media table
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 16/12/2011
Retailer continues online dominance

Social media grows in emerging markets
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 16/12/2011
Managers in Brazil and China more regular users of social media

Manchester City sees fastest Facebook growth
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 15/12/2011
Club sees ten per cent growth in following this month

Police poll public on social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 15/12/2011
West Midlands Police consult on their Twitter policy

KLM lets flyers scope each other out on social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 14/12/2011
Airline lets passengers choose who they sit next to on flights

O2 spreads cheer with social media efforts
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 14/12/2011
Company enlists Santa lookalike for festive campaign

Twitter launches Facebook-style brand pages
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 14/12/2011
Site redesign facilitates new profile pages for companies

Heineken to launch social Christmas tree
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 14/12/2011
Allows Facebook users to share festive messages on giant LED screens

Twitter rumours spark run on Swedish bank
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 13/12/2011
Thousands rush to withdraw money at Swedbank's Latvian branches

American law firms care most about social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 13/12/2011
But legal sector lags behind other sectors according to new research

Google most valued brand on social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 09/12/2011
New study claims to reveal top 50 brands and their relative influence

Kremlin issues statement over re-tweet
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 08/12/2011
Member of staff accused of hijacking Russian President's Twitter account

Charity enlists more recruits with web portal
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 07/12/2011
Crisis receives 30 per cent more volunteer applications

Apple's social media policy leaked
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 05/12/2011
Policy leaked after former employee lost unfair dismissal case

Manchester City to project fans' tweets
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 02/12/2011
Football club to broadcast tweets onto large screens in Etihad Stadium and City Square

Can you crack it?
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/12/2011
Intelligence agency launches code-cracking challenge to recruit spies via social media

Unilever launches investor relations app
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 01/12/2011
App provides up-to-date share prices and interactive charts

Walmart harnesses recommendations
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 01/12/2011
New service suggests gifts based on analysis of social media activity

Starbucks gets thumbs up from social media users
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 01/12/2011
Coffee chain attracts more positive sentiment than its peers

Bristol University launches digital campaign
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 30/11/2011
New digital venture sees web traffic up 350 per cent

Facebook apologises over Merck mixup
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/11/2011
Site takes US Merck's Facebook URL offline and blames administrative error

Museum launches social sharing site
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/11/2011
Platform enables users to share content

One in four bosses vet candidates on social media
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 28/11/2011
Half of those that screen online have then turned a candidate away

Bannatyne courts controversy with Twitter outburst
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 28/11/2011
Entrepreneur brands former customer a ‘persistent liar' on Twitter

Nissan faces backlash after Facebook competition
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 25/11/2011
Social media revolt after employee's friend wins competition

Degrees of separation on Facebook are reducing
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 25/11/2011
New research reveals there are on average five degrees of separation between any two users

Fake death app highlights drugs and alcohol risk
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 25/11/2011
New app sends friends a fake report of a fatal car accident to encourage safer driving

Qantas rapped for timing of social media campaign
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 22/11/2011
Airline criticised for launching luxury competition days after it walked away from union negotiations

Customers most receptive on Wednesday mornings
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 22/11/2011
New research shows peaks and troughs for promotional marketing

Confused.com hosts interactive road rage map
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 21/11/2011
Price comparison site launches campaign on road safety to tie in with Road Safety Week

Scots fail to consider that tweets could be in breach of law
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 20/11/2011
Less than a fifth have read Twitter terms and conditions

Forensic scientists take to Twitter
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 18/11/2011
West Midlands Police permit investigators to tweet from crime scenes

Hedge funds lag online
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 17/11/2011
Just one per cent of hedge fund managers are active on Twitter

Tesco incorporates augmented reality into stores
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 17/11/2011
Supermarket introduces features to bring products to life and save shelf space

Social media directly influences buying decisions
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 17/11/2011
Ernst & Young research claims firms are missing opportunities

Companies remain reluctant to listen on social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 17/11/2011
Only one out of ten businesses believe social media is a good place for customer interaction

Shoppers' purchasing behaviour affected by social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 15/11/2011
A fifth of Facebook users are likely to share negative news about a brand on social media

Cofunds denies it is being bought on Twitter
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 14/11/2011
Fund supermarket appears to deny it is looking for a buyer on microblogging site

LinkedIn launches analytics for group admins
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 14/11/2011
Site lets group owners see more about their members

Marketing professionals are the biggest users of Facebook
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 11/11/2011
Nearly half of marketers admit to using the website during work hours

Who owns your Twitter account?
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 11/11/2011
Journalist fails to convince judge that password for his Twitter account is not a trade secret

McDonald's adds Spanish to its Twitter arsenal
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 10/11/2011
Fast food giant launches @MeEncanta

Remembrance Day service on Twitter
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 10/11/2011
Aims to connect traditional prayer and worship with digital technology

IAB urges companies to be more transparent on social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 10/11/2011
New guidelines encourage companies to avoid making false representations on social media

Twitter tribute to Canada's fallen soldiers
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 10/11/2011
Twitter account will tweet one name every hour until at least 2025

British Airways rolls out customer service iPads
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 09/11/2011
Cabin crew can now offer a more personalised service to passengers

Twitter best for press releases
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 09/11/2011
Press releases generate two extra views each time they are shared on social networks

Shoppers search for bargains
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 09/11/2011
Information and price checks order of the day

App makes saving water and energy fun
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 08/11/2011
Southern Water's new app provides users with simple tips about how to be more water and energy efficient

Lloyds app encourages banking on the go
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 08/11/2011
Customers can view statements and make transfers

Berlusconi reportedly uses Facebook to refute rumours
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 07/11/2011
Facebook rebuttal sends markets lower as pressure mounts

Age restrictions ignored on Facebook
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 04/11/2011
Children signing in every day despite being less than 13 years of age

Horror film promotes council's work
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 04/11/2011
Halloween campaign generates thousands of hits

