Twitter has announced that it has been working on an edit feature and will begin testing in the coming months. The social media giant said the feature had been in the works since last year. It comes following the news that Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has bought a 9.2% stake in the company […]
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Russia limits Facebook access after network restricts Kremlin-backed media
Russia has limited access to Facebook after the social media provider refused to stop fact-checking and labelling content from state-owned organisations, former UK deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said. Russian authorities announced the “partial restriction” after the social media network limited the accounts of several Kremlin-backed outlets over the invasion of Ukraine. Russian state communications […]
Is it Anti-Social not to use Social Media?
“If you can’t tag him, does he even exist?” From The Independent, here’s a humorous take on that rare phenomenon: the person who doesn’t use social media. HT: Sean Breathnach
Did Pet Posers on Social Media Cause Spending Surge?
Looking for an explanation for a 163% rise in sales of pet grooming products, Argos has come up with the answer. It’s all down to animal ‘influencers’, they say, or social petworking – the dog and cat stars of social media. Convinced? Neither are we. But could there be something to it? Human bloggers, Youtubers […]
HP Unveils World’s Smallest All-in-One Printer
HP has unveiled its next generation DeskJet All-in-One (AiO) printer. Described as “designed for digital natives who want to print from Facebook or Instagram”, the reimagined HP DeskJet 3720 is half the size of other inkjet all-in-one printers in its class, and is designed to combine robust print, scan and copy capabilities with easy mobile setup […]
May the Defence Forces be with You! #Sockies16
In the centenary year of the Easter Rising, the Irish Defence Forces proved to be popular winners at last night’s Star-Wars-themed Social Media Awards, or Sockies, held at the RDS in Dublin. Delighted for @defenceforces! Well deserved run of awards this evening. #sockies16 #iestaff pic.twitter.com/Emgr2HMuXP via @TheGregMurphy — Irish Examiner (@irishexaminer) May 25, 2016 The organisation, […]
Social Media Awards Nominations Close Monday
Does your company do social media? If so why not enter the “sockies”? The Social Media Awards nominations are currently open and the closing date has been extended until Monday next at 2pm: Nominations extended until 2pm on Monday because y'all are emailing saying you want to leave work early and get drunk today. Oh […]
Instagram Now Supports Switching Between Multiple Accounts
If you manage social media for a business or organisation being able to switch between the “official” account you’re working on and your own, private account is a key feature. Twitter’s native iOS app has supported multiple accounts for some time and Facebook’s allows page managers to switch around quite easily in both their desktop […]
Facebook at 12 [Infographic]
Facebook is 12 years old today and it’s certainly made an impact. Tom Hopkins from One Productions, a video production company based in Dublin, has put together this infographic to mark the occasion. Video marketing and social media go hand in hand, and he says the following points are worth noting: 1.5 billion people use the main core Facebook service, […]
Social Media Images Cheatsheet 2016 Edition
While a lot of social media networks will offer you tools to edit, tweak and crop your images so that they fit correctly, it’s far easier to prepare images based on their optimal sizes. Unfortunately those “rules” change quite often, but fortunately people keep track of these things, so we are able to share the […]