Social media marketing

Yahoo unveils complete overhaul of Flickr

Yahoo has followed up its $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr by unveiling a complete overhaul of Flickr, its photo sharing service.

Parents face awkward questions in Windows Phone film

An innocent kid asks his parents awkward questions and appears to walk in on his parents having sex before being given a child-friendly Windows Phone.

AKQA, Topshop and Bodyform triumph at Rev Awards 2013

AKQA was awarded Digital Agency of the Year, Topshop won Digital Brand of the Year, and SCA's 'Bodyform: The Truth' viral scooped the Grand Prix at this year's Rev Awards.

Nike campaign asks fans to put country before football club

Nike is to weigh into football's club-versus-country debate with a new social media campaign called "Country First Club Second", to coincide with the unveiling of the new Nike-supplied England team shirts.

Tech City growth damaged by lack of talent, says report

Tech City, the UK's technological hub, is having its growth held back by a lack of skilled workers, according to research firm GfK.

Yahoo agrees to pay in excess of $1bn for Tumblr

Yahoo has agreed a deal to buy social blogging platform Tumblr for more than $1bn (£720m).

H&M leads top ten most-shared Beckham ads on the social web

Viral videos and TV ads for H&M are the most-shared ads starring David Beckham, who last week announced his retirement from professional football and played his last game on Saturday for Paris St Germain.

Toshiba runs zero gravity flight competition for Superman fans

Toshiba is offering Superman fans the chance to win a zero gravity flight experience as part of its exclusive partnership with Warner Bros' upcoming 'Man of Steel' movie.

Yahoo to integrate Twitter into its newsfeed

Yahoo is to integrate Twitter into its news frontpage, as it continues its battle to be relevant in the social age.

Tesco triumphant in top five 'socially devoted' brands poll

Tesco's UK Twitter feed is the best in the world for social customer care, according to a survey by social analytics expert Socialbakers.

Fans take on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Twitter-powered tennis game

Tennis fans have been given the chance to take part in a training session with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the world number eight, ahead of the French Open, using a Twitter-controlled robot to position shots to him.

Topshop to host 'secret pop-up gigs' for Kate Bosworth collection

Topshop will put on "secret pop-up gigs" around the world this summer to push its music-festival inspired fashion range designed by Hollywood star Kate Bosworth.

Tweets drive buyers to car showrooms, study reveals

The more tweets that prospective car buyers see the higher the likelihood that they will walk into a car showroom or book a test drive, according to a new study.

Microsoft and Facebook plan education before monetisation

Microsoft believes Facebook users need to be educated on the "richness and robustness" of the social network's search engine before it can be effectively monetised.

Twitter teams up with ESPN and Fox

Twitter continues to get closer to television and sport with an expansion of its relationship with ESPN.

Is Facebook preparing to bid $1bn for mobile firm?

Is Facebook preparing to match the $1bn it paid for Instagram by paying a similar figure for an Israeli mobile start-up called Waze?

McLaren unveils Twitter handle at Spanish Grand Prix

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes unveiled the @McLarenF1 Twitter handle during the Spanish Grand Prix at the weekend but failed to make it onto the podium.

McLaren launches new Twitter handle at Spanish Grand Prix

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes displayed its new Twitter handle, @McLarenF1, on the front wing endplate of the team's cars during the Spanish Grand Prix, held at the weekend.

Users spending little time on Google+

Bad news for Google's social platform Google+. It has the stickiness of a bowl of water. Google+ might be claiming large amounts of users and is reported to be outpacing Twitter in new user sign-ups, but in the most important metric it is failing mis...

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