Arrests over racist tweets to footballer
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 03/11/2011
Two teenagers questioned after reportedly posting racist taunts online

Twitter users ignorant about libel laws
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 03/11/2011
Half of users don't consider legal implications of their tweets

Voters swayed by social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 03/11/2011
Information gleaned from social media as influential as traditional media sources

Retailers reluctant to respond to complaints on Twitter
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 03/11/2011
Companies would rather settle customer issues behind closed doors

Top of the tweets launches
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 02/11/2011
Twitter launches site to highlight the best tweets in its brief history

Young professionals prioritise social media access over pay
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 02/11/2011
New survey shows young workers favouring access to social media over pay hikes

Cameron dominates online conversations
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 01/11/2011
The Prime Minister comes out on top but attracts more negative sentiment

Qantas crisis spawns bogus Twitter accounts
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 31/10/2011
Airline draws criticism for handling of strike action

Children increasingly using mobile devices
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 28/10/2011
More than a quarter of parents have downloaded an app for their children

Patient information compromised by social networking sites
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 28/10/2011
FOI requests reveal more breaches of patient confidentiality at the NHS

Inverness residents stay up-to-date during major emergencies
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 28/10/2011
Newly launched Twitter and Facebook pages keep residents in-the-know during major incidents

Small businesses mixed up about social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 27/10/2011
Many dislike time commitment and unsure which sites to target

Boris hails Siemens' sustainability project
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 27/10/2011
Mayor congratulates Siemens as it edges closer to launch

Arrest app gains popularity with protesters
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 26/10/2011
Anti-capitalist protesters promote use of ‘I'm Getting Arrested' app

Facebook campaign supports those affected by flooding
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 26/10/2011
Facebook page helps people and communities prepare for floods as winter approaches

X Factor lets viewers vote on social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 26/10/2011
Simon Cowell announces plans to let fans vote via Twitter and Facebook

Social media campaign tackles sore subject of Man Flu
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 26/10/2011
Digital campaign aims to boost the sales of cold and flu remedy Lemsip

Brits spend 184 million hours on YouTube every month
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 26/10/2011
Users make more visits to video sites than email providers, travel or sports sites

Rent-A-Car Facebook contest
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 26/10/2011
Customers are in with a chance of winning a weekend getaway every month for a year

McDonald's features Vikings in its latest Facebook game
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 25/10/2011
Fast-food chain uses Google Maps to allow fans to 'hunt' for virtual sandwiches

Commercial NFC reaches Australia
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 25/10/2011
'Wave and go' mobile payments integrated into bank's mobile app

Social media threats pose substantial cyber risks
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 25/10/2011
Risk managers say that threats from social media are among their top concerns

Ram cam now broadcasting on ewe-tube
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 25/10/2011
Nearly 3,000 nature lovers have subscribed to the YouTube channel

All Blacks are digital media champions
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 25/10/2011
New Zealanders add another accolade to their trophy haul

Facebook users worried about personal data
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 25/10/2011
But many are not taking more precautions online

Research shows the value of followers
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 24/10/2011
Customers who follow brands on Twitter are more engaged

Social media influence requires sustained effort
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 24/10/2011
Findings have implications for viral marketing campaigns

Virgin Atlantic recruits NFL presenter over Twitter
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 21/10/2011
Airline scouts reporter to cover American football game at Wembley

Cumbrian college launches virtual guidebook
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 21/10/2011
College's head of digital designs augumented reality guidebook

B2B decision makers most active social networkers
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 21/10/2011
Social media is the most influential communication channel across majority of markets

Welsh charity just wants to be 'liked'
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 21/10/2011
Charity uses Facebook to try and save a Wales-sized area of rainforest being destroyed

RB uses gamification on graduates
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 20/10/2011
Reckitt Benckiser hopes product games will woo graduates to work

Tesco customers vote for price cuts on Facebook
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 20/10/2011
Supermarket launches new app that lets customers choose the products they want to be reduced

Vodafone pushes Kiwi music on smartphones
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 20/10/2011
Mobile company promotes its musical credentials by way of a new app

Students increasingly addicted to Facebook
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 20/10/2011
Nearly half check website before brushing their teeth in the morning

New yoghurt app helps users with their Greek
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 20/10/2011
Yoplait's campaign helps yoghurt lovers fundraise while improving their Greek

Bodyshop turns Singapore stores into virtual aviaries
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 19/10/2011
Cosmetic chain mixes augmented reality with location-based technology

British Library launches new app
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 19/10/2011
New app allows users to explore medieval and Renaissance manuscripts

Link between Facebook friends and size of brain regions
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 19/10/2011
Scientists have discovered link between number of 'friends' and brain size

Social media boosts fast food spending
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 19/10/2011
New survey reveals impact of social media on fast food consumption

Footballer defies Twitter censorship attempt
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 19/10/2011
Joey Barton has told the FA that he will not tone down his controversial tweets

Coca-Cola is most liked brand on Facebook
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 19/10/2011
Drinks manufacturer has more fans than Hyundai, Disney and MTV

Twitter more than doubles daily tweets in 2011
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 18/10/2011
Users now collectively send more than 10 million tweets per hour

Gloucestershire council's new Twitter service
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 18/10/2011
New Twitter service provides locals with updates on gritting activity

Social media brings challenges to banking industry
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 18/10/2011
Majority think their industry is behind the rest in terms of social media activity

Twitter fans decide man of the match
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 17/10/2011
Football Club lets its Twitter followers vote for the best team player

Catholic Church in Ireland launches app to recruit priests
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 17/10/2011
New iPhone app tests suitability for celibacy

Social media double-edged sword in protests
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 17/10/2011
New study examines the role of social media in Stokes Croft riots

White House harnesses crowdsourcing
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 17/10/2011
Citizens urge US government to lose jargon and cull ineffective sites

