Even though this week is “shorter”, as Monday was a holiday in many countries (including Ireland) it’s been a very busy week in technology news circles. The announced acquisition of Instagram by Facebook is probably the biggest story this week, but what other stories are people talking about? We’ll be recording this week’s podcast tomorrow […]
News emerged last night that social media giant Facebook was to acquire Instagram. What made the story particularly newsworthy was the amount of money involved – $1 billion So how is Instagram worth $1 billion? I don’t know, but as several people pointed out last night, there will be plenty of articles to help us […]
And here’s another infographic to help people get to grips with the new timeline:
Facebook has turned on the timeline for all business pages. If you haven’t made some changes to how your Facebook page is setup it might look a little odd or plain ugly! Hubspot have released a pretty good info-graphic explaining it in simple terms
Michele is back from his travels and joins Conn for a podcast that’s all about boundaries. Yes, we’re a pair of loudmouth extroverts, but that doesn’t mean that we share everything! Take Pinterest, for example. Conn likes Michele’s collection of Actresses and Models, but he’s not sure he wants to share his taste (or lack […]
Pinterest “soft launched” a few months ago, but in the recent weeks it not only opened its doors to the public, but rapidly became one of the hottest online properties. So, are you using it yet? If you are using it, are you just using it for personal stuff, or are you trying to use […]
Normally Conn does the write ups and puts the podcasts live, but this week I’m the one doing it, so here we go… This week Conn and I recorded the show in the evening, since both of us have been very busy. We picked up on the conversation we had been having a couple of […]
We’re giving away an Xbox 360 over on the Blacknight Facebook page. More details here and you can enter here.
Have you ever wondered how businesses and organisations manage their social media? In this episode Michele Neylon talks about what they do at Blacknight. One of the key questions is how a team of people can administer a single social media account. Blacknight have been using a tool called Cotweet, but Michele is concerned that […]
When I blogged about my plans to “cut the cord” the other day, I didn’t know that Netflix was coming to Ireland and the UK. But when I turned on Twitter this morning it was the subject of every second tweet. First of all, hats off to them for a simple sign up. This photograph […]
