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The lessons of tweeting; learning from social media Social media is extremely popular, especially with young people. As a result the education world is exploring how that success can be used in the classroom… 17/05/2013
Finland’s moving moose is online hit Finland’s new passport has become a hit on the Internet due to a quirky security feature. When flicking through it, a moose appears to walk across the… 28/03/2013
Annual pillow fighting day held across the worldClashes are expected to erupt across the globe next week, with thousands set to take to the streets as police look on passively. But with the crowds armed… 25/03/2013
Tweeting from the afterlifeTwitter fanatics can now rest in peace comfortably knowing that they can continue to tweet from beyond the grave. A new application allows users to send… 13/03/2013
On Facebook, you are what you likeWhen Facebook users clicks on the ‘like’ button, they are not only approving a video, a friend’s status or a page, they are revealing more than they think… 12/03/2013
Violence in schools: The dread of cyber-bullying Violence in schools is a fact of life for many people around the world. Harassment, intimidation, cyber-bullying, threats, assaults – they all have a… 01/03/2013
Financing for the future Crowdfunding is a way of financing a business venture: small contributions from dozens, if not hundreds of investors via social networking sites for example… 21/01/2013
Share lock-up ends for Facebook Shares in Facebook jumped in heavy trading on the Nasdaq. The rise comes as millions of shares held by the company’s staff become available – the largest… 14/11/2012
Facebook hits 1 billion globally, claims 600 million mobile users Social media giant Facebook has hit the symbolic target of one billion users the company announced on Thursday. It also claimed 600 million mobile users in… 04/10/2012
e-Twinning: social network for european teachersTeachers – especially young ones – are certainly not a privileged category these days. Like many others throughout Europe, teachers are suffering from… 14/09/2012
The rise of the anti-social network With Pair, Family Leaf, Snapchat and so on, the number of social networks is growing all the time. Many of them promise intimacy and confidentiality… 11/09/2012
Facebook shares dive on insider sales Facebook’s shares sunk to a record low on Thursday; they were down close to half of the $38 price investors paid when the stock first went on sale three… 16/08/2012
Facebook faces unfriendly growth numbers There was a not very friendly investor reaction to Facebook’s drastic slowdown in revenue growth. The social networking website also offered no financial… 27/07/2012
Facebook’s question – how young is too young?Facebook is reportedly developing technology that would allow children younger than 13 to use the social networking site under parental supervision. No… 05/06/2012
Zuckerberg – code, people and riches Around half the Internet users on Earth are signed onto Facebook. That meant more than 900 million by the beginning of April this year. Social networking, for… 18/05/2012
Facebook fizzle or sizzle? Stirring up passions in the realms of finance and friends, social network site Facebook’s shares have gone on sale and did not provide the massive immediate… 18/05/2012
Facebook share sale guide price set Facebook has announced the price range for its shares when they go on sale to the public for the first time. They will cost between $28 and $35 each (21-26… 04/05/2012
Facebook snaps up Instagram for big bucks One billion dollars is the price that Facebook is to pay for Instagram, a two-year-old photo-sharing mobile phone app developer that has never made a profit… 10/04/2012
France’s tweeting toddlers They start them young at a primary school at Siarrouy in the Haute-Pyrénées of south-west France. Since November 2011 they have been learning to write, not… 10/04/2012
Trading within FacebookA project designed by students and supported by the European Youth Capital 2012 scheme is reaching the four corners of the planet at the speed of a few… 13/03/2012
Facebook files for market flotation Facebook, the world’s largest internet social networking site has taken its first formal steps towards being launched on the stock market. The brainchild of… 02/02/2012
French PM’s shy Twitter debutJust four tweets since October, a Twitter alias and a default egg as a profile picture. There are thousands of accounts like this on Twitter, but this… 12/12/2011
Facebook in hacking attackSocial network site Facebook has been the target of what it calls “sophisticated hacking”. In a blog the company said the action was taken by an unidentified… 16/02/2013
Wikipedia parent company launches new travel siteWikipedia’s parent company, the Wikimedia Foundation, has launched its twelfth official project: Wikivoyage. Using a similar format to Wikipedia… 16/01/2013
The best of #burgergateThe discovery of horse meat in beef burgers on sale in British and Irish supermarkets has shocked many people and raised questions about how little some… 16/01/2013
Facebook criticised for allowing cyber-bullyingSocial network Facebook is under fire again for privacy issues after a woman in Iceland became the subject of a bitter hate campaign. She dared to criticise… 07/01/2013
Holy tweet! Pope Benedict XVI’s first Twitter messagePope Benedict XVI has posted his first message on the social networking site Twitter. The Pontiff’s inaugural tweet reads: “Dear friends, I’m pleased to get… 12/12/2012
In nomine @Pontifex – Pope’s Twitter address announcedThe Vatican has unveiled the handle of the pope’s new Twitter account. @Pontifex is expected to be one of the most-followed Twitter accounts ever — Benedict… 03/12/2012
Spinning the war onlineThe conflict between Israel and Hamas has extended to a new virtual front. The fighting is now also taking place on the internet and its various social… 20/11/2012
European brands’ digital leaders meet in ParisSocial networks, online marketing and mobile technologies were all the buzz at the Electronic Business Group (EBG) event in Paris on Wednesday, November 14th… 15/11/2012
Lance Amstrong acknowledges the UCI decision on TwitterStripped yesterday of his 7 Tour de France by the UCI, Lance Amstrong has not officially commented on the decision yet. However, the cyclist, now banned for… 23/10/2012
Zuckerberg: building a smartphone would be ‘wrong strategy’ for FacebookMark Zuckerberg soothed investors in his first major public appearance since the No. 1 social network’s rocky May IPO, breathing life into its struggling… 12/09/2012
Germany: Social media to be used for credit checksGermany’s largest credit agency is coming under fire, after revealing that it plans to gather information from social media websites. The data would be used… 08/06/2012
Hackers leak Linkedin passwordsThe social networking site Linkedin says it will take several days to investigate a data breach that has compromised some of its members passwords. Over six… 07/06/2012
Facebook founder ties the knotFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has updated his online status – to “married”. The 28 year-old billionaire wed his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan in an… 20/05/2012
Facebook makes debut on Nasdaq stock exchangeFacebook has become the third-largest initial public offering in US history behind General Motors and Visa, raising at least 16 billion dollars. The firm is… 18/05/2012
China shuts social media sites after coup rumoursChina announced a crackdown on the use of social media websites on Saturday following recent rumours that a coup was underway. The decision comes after… 31/03/2012
Fears for blogger after extraditionSaudi journalist Hamza Kashgari has been deported from Malaysia back to Saudi Arabia. The 23-year-old columnist had sparked outrage following controversial… 12/02/2012
Facebook ‘light my fire’Palo Alto, California, has been Facebook’s home base since June 2004. It was conceived on the other side of the country, at Harvard University, originally… 31/01/2012
Twitter users stop tweeting to protest ‘censorship’Twitter users are being urged to go on strike today in response to the company’s decision to block or remove tweets in specific countries. Previously posts… 28/01/2012
EU gets tough on internet data protectionThe EU has unveiled tough new rules on protecting internet users personal data that have far-reaching implications for web giants such as Google and Facebook… 25/01/2012
Facebook to improve its privacy policyFacebook agreed on Wednesday to overhaul privacy protection for more than half a billion users outside North America, after a three-month investigation found… 22/12/2011
Social media unites Moscow’s youthAn unidentified man has set the internet ablaze after posting a video which appears to uncover vote rigging in Moscow. The video shows the film maker… 09/12/2011