Would be iPhone 4S customer gets personalised response
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 14/10/2011
Social media team deal with the clamour surrounding launch of iPhone 4S

Car shoppers value social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 14/10/2011
Social media is a useful tool for researching a car before purchase

Twitter may be key to public health initiatives
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 14/10/2011
New analysis of epidemics provides insights into public policy

Third of firms discipline staff over social media tweets
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 14/10/2011
Study finds few companies have social media policies

MPs escape Twitter ban
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 14/10/2011
Proposed ban in House of Commons defeated by a majority of 143

RSPCA commends 'Facebark'
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 14/10/2011
Animal charity honours site that reunites lost animals with their owners

Chelsea FC tops social media league
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 13/10/2011
Blues offer most engaging and interactive experience for fans

BlackBerry fights to repair reputation
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 13/10/2011
Company holds press conference after criticism of its communications strategy

Twitter no panacea for customer satisfaction
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 13/10/2011
Tweeting complaints does not lead to customer satisfaction

David Cameron finally joins LinkedIn
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 13/10/2011
Prime Minister plays catch-up with Barack Obama

Walmart sets up 3,500 local Facebook pages
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 13/10/2011
Supermarket hopes to target loyal customers at a local level

Social media in action
Author: Maud Davis | Date: 12/10/2011
Maud Davis shares her views on the recent CorpComms Conference

Gatwick CEO takes to Twitter
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 12/10/2011
Airport chief takes part in a one hour Twitter Q&A

Marketers plan to increase social media use
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 12/10/2011
Chief marketing professionals expect to change in order to meet new challenges

Sales via mobiles increase for Domino's
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 11/10/2011
Mobile sales account for bigger part of the pie

Ordnance Survey tweets its business
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/10/2011
Employees tweet about their working lives to make mapping better understood

Jobs' Twitter record claims untrue
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 07/10/2011
Australian firm secures a flurry of news citations through estimate that turns out to be incorrect

Spending longer on social networks
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 07/10/2011
Study shows people from around the globe spending more time on Facebook

FOI requests could be handled via Twitter and Facebook
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 30/09/2011
Information commissioner, Christopher Graham, says public bodies must be more transparent

Tweeters are more chipper in the mornings
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 30/09/2011
Positive sentiment on Twitter is highest in the morning and at weekends

Off to the red planet
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/09/2011
Aerospace aficionados in with a chance of once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Birds like to tweet
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 28/09/2011
Women and those between 18 and 34 are the most active social networkers according to a new survey

Companies must manage social media channels
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 27/09/2011
Companies risk losing customers if they do not manage social media channels

Internet vs friends
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 23/09/2011
Study shows British students would rather use Internet than see friends

Cardiff gets creative
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 22/09/2011
Company uses colourful QR codes to boost Cardiff's profile

Scotland's councils to tweet on the beat
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 22/09/2011
Live Twitter event intended to promote services in the face of budget cuts

Social media influence 'exaggerated'
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 21/09/2011
New research reaffirms trust in traditional media outlets among key opinion formers

Citizens Advice uses foursquare to push its brand
Author: Clare Harrison | Date: 19/09/2011
New location-based campaign promotes charity's work ahead of the party conferences

Facebook fans generate website hits
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 16/09/2011
Study shows one Facebook fan generates 20 hits to a website in just one year

Clothes shopping online
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 15/09/2011
Report shows that almost half of consumers prefer to shop for clothes online

Growing viral
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/09/2011
The world's first truly viral billboard

Anybody there?
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 15/09/2011
A new social media app that allows users to see if connections are in the same room

To buy or not to buy?
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 14/09/2011
Shoppers decisions affected by social media

Facebook goes kosher
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 14/09/2011
A new version of Facebook for orthodox Jews

Healthcare professionals and social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 14/09/2011
Three out of four American healthcare professionals use social media for work

Tweets and tremors
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 13/09/2011
The first tweets posted less than one and a half minutes after Tohoku earthquake hit

A buzz about cider
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 13/09/2011
New campaign to help save British bees launched by Magners

Beware the .XXX
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 07/09/2011
A new .XXX domain has been launched specifically for adult entertainment sites

Shoppers influenced by social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 06/09/2011
A new study reveals shoppers are affected by social media

Social media crises
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 02/09/2011
Social media crises impacting on corporate reputation could be avoided

iPhone app for Surrey police
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 01/09/2011
A new app that allows the public to see what their local policemen are up to

A British Airways Perfect Day
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 30/08/2011
New app lets users create and share their idea of a perfect day

#NoSearch - lessons learned
Author: Paul Sutton | Date: 26/08/2011
Two months, one experiment, zero search engines and numerous lessons

Lothian and Borders police launch new Facebook campaign
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 19/08/2011
A new Facebook service has been launched by Lothian and Borders that allows the public to report criminals

Bayer advertised new drugs on Twitter
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 19/08/2011
German pharmaceutical company used Twitter inappropriately

Facebook to help school leavers get work
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 11/08/2011
New Facebook challenge to target youths leaving school to help get them into work

For tweet's sake!
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 10/08/2011
A new gaming app allows Twitter users to vent their frustrations

Virtual advertisements in Times Square
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/07/2011
A new app that virtually replaces outdoor advertisements

Social media campaign for London 2012
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/07/2011
The official London 2012 Olympic Games website has launched a social media campaign

#NoSearch week 7: Can search engines harm your memory?
Author: Paul Sutton | Date: 21/07/2011
Paul Sutton asks whether search engines can change the way your mind works

Medical staff warned about social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 13/07/2011
The British Medical Association warns staff to be careful on social networks

#NoSearch week 6: The power of personalised communities
Author: Paul Sutton | Date: 13/07/2011
Paul Sutton considers the challenges in building communities

Branded apps vs. non-branded
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 12/07/2011
New research shows that apps designed by brands are less popular than non-branded apps

Tweeting public health trends
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 08/07/2011
Research by computer scientists on social media and health-related issues

