George Takei is well known as both one of the original Star Trek cast, but also as a very popular personality on social media. In common with quite a few other celebrities Takei has not been afraid to share his feelings about Trump’s US Presidential campaign. Last night, however, he released a new video message […]
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Twitter EMEA MD Steps Down, Replaced by Mark Little
Stephen McIntyre, the Managing Director of Twitter EMEA based in Dublin, has announced that he is stepping down to join Frontline VC, a venture capital firm based in Dublin and London, as a partner. He will be replaced at the head of Twitter’s Dublin-based EMEA organisation by Mark Little, the former RTÉ journalist and entrepreneur […]
Thoughts as Twitter Turns Ten
Ten years ago today, the first tweet was sent. It was a time when lots of people were excited about something called ‘Web 2.0’, which was a kind of shorthand for “trying to figure out where the Web is taking us now”. There was a lot of talk about blogs and podcasts. There was something called Technorati, […]
Social Media In #GE16
Today Ireland went to the polls to vote in the general election. There is less than an 10 minutes of voting left at time of writing. As could be expected the tech giants have “done their bit”. Twitter has turned on a special emoji for the day: While Twitter users have been using the hashtag #GE16 […]
Twitter Aiming to Make Itself A Nicer Place
Twitter wants to make itself a nicer place by establishing a Twitter Trust and Safety Council. It’s part of their strategy to ensure that people feel safe expressing themselves on Twitter. (more…)
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 […]
Top Twitter Executives Quit
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has confirmed – in a tweet, naturally – that four of the company’s top executives have resigned their positions. Was really hoping to talk to Twitter employees about this later this week, but want to set the record straight now: pic.twitter.com/PcpRyTzOlW — jack (@jack) January 25, 2016 All four will be […]
Last Early Bird Tickets for OMiG Digital Summit in Galway
Online Marketing in Galway (OMiG) has announced the full agenda for the second annual OMiG Digital Summit, on January 21 in the Radisson Blu in Galway. Tickets are available for a few more hours at the Early Bird rate of €45. The price goes up to €55 tomorrow, though there is a 3 for 2 rate […]
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 […]
Teresa Mannion finds Storm Desmond Memes “Keep on Giving” [Video]
“It’s all been good” says Teresa Mannion about her experience going from reporting the news to being the subject of viral online memes over the past two weeks. Teresa is an experienced television reporter, but last week she became an internet star, as her dramatic report from a storm-tossed Salthill Prom in Galway drew international attention. Last night […]