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 Foursquare be a hit in the UK?

Posted on 15, Apr 2012 | Posted by David Beharall

A location-sharing network Foursquare is a location-sharing social network that has been a huge hit in the US. The recommendation engine allows you to check-in to places and take advantage of offers available whether it is a restaurant, bar or [...]

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Video by Google – Your future

Posted on 11, Apr 2012 | Posted by David Beharall

Have you ever wondered how augmented reality will leap from being interesting to being practical and functional? Well Google has given us an insight into the future by providing this video showing examples of how this may work with their [...]

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Draw Something … What’s it all about?

Posted on 5, Apr 2012 | Posted by David Beharall

Company were facing bankruptcy New app Draw Something has been downloaded 50 million times in just 50 days, according to the game’s owner Zynga. Zynga bought the game’s developer OMGPOP last month and has reported the figures have made the [...]

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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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iPhone app Shazam prepares to revolutionise TV viewing

Posted on 9, Jan 2012 | Posted by David Beharall

The original mission for the Shazam app was to help users identify a song they didn’t know. The app simply listens to the tune and names the artist, the album and the song title for the user [...]

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CandidSky’s social network wins business award

Posted on 12, Dec 2011 | Posted by David Beharall

We are pleased to announce that we won an award for one of our social network sites www.oldhambusinessnetwork.co.uk on Friday at the Pride in [...]

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