Smartphones as cinemas
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 08/07/2011
A new report find 64 per cent of iPhone users watch videos on handset

LinkedIn is the most valuable social network
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 07/07/2011
A new report found that LinkedIn is ranked more valuable than other social networks

ITV and andsome scoop Grand Prix DigiAward
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 06/07/2011
The second annual Digerati Party was a Monster success, with top brands taking away the trophies

#NoSearch week 5: Google+ enhances a cult
Author: Paul Sutton | Date: 05/07/2011
Paul Sutton considers whether Google has become akin to a cult

Social media affects hospital selection
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 01/07/2011
A survey reveals that a social media connection with a hospital is important

Switch on the radio and smile
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 30/06/2011
A new study shows that radio boosts happiness more than any other media

#NoSearch week 4: How good is your on-site search?
Author: Paul Sutton | Date: 29/06/2011
Without search engines, Paul Sutton is more appreciative of websites with excellent navigation

Coca-cola challenge game app
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/06/2011
Coca-cola has launched a new app to encourage happiness this summer

Facebook to find fugitives
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/06/2011
The FBI is calling on social media to hunt down most wanted fugitives

Pope sees the social media light
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/06/2011
Pope Benedictus XVI tweets for the first time

Hail a cab iPhone app
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/06/2011
A new iPhone app allows customers to hail a cab from their mobile

Twitter gives journalists a helping hand
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/06/2011
Twitter has launched a guide to explain how it can be used most effectively

#NoSearch week 3: Can you find anything on Facebook?
Author: Paul Sutton | Date: 22/06/2011
Information on social networks can be far superior to search engines, finds Paul Sutton

Pilot an aircraft from your iPad
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 22/06/2011
A new iPad app allows users to pilot ten aircrafts

Argos hits our screens
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 17/06/2011
Catalogue king launches Sky shopping channel

Following retailers on social networks
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 17/06/2011
Connection between online shoppers, retailers and social networks

Webcast birth of rare breed foal
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 16/06/2011
A live webcast of the birth of a Shire horse foal will be available to all

Serving the surfers
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 15/06/2011
The Church in Wales advises church communities to embrace social media

#NoSearch week 2 - Born of frustration
Author: Paul Sutton | Date: 14/06/2011
Follow Paul Sutton's mission to forgo search engines in an attempt to learn more about the power of social media, and the Internet as a whole

Global companies embracing social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 10/06/2011
New report shows that businesses worldwide are using the web to communicate with the world

A new app to encourage volunteering
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 09/06/2011
Android mobile app will use geo-location technology to attract volunteers

Frogs join social networks
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 07/06/2011
A new social networking site has been created in an attempt to protect the remaining species of frogs from extinction

Book club chit chat on Twitter
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 02/06/2011
New look book club has been launched on the microblogging site

Vodafone in Facebook row
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 01/06/2011
Mobile phone company threatens to sue Mumbai-based consumer

Toyota uses Facebook to reward charities
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 01/06/2011
Toyota donates 100 cars to charities chosen by the public

Online relationships mirror real life
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 31/05/2011
Social networks are unable to overcome the biological constraints of the number of possible genuine relationships

Augmented reality browser puts 2-D in its place
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 11/05/2011
New smartphone 3-D browser brings the world to life

Keep boss sweet and stop your tweets
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 11/05/2011
Bosses put an end to social networking sites in the office

App reveals last night's gossip
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 11/05/2011
New app showing all tweets and wall posts between friends on a night out

Google top dog, Facebook on its tail
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 09/05/2011
Facebook is increasing in importance in driving traffic to news websites

Not so Secret Service
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 09/05/2011
America's Secret Service joins social media revolution

The Wall Street Journal SafeHouse
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 06/05/2011
New online service providing a 'safehouse' for users to submit anonymous information

There's more to social media than chat rooms and chortles
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 20/04/2011
Study showing that social media is as important for interacting with friends as it is for studying

Sushi or save
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 20/04/2011
New social media platform that encourages people to donate to hungry children around the world

Police tweet from the Magistrate's Court
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 20/04/2011
West Midlands police in social media experiment to tweet court case outcomes

Reckitt Benckiser launches free running game
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 20/04/2011
Household products manufacturer releases new game that demonstrates busy work environment

Imposter Nelson Mandela accounts removed
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 19/04/2011
The Nelson Mandela Foundation persuades social networkers to remove their bogus accounts

Terrifying tales tweeted from Titanic
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 18/04/2011
Real-time tweets were posted to Twitter to show followers how the events unfolded

Australia banks embrace Twitter unlike the British
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 15/04/2011
The National Australia Bank uses Twitter to interact directly with customers during crisis

Greenpeace sets social networking world record
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 15/04/2011
The environmentalist group sets world record for highest number of Facebook comments

Amusing airline app
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 15/04/2011
Virgin America creates Foursquare app to entertain passengers in the terminal

Teachers advised to keep their distance
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 12/04/2011
Guidelines for teachers about dangers of becoming matey with students

Retailers ignoring consumers
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 08/04/2011
Companies using social media platforms are failing to engage with consumers

Terror threat tweets
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 08/04/2011
The old alerts replaced by a simpler social media friendly system

Social media traces WWII child survivors
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 07/04/2011
A Holocaust museum makes plans to use social media to trace lost war children

Tweet and a beer will appear at your seat
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 07/04/2011
American baseball park beer vendor calls on fans to tweet their beer order in return for an at-seat service

Tweeters predicting tomorrow's trade
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 06/04/2011
Tweeters discussing stockmarket trends are revealing real returns

Obama rallies Facebook troops
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 05/04/2011
The US president relies on social media to kick off his campaign and connect to his supporters

Cardiff's Official Visitor Guide App
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 05/04/2011
A new interactive service allows visitors to explore the city on their iPhone

The importance of a digital strategy
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 31/03/2011
Social media now seen as playing an important role in business communication

