With the increasing ‘popularity’ of Google+ Hangouts we thought we’d give you the chance to understand them a bit better and walk you through how to start a Hangout, how to invite people and the sharing capabilities of Hangouts. We’ll start with the easy question, “What is a Google+ Hangout?” Hangouts are the best way [...]
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Facebook’s IPO Facebook filed the prospectus for its initial public offering. The social giant seeks to raise $5 billion in initial funding. That’s in line with some of the largest IPOs in technology history, and it comes eight years after the company was first launched in the Harvard dorm room of CEO Mark Zuckerberg. According [...]
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Yesterday, Facebook filed the prospectus for its initial public offering. The social giant seeks to raise $5 billion in initial funding. That’s in line with some of the largest IPOs in technology history, and it comes eight years after the company was first launched in the Harvard dorm room of CEO Mark Zuckerberg. According to [...]
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What is a fan-gate? A ‘fan-gate’ (otherwise known as the ‘reveal tab’) is Facebook functionality that enables marketers to display one type of content to fans and another type of content to non-fans. This ‘hidden’ content may be a: Discount Voucher Exclusive Image or Videos Insider Information Free download It is aimed at encouraging people [...]
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Twitter now able to censor Tweet Twitter is now giving itself the right to withhold content in specific countries, while keeping that content available for the rest of the world. Until now, the only way Twitter could censor content was by universally removing it from the site. This change means content deemed inappropriate by a [...]
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So what is it? Pinterest is a social bookmarking site used to “pin” media found around the web to categorised boards. Members pin and re-pin items onto boards that they name. They can also follow people by choosing to see all of their posts or only posts from specific boards, which increases the sense of [...]
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NAME: Dan Barrett COMPANY: Guinness World Records ROLE: Community Manager TWITTER HANDLE: @GWRnews (@dangerawesome – personal) FACEBOOK URL: http://www.facebook.com/guinnessworldrecords MY SELF I came to Guinness World Records two years ago, when they bought bragster, the social-networking/video company I was working for at the time. Since then, I’ve been a part of GWR’s 5-strong digital team, working [...]
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Are you using Facebook to promote a business or a cause? Then you need to make sure you’re using a Facebook Page rather than a Facebook profile. The good news is that Facebook allows you to easily migrate your personal profile into a Facebook Page. Fan Pages are different since they are run by organisations, [...]
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