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Twitter Brand Pages to be Enhanced

In Today’s Web News…Twitter is abuzz with reaction to their new Censorship policy announcement and is also planning updates to how businesses use the site, complete with analytics.

Elsewhere in Social Media Facebook’s Timeline is creating controversy, with a backlash against the imminent mandatory change to everyone’s profiles causing one Guardian contributor to brand the site’s management as ‘sociopaths’ for their lack of care toward’s people’s privacy and many questioning whether it contradicts new legislation protecting people’s data in the US.

Twitter Brand Pages to be Enhanced

Twitter’s New Censorship Policy is Good for Activists

Almost Nobody Wants Facebook Timeline

Why is Software Development Estimation so Hard?

iOS Games Worthy of Attention

2011 Best App Ever Awards

Pinterest Becomes Top Traffic Driver for Retailers

Client Has a Problem with a Site: Send Them Here

The State of iCloud-Enabled Apps

Augmented Reality Poetry Book via a Webcam

Tiffany’s Instagram Campaign Could Go Much Further

Stella McCartney’s 360 Degree Geo-Targeted Campaign

Google Wallet Struggling to Gain Acceptance?

Samsung Boosted by Galaxy

FBI to Monitor Facebook, Twitter, MySpace

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 30/01/12 at 14:09 No Comments »

Twitter Will Become Available in Right to Left Languages Soon

In Today’s Web News…Twitter is broadening its Global reach into right to left languages, the lines between Television and web-streaming services continues to blur, Oglivy gives his tips as an advertising copywriter and Nokia scrambles to keep up in the mobile market.  As always, your thoughts on these or any other digital topics are welcome on our Twitter @vexeddigital or our Facebook wall.

Twitter Will Become Available in Right to Left Languages Soon

Smartphone Penetration Hits 42% Across ‘EU5′

Television to Become More Like Netflix

David Oglivy’s Copywriting Advice

Wikileaks Founder’s TV Show to be Aired on Russion Channel

Nokia Q4: Scrambling for a Grip

Building Games that Run on Poor Mobile Connections

Is Your Blog in this PR Database of 1.3m Blogs?

The Best Tools for Universal Note-Taking

What’s Cooking in Java8

Good Technology Report Shows Apple’s Domination

Developers Debate Android Gaming Potential

‘HTML5 Please’

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 26/01/12 at 17:50 No Comments »

Apple’s Q1 Results: Record-Shattering Revenue and Profit

In Today’s Web News…Apple’s Q1 Results puts them up there amongst Oil companies, check out the business story that everyone’s been talking about today and the chart below that puts this into stark clarity.  In other news take a look at how McDonalds fans have been showing little love for the brand in a social media ‘strategy’ by the fast food chain gone wrong.  Elsewhere Wikileak’s rogue figurehead is planning a TV show…however who will broadcast it?

Apple’s Q1 Results: Record-Shattering Revenue and Profit

McFail: When Branded Twitter Hashtags Go #HorriblyWrong

Assange to Present Own TV Show

MySpace Has a Facebook App

Chart That Puts Apple Up There with Oil

Kindle Touch Software Update 5.0.3

Time Out Prepares to Launch Online Social TV Guide

Multichannel Boosts Email

Mobile Shopping Increases Nearly Threefold

Ubuntu HUD

Rasberry Pi’s GPU Double the Performance of iPhone 4S

Vox.io’s URL-Based Alternative to the Telephone

Facebook Timeline and What Marketers Need to Know

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 25/01/12 at 17:38 No Comments »

Obama Hangs Out on Google Plus

Today’s web news…

In today’s news Obama keeps up his reputation as the most savvy Social Media user ever to hold office in the White House with a ‘Hang Out’ session on Google Plus scheduled today.  He will be answering questions via the new White House Google Plus page that have been submitted through YouTube, and will be streamed live on whitehouse.gov.  Multichannel expertise!

In other news, Anonymous is threatening a Hack on Facebook this weekend in a bid to excerpt their power after hacking several major sites following the Megaupload sting at the weekend.