Women's feelings for Facebook friends
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 31/03/2011
A survey shows that many women find their Facebook friends annoying

Facebook message for mum on Sunday
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 31/03/2011
A poll revealed that some will choose to send a Mothers Day message online rather than a card

Greenpeace vs. fuel-guzzling Facebook
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 30/03/2011
Environmental organisations campaigns for social networking site to switch to renewable energy

Australia's Reserve Bank joins Twitter
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 30/03/2011
The Bank aims to use Twitter to improve communications

Smartphone users surf social networks
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 30/03/2011
A report shows how many of the British public are using their smartphones to access social networking sites

Royal Wedding NewsWall
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 30/03/2011
Web technology firm launches NewsWall charting Royal wedding news

Writing for survival
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/03/2011
A new book crowdsources real-time messages from Japan's disaster zone

iPad speech first of its kind
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 29/03/2011
Labour MP favours modern methods and delivers Commons speech from iPad

Foursquare vs. Places
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 25/03/2011
The networking sites continue to compete for top spot

Television still rules the roost with children
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 25/03/2011
Social media platforms are still dominated by television despite new technology

Tweeting from inside the chamber
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 25/03/2011
New rule giving the go-ahead for MPs to use Twitter in the Commons

The importance of recommendations
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 24/03/2011
Consumers rely on friends and family to make decisions on purchases

Reckitt Benckiser launches campaign
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 24/03/2011
Consumer product giant uses gaming technology to attract graduates

Civil War Twitter account
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 23/03/2011
Twitter account makes history more accessible to the younger generations

Businesses need to learn the lingo
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 23/03/2011
Companies could benefit from marketing their firms overseas via the Internet

Nadal fronts responsible drinking campaign
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 23/03/2011
World tennis champion teams up with major spirits company to strengthen safe drinking message

Japan nuclear plant opens Twitter account
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 21/03/2011
Japanese power plant now tweeting Japanese news updates on the situation

Video viewing on the rise
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 21/03/2011
Microsoft and Facebook online video viewings significantly increased

Business fails to make most of social media
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 18/03/2011
Study reveals that companies are not taking advantage of social networks for their gain

Huddling up
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 18/03/2011
Organisations learn from each other at B2B social media huddle

St Patrick's Day Facebook game
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 17/03/2011
First national tourist board in the world to launch social game

Twitter's fifth birthday
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 16/03/2011
New stats released in time for Twitter's upcoming birthday

UK social media takes over
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 16/03/2011
Time spent online dominated by social networks

e-Shoppers disappointed with online experience
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 16/03/2011
UK retailers fail to meet consumers' online expectations

Chrysler in Twitter doghouse
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 11/03/2011
Car giant apologises after employee posts inappropriate tweet

Claridge's goes digital
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 11/03/2011
Gordon Ramsay's restaurant embraces modern technology

The price of a Twitter comment
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 11/03/2011
Councillor posts false accusation on Twitter

Popular pooches on Facebook
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/03/2011
Facebook connects top dogs with their canine chums

Online communication failure
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/03/2011
Need for councils to grasp modern methods

Travellers connect before departure
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/03/2011
New site allows holiday fun to start early

Facebook blamed by loser candidate
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/03/2011
US candidate sues social network

Find your buddy on Malaysia Airlines
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/03/2011
New service lets Facebook friends sit together

Tweeters help preserve computer history
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 08/03/2011
Museum follows Charlie Sheen's Twitter lead

Heinz sells ketchup through Facebook
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 07/03/2011
Limited edition balsamic vinegar version only available online

Facebook, Facebook on the wall
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 07/03/2011
Social networking can boost self-esteem

Walsall council takes on Twitter
Author: Emily Nicholls | Date: 04/03/2011
Local authority documents its services over 24 hours

Enter the 2011 DigiAwards!
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 23/02/2011
The CorpComms DigiAwards recognise digital innovation in communication programmes

Generation Y lie to look cool
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 22/02/2011
One in ten of Australia's Generation Y admit that they lie about where they actually are on the ‘check in' features on smart phones to appear cool

Dell stunt backfires
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 21/02/2011
SWAT team called in after employees cause panic

Facebook friends link to stress
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 21/02/2011
Too many friends and not enough time can be exhausting

Wales tweets to raise profile
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 21/02/2011
Welsh Assembly asks tweeters to mention St David's Day

Check-in to London's HISTORY
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 17/02/2011
TV channel announces partnership with Foursquare

Social media is driven by tradition
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 16/02/2011
Mainstream media are still the dominant factors driving trending topics on Twitter

Consider your digital legacy
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 15/02/2011
New Zealand law society encourages citizens to include their Facebook information in their wills

A present with a difference
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/02/2011
South African discount airliner is inviting friends on Facebook to vote on how many cattle it should present to Kate Middleton's family

An app for nudity
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/02/2011
American Association of Nude Recreation in Kissimmee, which has 50,000 members, has launched a free 'Nakation' app on iPhone.

Sharing worldwide passion for trucks
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 14/02/2011
Volvo Truck has launched an on-line community for truck drivers and enthusiasts

Organ donation through iPhone
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 14/02/2011
A new app has been created to join the national organ donor register

Social media increases consumer expectations
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 14/02/2011
Consumers who complain via social media expect quicker responses

Sinning too much: there's an app for that
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 08/02/2011
The Roman Catholic Church has endorsed a new Confession app.

