Social Media

Facebook gets news feed patent

Facebook has been awarded a patent for something that may change the way many social media networks run. After filing a patent in August 2006, Mark Zuckerberg and friends have received the paperwork granting them the copyright for “dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network.” When Facebook first brought in its news feed, it was seen to be a worrying thing that would make it easier for users to ‘Facebook stalk’ pieces of their fancy

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Google to take-over ‘Social Search’ engine Aardvark

Google’s social networking capabilities are once again set to expand. Following on from the release of Google Buzz , Google’s very own social network, the Mopuntain View giant is now to take over Aardvark in a deal said to be worth around $50million (

Iran announces plans to suspend Gmail

The buzz surrounding Google’s updates to Gmail has been usurped by an announcement from Iran’s telecommunications agency that it will be permanently suspending the Mountain View company’s email service in the nation. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Iranian government is planning to introduce a national email service for Iranian citizens, leading to the suspension of international services such as Gmail, which is popular with citizens due to its security features.

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Google Buzz offers social networking through Gmail

Google has unveiled its latest foray into social media, which aims to bring together the company’s various services while also providing a social networking platform to rival Twitter and Facebook.

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Google to use Gmail to challenge Facebook

Google will today announce some big changes to its social media strategy.

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Facebook signs new ad deal with Microsoft

Social networking giant Facebook has signed a new advertising deal with Microsoft to regain control of its display ads and integrate Bing more fully into the site’s search engine . Smart Company reports that Microsoft will continue to sell text-based search ads on the social networking site, but the decision was made to replace Microsoft’s banner ads with Facebook’s own as these were felt to integrate better into the site’s culture. Facebook’s banner ads target users based on information in their personal profiles, and the company stated that this move will provide better value to its nearly 400 million users.

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Does Google’s Super Bowl Ad raise awkward questions for YouTube?

When the CEO of Google , Eric Schmidt, used Twitter to suggest that “Hell has indeed frozen over”, speculation began that Google was about to do something it’s never done before - run an ad. In fact, Eric pointed our attention directly at the Super Bowl

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Microsoft brings more than Bing to London

Microsoft is serious about Search and serious about the looming Google threat.

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Google Social Search goes beta

Google’s efforts to integrate personalised social media results into web searches took a step forward this week, as the company upgraded its social search to a user-accessible beta version. The function had previously been limited to a Google Labs project , but now will be available publicly. It looks set to integrate blog posts, tweets and photos, amongst other content, into a user’s web search results.

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Social media will evolve - track and justify it in your own back yard

With the widespread acknowledgment (has it ever been a secret?) that social media can work to benefit your digital marketing activities, brands everywhere have rushed - some at a faster pace than others - to share and distribute their content across an array of social media websites. It’s fairly uncommon now for someone to say “we have a video” without someone else saying “let’s upload it to YouTube.” But how will these social activities develop from here?

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