by Ardrich
September 7, 2011 in News Roundup
The British have really jumped on board with social media with as many as 55% of over-65s now having a Facebook profile, a new study suggests.
The survey, issued by social media agency Umpf, showed how endemic social media use has become.
“Social media is clearly no longer the preserve of the tech-savvy under 30s”, Jon Priestley from Umpf said.
by Ardrich
August 8, 2011 in News Roundup
The UK’s first charity recipe book made up entirely of 140-character recipes crowdsourced through Twitter is now on sale to the public.
‘Tweet Pie: The World’s Shortest Recipe Book’ crowdsourced more than 200 ‘twecipes’ via Twitter since it was launched in March this year. A total of 50 have been published in the book.
All proceeds from the Tweet Pie project – organised by British cooker manufacturer Belling – are being donated to the food charity FoodCycle.
by Ardrich
July 25, 2011 in News Roundup
The web is filling with music-sharing services making it easier than ever to find great new artists.
The latest addition is a website called TuneBirds which allows users to share playlists via Twitter.
Other sites have offered this feature – notably 8Tracks and Instant.fm – but on those sites you have to upload the sounds from your computer yourself.
On TuneBirds, all you need to do is search for the songs and add them to your playlist.
by Ardrich
July 25, 2011 in News Roundup
One of the region’s top printing companies has launched its new website and is going big on social media.
Potts Print (UK) has given the site a complete overhaul including a new design and live feeds from Facebook, Twitter and a blog.
Among the new content is an extensive section on the history of the company and a complete list of contacts for all divisions in the printing, packaging and direct mail services.
by Ardrich
July 19, 2011 in News Roundup
The incredible resolve of the Japanese women’s football team to come from behind twice in the World Cup final and win it on penalties against a much-fancied US side rightly earned them a place in history.
However, the match itself has entered the record books after Twitter users eclipsed the record for the highest number of tweets-per-second (TPS).
During the match, the number of tweets rose to a staggering 7,196 TPS, way clear of the previous record of 6,939 TPS set on New Year’s Day 2011 in Japan.
by Ardrich
July 14, 2011 in News Roundup
A free app for businesses looking to run prize draws on Twitter has been launched.
‘Competwition’ was the brainchild of Leeds-based digital agency Branded3, the company behind ‘Twitition’, one of the web’s fastest-growing petition sites.
For brands, and agencies who run Twitter campaigns on their client’s behalf, key to Competwition is a viral element which rapidly increases a brand’s followers, enhancing their social media profile.
by Ardrich
June 20, 2011 in News Roundup
A single tweet has proved disastrous for the US PR agency Redner Group.
The Santa Monica based agency was sacked by its biggest client, 2k, after tweeting about blacklisting bad reviewers of the game ‘Duke Nukem Forever’.
The game hasn’t had the best possible reception, prompting a self-destructive tweet from the PR company.
“#AlwaysBetOnDuke too many went too far with their reviews…we r reviewing who gets games next time and who doesn’t based on today’s venom.”
by Ardrich
March 31, 2011 in News Roundup
It looks to be a great month of awards in the North East. On top of all the recent awards news, Tyneside Cinema has brought home the prize for ‘The Year’s Best Cultural Institution on Twitter’ at this year’s Shorty Awards.
The awards, which took place in New York on 28 March, have been hailed as the “Oscars of Twitter” by The New York Times.
by Ardrich
March 16, 2011 in News Roundup
A charity campaign has been launched to create the world’s shortest recipe book.
‘Tweet Pie’ is crowdsourcing 140-character recipes – ’twecipes’ – to include in a book to be published later this year.
To enter, Tweet a recipe including the hashtag #Tweetpie. The best entries will be featured in the book.
Craig Dugas from @tinyrecipes, who will be one of the judges deciding which recipes make the book, described Twecipes as ‘tiny cookery adventures’.
by admin
March 15, 2011 in Blog, News Roundup
Charlie Sheen: Crackers
Infamous bad boy Charlie Sheen has sparked controversy this week by publicly admitting “I’m addicted to acting.”
In the wake of this revelation Sheen’s Twitter account, which he opened on February 28th has broken all records for the fastest growing profile in the history of the website, earning the superstar thousands of dollars for sponsored tweets.