Tweets ruled as fair game
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 08/02/2011
PCC rules that republication of Tweets is not a privacy intrusion

Social recommendation
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 07/02/2011
Social media receive recommendations online

Shoppers not so social
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 04/02/2011
Promotional emails trump social media for tempting shoppers

Social ignorance
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 26/01/2011
Most marketers are unaware of the social media chatter about their brand

JFK tweets to celebrate
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 25/01/2011
The Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston is celebrating the 50th anniversary of President John F Kennedy's inauguration by tweeting his 1,000 days in office

Bleep my MP says
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 25/01/2011
New survey reveals MPs' authority on Twitter

Facebook's fashion fans
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 25/01/2011
Facebook is the most popular site for retailers to connect with online users, but high street fashion chains are the most active

Charity benefits from social network
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/12/2010
Facebook campaign secures funds for NSPCC

SMEs embrace online marketing
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/12/2010
Report shows small and medium sized businesses are looking to online technology to stimulate growth

Facebook top of the jobs
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/12/2010
Social networking site is best large US company to work for

Brand creates Facebook shop
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 15/12/2010
JC Penney allows shoppers to buy through the social networking site

Gulf Oil spill dominates Twitter during 2010
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 13/12/2010
Twitter reviews top trending topics for the year

If you're Irish, be proud
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 13/12/2010
Tourism board launches social media campaign about being Irish

Social media top priority for PR in 2011
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 09/12/2010
Almost seven out of ten PR professionals believe social media will be their number one priority next year

Social media fights medical drop-outs
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 09/12/2010
The effectiveness of online health programmes may improve through the use of social media tools that reduce the rates of attrition

Companies still struggling with social media
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 09/12/2010
Just four out of ten companies fully embrace social media but most businesses are learning ‘on the job'

Don't drink and blog
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 09/12/2010
Police in Lancashire have launched a blog on Facebook to broadcast anti-drink driving messages in the run up to Christmas.

Just two in 100 Americans tweet daily
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 09/12/2010
Eight per cent of online Americans use Twitter but just two per cent do so in a typical day

Tweet a leak
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 06/12/2010
Thames Water asks customers to tweet their leeks

Libel laws enter Internet age
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 03/12/2010
Defamation defence changed to cater for fair comment

New Age MBA
Author: Rachel Humphris | Date: 02/12/2010
Facebook users can now study an MBA for free at the London School of Business and Finance.

One sweet tweet
Author: Rachel Humphris | Date: 02/12/2010
KFC awarded a $20,000 scholarship for a single Twitter message yesterday.

Social medicine
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 02/12/2010
Doctors in Australia and New Zealand have been issued with guidelines on the precautions they should take while using social media to protect patient confidentiality.

Tweeting to reduce car theft
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 02/12/2010
The Seattle Police Department has announced plans to publish information on stolen cars on Twitter.

Facebook drive to catch offenders
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 18/11/2010
Indian traffic cops encourage Facebook snoops

Restricted access
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 16/11/2010
Study reveals employers prevent staff from using social networking sites

Loose connection
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 12/11/2010
Social media buzz around TV shows does not translate into ratings

Bean counter
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 11/11/2010
Nestlé launches corporate app

An end to drunken social embarrassment*
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 11/11/2010
*note to readers; only for use online

Facebook stops traffic
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 09/11/2010
Social network an ineffective driver of corporate traffic

The UK's favourite places
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 08/11/2010
VisitBritain launches location league table on Facebook

The royal connection
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 08/11/2010
Queen Elizabeth II joins Facebook

Digital style
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 04/11/2010
Ted Baker creates world's first Twitter-operated styling studio

Media on the move
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 03/11/2010
The digital switchover is here but it's not all gloom

Diabetics turn to social media
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 03/11/2010
New study examines online patient networks, warns of risks

Spooks in the machine
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 01/11/2010
Detectives trained to hunt killers on Facebook

Spacial awareness
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 28/10/2010
A final farewell to the final frontier

Feathers fly
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 28/10/2010
Public vents about cuts on Twitter

Curve ball
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 27/10/2010
Social media changes the way baseball fans follow World Series

Smoke screen
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 26/10/2010
People more likely to lie online than in person

Digital voyeurs
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 25/10/2010
Don't look now

Our man in the office
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 25/10/2010
German firms ban Facebook on grounds of security

The writing is on the wall
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 25/10/2010
Legal firm sees rise in Facebook defamation cases

Augmented reality CVs
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 21/10/2010
How to make your skills stand out from the throng

Cuppa Java
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 20/10/2010
Starbucks launches digital network in store

Wall's tweet
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 20/10/2010
Twitter may predict market share up to three days in advance

Facebook's frozen wastelands
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 20/10/2010
New map for the 2010 online landscape

Weaknesses on the world wide web
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 19/10/2010
UK ahead of the game in communicating CSR and sustainability online

Social anxiety
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 13/10/2010
Smaller firms are dabbling in social media but remain unconvinced

Pepsi shoots video and scores
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 13/10/2010
Soft drinks company scores digital returns on a shoe-string

Digital head hunting
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 12/10/2010
National Trust breaks with tradition in hi-tech digital recruitment

I like it on the Internet
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 07/10/2010
Facebook breast cancer awareness campaign goes viral

Tapping into mobile media
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 06/10/2010
Smartphone users are brand advocates and mobile consumers

Met Police wins CorpComms DigiAwards Grand Prix
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 06/10/2010
Judges chose a different ending for Met Police

Content is king
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 01/10/2010
Web marketers look to prioritise personal content over the coming year

Putting your money where your mouth is
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 30/09/2010
Social media still gets the cold shoulder despite growing budgets

Eat, drink and stay merry
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 27/09/2010
Drinkaware launches digital campaign to encourage responsible alcohol consumption

By popular demand
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 15/09/2010
Facebook supporters beckon top-of-the-range Audi TT to the US

The world's social bank
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 13/09/2010
ASB launches Virtual Branch on Facebook

Birdsong
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 13/09/2010
British military commander to tweet from the field

Just not cricket
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 13/09/2010
England cricketers warned over tweeting expletives

It's not what you know…
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 10/09/2010
Facebook claims more web time than Google

Design for living
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 10/09/2010
Sony crowd-sources ideas for sparing the planet

Pulp non-fiction
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 08/09/2010
Internet ‘whodunnit' targets London knife crime