Scroll down also to see one prediction in our newsletter this month for Augmented Reality, which has just been employed by Absolut Vodka in a new app and check out how QR codes can be used to measure conversion rates…

Obama Hangs Out on Google Plus

Anonymous Threatens Facebook Attack This Saturday

Absolut Vodka Launches Augmented Reality App

QR Code Stickers Turns Real World Objects into Digital Conversions

What the Decline of Print Means for Digital

Tumblr Hits 15 Billiong Monthly Pageviews

Google+ Finally Allows Pseudonyms

Amnesty Uses Shazam to Boost e-Petition Response

Android to Replace iOS for Developers

Mobile, the Future of Discounts?

Orange to Provide Wikipedia Free in Middle East & Africa

American Ruling Forcing Decryption of Laptops

Java Anti-Patterns

Whac-A-Banker

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 24/01/12 at 11:48 No Comments »

Nokia Lumia Sales Seen Topping 1m

In Today’s Web News…news that Megaupload has been taken down and will be prosecuted is sparking speculation of legal repercussions in light of SOPA and Protect IP legislation opposition.  In other news the Nokia Lumia is seeing healthy sales, in the region of a million and Google+ continues to cause debate, over its user number claims, social search and relevance. 

Nokia Lumia Sales Seen Topping 1m

The Death of Megaupload to Spark a ‘Spotify for Movies’

Work in Progress: Kirin Pipeline

Lazyweb: Git on Android

Why Google+ Matters to E-Commerce

Apple’s iBook Lockdown

Facebook’s New Open Graph Features Impact on f-Commerce

Nielson U.S Smartphone Numbers

How Bounce Rate Optimization Improves Search Rankings

Google+ Misleading Statistics

Google+ is Not a Social Network

Twitter Too Busy Growing to Worry About Google+

64% Would Pay-To-Stream Film in UK

London 2012 to be ‘Biggest Media Event in History’

Snicker’s Stupid Jordan Twitter Stunt

Domino’s Pizza Tracker

Search Plus Your World’s Impact on PPC

StumbleUpon for Power Users

BlueTrain Mobile Publishes “Mobile Marketing Map”

Facebook Timeline Apps: Should You Use Them?

iPhone Over Takes the Camera and Kodak Goes Bust

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 23/01/12 at 15:39 No Comments »

Major Websites to Blackout This Week in SOPA Protest

In Today’s Web News…SOPA and the Protect IP act continue to dominate headlines with the news that Wikipedia, Mozilla and Reddit are all joining a black out in protest of SOPA and related bills that are considered to threaten the internet as we know it.  Read about these proposed plans as well as why Adam Curry believes us to be missing the point.

In other news read about Steve Wozniak’s remarks that stirred the now-familiar iOS vs Android debate and why the World Bank is now counting on Google Data from Maps.

Major Websites to Blackout This Week in SOPA Protest

Protect IP Act: The Lowdown on How it Would Break The Internet

SOPA is a Red Herring

World Bank Assumes Control of Google Map Data

Steve Wozniak: Android is Better Than the iPhone in Some Ways

App Store Quantity Does Not Equal Success

Fragmentation in Not The End of Android

Which Mobile Payments Provider is Right for You?

GroupShot: Clever Photo App

50% Off Facebook Ads, If You Keep Your Users On-Site

Meme-Based Board Game Uses Kickstarter for the Win

Finished Angry Birds?

Tablets Will Transform the Classroom

87% of Connected Consumers Prefer Websites & Mobile Sites Over Apps?

Marrying Content with Mobile Apps

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 17/01/12 at 16:36 No Comments »

Major Websites to Blackout This Week in SOPA Protest

In Today’s Web News…SOPA and the Protect IP act continue to dominate headlines with the news that Wikipedia, Mozilla and Reddit are all joining a black out in protest of SOPA and related bills that are considered to threaten the internet as we know it.  Read about these proposed plans as well as why Adam Curry believes us to be missing the point.

In other news read about Steve Wozniak’s remarks that stirred the now-familiar iOS vs Android debate and why the World Bank is now counting on Google Data from Maps.

