Facebook’s billion dollar buy: Instagram

Posted on 18, Apr 2012 | Posted by David Beharall

Photosharing app bought for $1 billion Facebook has surprised the business world after buying Instagram for an impressive $1 billion. Instead of waiting for its first public offering that was due to take place next month, Facebook offered the huge [...]

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Will Spotify take over iTunes?

Posted on 20, Mar 2012 | Posted by David Beharall

Sean Parker makes bold statement Tech billionaire Sean Parker made headlines this week by claiming that the music streaming service Spotify will overtake Apple’s iTunes store in two years. The bold statement has resulted in technology blogs gossiping about whether [...]

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Facebook reveals new updates for brand pages

Posted on 13, Mar 2012 | Posted by David Beharall

What’s new? Facebook has announced new updates for its brand pages to help businesses and organisations share their stories through the brand Timeline. The changes allow companies to choose their own cover photo at the top of the page and [...]

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A new social network that has gripped millions: Pinterest

Posted on 27, Feb 2012 | Posted by David Beharall

What’s the hype? If you are engaged in social media you will have heard about the recent hype on social network Pinterest. Many tech blogs are guessing what Pinterest will become popular for but the social network is only a [...]

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Yahoo’s co-founder Jerry Yang resigns after 17 years

Posted on 17, Jan 2012 | Posted by David Beharall

Yang steps down Jerry Yang, who co-founded search engine Yahoo! in 1995 with David Filo, has officially resigned from the Board of Directors and all other positions at the company. The search engine’s new CEO Scott Thompson commented on the [...]

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2011 has been a busy year for technology trends

Posted on 21, Dec 2011 | Posted by David Beharall

As 2011 comes to a close, I have had a look back at the new technology products we have seen this year. We have seen the launch of Google+ to rival Facebook, the iPad and Macbook Air, ebooks and the [...]

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Facebook’s Open Graph increases website traffic and engagement

Posted on 6, Dec 2011 | Posted by David Beharall

The Facebook news app This week Facebook has released new research from some of its media partners that have started to use the new Open Graph feature and the feedback is impressive. The Guardian, The Independent and Yahoo! News have [...]

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Do you check Facebook at work? Apparently 67% of you don’t

Posted on 17, Nov 2011 | Posted by David Beharall

A recent survey by job site Reed found that only 33 percent of UK employees check social media sites like Facebook at work. The survey also revealed two-thirds of employees believe companies have the right to ban social …

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Dropbox: Tech’s hottest startup

Posted on 26, Oct 2011 | Posted by David Beharall

Saves files in one place Five years ago a young software developer called Drew Houston set up Dropbox, a digital storage service that saves all your files from all your devices into one place. The service now has 50 million [...]

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Steve Jobs: a huge loss to the technology industry

Posted on 6, Oct 2011 | Posted by David Beharall

A creative genius The founder and former CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer after seven years of fighting the disease. Apple released a statement this morning: “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius. [...]

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