The mother of all pressure campaigns
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 08/09/2010
Influential mummy bloggers call on 100,000 to Save the Children

Cupboard love
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 03/09/2010
Facebook fans are just looking for deals

Slang makes new friends online
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 03/09/2010
Facebook and Twitter prompt a renaissance of regional dialects

The rise of the silver surfer
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 03/09/2010
Digital over 50s are getting sociable in their droves

Social media stand-off
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 02/09/2010
CIPR expresses fears that new ASA moderating powers will overstep its bounds

Facebook knocked off top spot… just
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 02/09/2010
British businesses prefer Twitter

DIY's new toolbox
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 01/09/2010
B&Q launches first handyman app

Don't mention the wall!
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 01/09/2010
German bosses face Facebook sleuthing ban

Twitterers enjoy free-for-all
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 28/07/2010
Study indicates users would not pay to tweet

All work and no play
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 20/07/2010
Reckitt Benckiser creates Facebook game to attract talented new graduates

Bah, Humbug!
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 20/07/2010
Business still stubbornly anti-social

With friends like these
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 19/07/2010
Facebook to celebrate 500 million users worldwide

Breaking news
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 15/07/2010
iPressroom publishes guide to making the most of your online newsroom

The unbearable lightness of being on Facebook
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 14/07/2010
Vaseline launches skin-lightening Facebook application in India

Plug responsibly
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 13/07/2010
Portman Group offers free training in promoting alcohol online

Women are rapidly becoming Facebook addicts
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 13/07/2010
And revealing more and more personal data online

Facebook introduces ‘panic button' for children
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 12/07/2010
Move marks U-turn on security for social network

Exceedingly sociable snacks
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 12/07/2010
Domino's Pizza boosts profits with social media

Twitter is upon us
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 07/07/2010
FTSE 100 need a little less contemplation, a little more action

The social network
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 07/07/2010
Technologists laud revolution in global social interaction

Let freedom ring
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 02/07/2010
Nick Clegg launches online public suggestion box to defend civil liberties

Social surfers
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 18/06/2010
Web users spend one in five online minutes social networking

Spirit of Twitter is 300 years old
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 16/06/2010
Professor highlights parallels between microblog and 18th century diary

What constitutes a successful social media strategy?
Author: Matthew Yeomans | Date: 16/06/2010
Matthew Yeomans, co-founder of Social Media Influence, explains the thinking behind next week's conference

Workers distracted by gadgets and games
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 16/06/2010
Over half check their social networking pages during the working day

Branded
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 16/06/2010
FSA warns new media marketers against sloppy advertising

FTSE 100 get an ASBO
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 15/06/2010
Unwillingness to embrace social media is holding companies back

Back of the net
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 11/06/2010
Digital media look set to score a few goals at the South Africa World Cup

Twitter sidles up to the White House
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 09/06/2010
The microblog is recruiting for a stateside political go-between

Breaking the ice
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 03/06/2010
Icelandic tourist board takes to Facebook and Twitter to encourage visitors to return

‘Generation standby'
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 02/06/2010
Employees are increasingly using work time to conduct personal business

Take the chief exec climate challenge
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 01/06/2010
Climate business game puts users in the driver seat

Mainstream media is top blog influence
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 26/05/2010
Most blogs posts are influenced by mainstream media, not social media

Website to aid BP oil recovery
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 26/05/2010
New site helps share information and speed recovery

Consumers prefer social media
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 26/05/2010
'Brands should aim to communicate to individuals'

A tweet in a Hay-stack
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 25/05/2010
Hay Festival to recognise the most ‘beautiful tweet' in the Twitterverse

Is ditching Facebook the answer?
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 24/05/2010
Research claims privacy concerns will trigger a mass closure of accounts

Mountain Dew drops into the social media stream
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 21/05/2010
Drink relaunches in the UK with exclusively social media campaign

Social insecurity
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 21/05/2010
Marketing professionals still on shaky ground with social media

Crossed wires
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 20/05/2010
Was it the UK's first digital election after all?

That's entertainment
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 20/05/2010
Social networks now viewed as entertainment

Social media more important than family to children
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 19/05/2010
Girls are particularly bewitched by the networking sites

It's good to type
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 18/05/2010
BT launches internal social network to aid staff collaboration

Bosses beware
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 18/05/2010
Employees may be sending out all the wrong messages on social media

Citizen journalist
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 17/05/2010
New media has revolutionised the way journalists work

Mum's the word
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 14/05/2010
Ford turns to Mumsnet to promote new family cars

Biting satire
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 11/05/2010
Pringles lampoons social media fanatics with new campaign to expose online oversharers

Waxing digital
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 05/05/2010
Would-be Oxford professors are staging Facebook campaigns to win over the student voters

Information overload demands an even bigabyte
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 04/05/2010
Forget the megabyte, the gigabyte and even the petabyte - the zettabyte has landed

Spreading the word
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 28/04/2010
Pope seeks ‘credible witnesses' to infuse social media channels with the spirit

What are men and women doing online?
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 28/04/2010
The sexes use social networking sites in very different ways

South Africa 2010 may cause social media meltdown
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 27/04/2010
The 2010 World Cup is anticipated to see some of the highest social media traffic ever recorded

The boss is watching you
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 27/04/2010
Over 70 per cent of employers know what you're up to online

Looking after the estate
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 26/04/2010
Who's making the most of their online corporate property?

