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In Pictures: Best tools for social media analytics

How to tell if your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn efforts are paying off

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In Pictures: 10 tech company social media bloopers

It’s been quite the month for corporate social media activity. Both Burger King and Jeep have seen their Twitter accounts hijacked, with hilarious results. Meanwhile, Google’s attempt to stir up genuine conversation around its Google Glass project saw some negative feedback. Some brands are even pretending to have their accounts hacked simply for the publicity. But social media blunders are nothing new, and the technology industry is not immune to them

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News about social media

Article | 23/05/2013 French police end missing persons searches, suggest using Facebook instead
The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search.
Article | 22/05/2013 Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in
Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.
Article | 21/05/2013 Teens growing cool on Facebook but warming to Twitter, Pew study finds
Some teens are growing tired of the excessive sharing and "drama" on Facebook and more are turning to sites like Twitter and Instagram to express them...
Article | 21/05/2013 Top four: the best Twitter clients for each smartphone OS
In March, Twitter announced that it would be shutting down its TweetDeck iOS and Android apps. That's bad news for TweetDeck devotees, but good news f...
Article | 21/05/2013 Yahoo returns to list of most valuable brands
Yahoo again ranks as one of the world's 100 most valuable brands.

Tutorials about social media

Article | 2/02/2011 Stop Facebook from cluttering your inbox
There's a fine line between awesome and annoying. Take Facebook: Most of the time, it's great, but a few things about the service drive me crazy.
Article | 27/08/2010 How to get 150,000 Twitter followers
Despite sharing every banal aspect of my life in mind-numbing detail, I remain some way short of 150,000 Twitter followers.
Article | 11/08/2010 What is Twitter and how can you use it?
Since its creation in 2006, Twitter has exploded to become one of the most popular social networking and microblogging services in the world. But desp...

Features about social media

Article | 20/03/2013 Why smartphones are the rightful kings of social media
Part two of a two-part series. For a contrarian view, see "Why PCs, not smartphones, are best for social media sharing."
Article | 13/01/2011 Curtains for MySpace?
Things just keep getting worse for MySpace. The former social networking hub recently announced it would cut nearly half of its global workforce as pa...
Article | 11/01/2011 Wikipedia celebrates a decade of edit wars, controversy and Internet dominance
Wikipedia and its users are planning more than 300 celebration events across six continents for the 10th anniversary of the free, online encyclopedia ...
Article | 22/09/2010 The five pros and cons of a Facebook phone
Is Facebook building a phone? The company won't say for sure, but for some the idea of a Facebook phone is social networking overkill. To social butte...
Article | 17/09/2010 Twitter 2.0: Not just for narcissists
Using Twitter is like being trapped in an elevator with someone who has a severe case of attention deficit disorder and just consumed three pots of tr...