Major Websites to Blackout This Week in SOPA Protest

Protect IP Act: The Lowdown on How it Would Break The Internet

SOPA is a Red Herring

World Bank Assumes Control of Google Map Data

Steve Wozniak: Android is Better Than the iPhone in Some Ways

App Store Quantity Does Not Equal Success

Fragmentation in Not The End of Android

Which Mobile Payments Provider is Right for You?

GroupShot: Clever Photo App

50% Off Facebook Ads, If You Keep Your Users On-Site

Meme-Based Board Game Uses Kickstarter for the Win

Finished Angry Birds?

Tablets Will Transform the Classroom

87% of Connected Consumers Prefer Websites & Mobile Sites Over Apps?

Marrying Content with Mobile Apps

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 17/01/12 at 16:36 No Comments »

Murdoch vs. Google on Twitter

Today’s web news…

In Today’s News Rupert Murdoch’s foray into ‘Tweeting’ has already made waves, with a Twitter tirade against Google and the White House hitting headlines over the weekend and Google responding by branding the media mogul’s rant as ‘Nonsense.’  In other news Mobile Shopping has increased almost threefold when comparing 2010 to 2011, and Domino’s unveils a new Blogging Sponsorship programme…

Murdoch vs. Google on Twitter

Domino’s Blogger Sponsorship

Nokia & EA’s Major WP Game Push

CodeMash 2012 Report

Top 10 Tech: CES Edition

Foursquare Becomes Social Search Engine with New Explore Feature

FTC to Probe Google+

Mobile Shopping Increases Nearly Threefold

PR Resolutions for 2012

Four Seasons Unveils $18m Website

How Commercial Plugin Developers Are Using The WordPress Repository

The Future of Social TV is Now

Groupon CEO Interview

AT&T, Social Analytics and Online Learning

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 16/01/12 at 13:17 No Comments »

Congratulations Nokia Lumia 900

Today’s web news…

In today’s news the Nokia Lumia 900 won a best of CES Award in a marked success for the WP7 device while Google continued to come under fire from both its announcement to include social in its search and a Kenyan startup scandal awash on Twitter.  In other news apps are everywhere, from opposing SOPA, educating youngsters about UN issues or just adorning the humble car.

Congratulations Nokia Lumia 900

Is Too Much Plus a Minus for Google?

The Boycott SOPA App

Cars Connect with Apps

Android Devs Get Schooled on Style

9 Digital Campaigns to Learn From

2011: A Bad Year for The PC

Facebook Serves Up Plugin for Comments on Mobile Websites

Huge Queues For Chinese iPhone 4S Launch

Foursquare Explore Threatens Gogle & Facebook’s Place Recommendations

Unites Nations – Score The Goals App

A Theory of Online Jihadist Sites

Use Fluid to Create Gmail App on Your Mac

The Trouble with Social Search

Steampunk GPS App

Social Commerce Site Jewelmint

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 13/01/12 at 15:50 No Comments »

Google+ Growth Spurt to 62m Users, 400m Predicted for 2012

Today’s web news…

In today’s news the new contender that many dismissed in social, Google+, is on the rise with a predicted 400m users to be using the network in the coming year. In other news several posts look back at the past year and what it means for 2012…

Google+ Growth Spurt to 62m Users, 400m Predicted for 2012

Over 1m People Chose Kindle Fire over iPad this Christmas

Media Trends to Watch in 2012

2011: A Brilliant Year for Javascript

Wikipedia Mobilizes British Town with QR Codes

The Price of SEO: Infographic

Global Unrest: How The Revolution Went Viral

The Pros and Cons of Android Fragmentation

Apple iOS App Review: iMockups “Almost Indispensable” for Wireframes

Airlines Use Social Commerce to Promote Social Seating

2011 in Social Media – What’s In and Out

Augmented Reality with Processing

Everyday at Vexed we round up the industry stories that we find interesting and insightful. These are sent round in an email digest, helping to inform the work we do for our clients and keep us at the forefront of digital. If you have questions about any of these stories or would like to talk to us about projects based on any of them, drop us a line at info@vexeddigital.com.

Read the rest of this entry Posted on 04/01/12 at 16:04 No Comments »

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