How the eagle got his tweet
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 22/04/2010
US Twitter usage set to soar

We have no bananas
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 22/04/2010
Tesco explores innovative means of keeping customers in the know

Eyes on the road
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 22/04/2010
Ford Fiesta gets voice-activated Internet on the dashboard

The heart of the matter
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 21/04/2010
Research into the happiness of tweeting celebrities may shed light on Glasgow deaths

Microsoft and cuddly
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 21/04/2010
Microsoft has the friendliest, most socially connected employees, at least online

Social media boosts brand awareness
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 21/04/2010
Ad recall is better with the help of Facebook 'fans'

Bird flu
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 20/04/2010
Twitter may provide an early warning system for epidemics

Time doesn't necessarily equal money
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 20/04/2010
People are spending far more time consuming traditional and digital media but are less willing to pay for it

Battle of the business bandwidth
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 20/04/2010
Facebook gets the most traffic in working hours and YouTube steals the most corporate bandwidth

Tweeting all the way to the bank
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 19/04/2010
Twitter analysis is accurately predicting box-office smashes

The presidential tweet
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 19/04/2010
Obama's aides prefer Twitter to press conferences

Wigan gets new 'police force'
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 16/04/2010
Comedian launches Twitter force to police Wigan

Reason to be chirpy
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 15/04/2010
Twitter boasts 105 million registered users and counting

Neck and neck for Facebook and Twitter
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 14/04/2010
But the digital tools are best tailored to different audiences

Secret service wants tweeters
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 14/04/2010
Intelligence chiefs at MI5 have introduced a redundancy scheme for those who can't use social media

Digital aftershocks
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 12/04/2010
Journalism still reeling from the impact of digital media and the global financial crash

A social habit
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 12/04/2010
Facebook fans spend over three times as long on the Internet as non-users of the site

Trust me: I'm a computer
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 09/04/2010
Four out of ten online consumers use social media for healthcare information

Men are the more social sex
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 09/04/2010
Men do much more mobile social networking than women

Social media hits critical mass
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 09/04/2010
Almost half of Americans now have social media profiles

Twitter is the Marmite of social media
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 08/04/2010
The micro-blogging tool is polarising opinion amongst marketing professionals

Enjoy England for a minute
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 08/04/2010
VisitEngland creates online competition to make the most of a minute in England

Chief Justice courts tweeters
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 07/04/2010
Florida Supreme Court is now on Twitter

Turning the fashion world on its head
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 07/04/2010
Fashion lovers will soon be able to stake a claim in their favourite designs online

Size matters when you Dribbble
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 06/04/2010
A new forum for designers to share their work in miniature

A change is gonna come
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 06/04/2010
Seven out of ten digital experts predict that online cooperation will revolutionise the way that institutions govern and do business

A little bird told me
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 31/03/2010
Twitter analysis predicts a hung parliament

The Digis have arrived!
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 31/03/2010
CorpComms DigiAwards celebrate the best digital media comms

Facebook fuels online ad boom
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 31/03/2010
Internet advertising spend is outstripping TV

Digital pirates and corporate spies
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 30/03/2010
Warner Bros recruits interns in the battle against Internet piracy

Careless Twitter
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 29/03/2010
Dormant and renegade digital media could spell danger for world's top companies

Brighton council all a-Twitter
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 25/03/2010
Controversy over tweeting during council meetings

Ryanair gets off the ground with social media
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 25/03/2010
Airline is looking to engage with passengers for the first time

High time for a spring clean
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 23/03/2010
Wakefield mobilises anti-littering campaign on Twitter to highlight the council's massive street cleaning bills

Setting ground-rules
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 22/03/2010
Scottish universities union calls for official social networking guidance for lecturers

E-lectorate
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 19/03/2010
Will online video make a difference to how we vote?

Spyware kids
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 18/03/2010
One in four school kids has tried hacking, study reveals

Socially obsessed
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 18/03/2010
Half the population check social media in bed

State of online market
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 17/03/2010
New video viewing figures released

Digital Dividends
Author: Louisa Coward | Date: 15/03/2010
Senior digital communications professionals repay investment, a new salary survey finds

ChildLine launches social media campaign
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 12/03/2010
Charity initiative encourages teens to express themselves more openly

Councils need to connect online
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 12/03/2010
Better investment in websites could save local government money

Soldiers and marines do tweet
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 08/03/2010
US defence lifts social media ban

Tweets stack up
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 08/03/2010
New twitter figures released

Aberdeen Council becomes twittering set
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 08/03/2010
Councillors to connect to wider audience

Heavy Twitter users in minority
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 24/02/2010
A very small number of users account for high proportion of activity

Facebook salvation
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 24/02/2010
Bishop to accept online requests for prayer during Lent

Banks must wise up to social media
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 23/02/2010
New study shows consumers seek finance advice online

Facebook users true to their word
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 22/02/2010
Research shows profile information is generally accurate

An app comes as Standard
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 16/02/2010
Evening Standard to launch mobile application

US president seeks Facebook manager
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 16/02/2010
Democratic National Committee wants to keep Obama's social network accounts up to date

No Twitter policy for companies
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 10/02/2010
Research shows businesses fear productivity loss

MP to be more app-roachable
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 08/02/2010
Constituents can follow local MP via free iPhone app

Graduate recruiter employs social media
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 04/02/2010
Saatchi & Saatchi launch their summer internship application process on Facebook

Fidelity unveils Facebook site
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 03/02/2010
Firm embraces social media to increase investor relations

Chinese understand democracy
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 03/02/2010
Twitter user wins democracy slogan contest

Keep children busy
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 03/02/2010
Councils are to advertise a range of activities to bored kids

Australians biggest users of social media
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 01/02/2010
Global usage of social media up 82 per cent on December 2008

Priests must commune with the masses
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 26/01/2010
The Pope calls for increased use of social media sites for outreach purposes

US embassy launches Facebook attack
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 25/01/2010
American embassy reaches out to Iraqi citizens

Small businesses shy of Facebook friends
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 25/01/2010
Survey reveals reluctance to network online

Obama on the go!
Author: Sheli Rodney | Date: 20/01/2010
White House updates its digital strategy

Councils continue to neglect social media
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 20/01/2010
New survey shows that local authorities have yet to fully exploit social media

Tweet dreams are made of this
Author: Helen Dunne | Date: 20/01/2010
American candy giant teams up with Twitter