As we’ve mentioned in the past social media is playing an ever important role in politics, both nationally and internationally. The latest research from Ipsos MRBI looks at voters, the parties they support and how many have Twitter accounts: It indicates that Labour voters are most likely to report Twitter account ownership and that they […]
According to news reports this morning Facebook is planning on building a data centre in Ireland. The new facility will be located near Clonee in Meath. According to reports the project will have a budget of around €200 million and will boost Facebook’s Irish staff numbers to over 1000. The company already employs over 900 […]
A sold-out crowd of 650 social media savants attended the Maximum Media Sockies last night, The 2015 Social Media Awards at the RDS Concert Hall in Dublin. Organised by Mulley Communications and presented by Rick O’Shea, the Sockies is the premier awards show in Ireland for all things digital marketing and social media. This year there were 27 categories, covering […]
As Ireland goes to the polls today Facebook has enabled their “I’m a voter” tool in Ireland. It’s available in both English and Irish, which I discovered this morning when the site decided to offer it to me in the Irish language: And you can add it to your status with your own message (my default […]
The finalists have been announced for The Maximum Media Social Media Awards (The Sockies), to be held on Wednesday June 3rd in the RDS Concert Hall. The premier awards show in Ireland for all things digital marketing and social media, there are 27 categories this year covering areas such as Facebook, Twitter, Business categories, Campaigns and […]
Today was polling day in the UK general election, so social media had its part to play. While Facebook rolled out a feature which allowed users to indicate whether they had voted or not, Twitter was tracking some of the trends being explored on the platform. So what happened? (NB: these numbers are supplied by […]
Last October, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook Safety Check while on a visit to Tokyo. It’s meaningful to be in Tokyo to announce this because the great earthquake and tsunami a few years ago inspired us to build the first version of this for Japan. Now we’re glad to have this ready to serve everyone […]
Changes to Twitter’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, which will take effect on May 18, put Ireland at the centre of the social media company’s international operations. Twitter sent email to users today outlining the changes, and pointing them to a post on their support site which explains the change. If you live outside the United States, […]
The latest IPSOS MRBI survey of Irish social media network and messaging usage was released earlier today. Yet again usage is up as illustrated in the graphics they provide:
If you’re using social media for your business or even for personal use tweaking your profile so it looks well is important. But which size image can you use? This handy graphic explains it all: source
