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By bgt, on 3rd December 2009 Everyone has heard about viral marketing right? You know, where a marketing campaign uses social networks to increase brand awareness and boost product sales. Who would have guessed that a man in a gorilla suit playing the drums would have been one of the most talked-about ads of the decade?
The term viral comes from . . . → Read More: The Power of Viral Marketing
By bgt, on 30th November 2009 One of the most frequent questions a new WordPress blogger will ask is “How do I change the Theme?” or “How do I alter the appearance of my WordPress site?”. This post will take you through the simple steps to changing the appearance of your site. After completing this exercise you will be able to . . . → Read More: How To Manage Themes in WordPress
By bgt, on 16th November 2009 Space Shuttle Atlantis sailed smoothly into orbit today with six astronauts and a full load of spare parts for the International Space Station (ISS). Watching from front-row seats were 100 Internet-savvy NASA fans cheering on the shuttle and churning out constant Twitter updates.
The tweeps, as they are called, represent 21 states plus the . . . → Read More: Space Shuttle Lifts Off Amid Twitter Frenzy
By bgt, on 12th November 2009 Regular bloggers will already know that Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of the WordPress blogging software and founder of Automattic, a company that runs WordPress.com and Gravatar. He has just published an article on cnn.com entitled 10 blogs to make you think. His stated job as the co-founder of WordPress is to help many more . . . → Read More: Matt Mullenweg: 10 blogs to make you think
By bgt, on 3rd November 2009 An image presenting Madeleine McCann as a six-year-old with dark skin and dark hair was released by British police last night in a “viral” internet video aimed at coaxing fresh information from the friends, family and associates of her abductors. The Home Office’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) hope that it will be . . . → Read More: Police Issue Online Viral Madeleine Message
By bgt, on 19th August 2009 A New York state supreme court judge has ordered Google to reveal the name of an anonymous blogger who maligned Liskula Cohen, a New York fashion model. The case could restrict Americans’ ability to slag off enemies from behind a veil of Internet secrecy.
The Vogue cover girl has now confronted and forgiven the anonymous . . . → Read More: New York Court Orders Google to Reveal Blogger’s Identity
By bgt, on 10th August 2009 Continuing our current series of posts on Twitter, Newbury Astronomical Society is organising a Perseids tweetup to mark the annual meteor display as the Earth passes through debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet. The visual display occurs every August, as the Earth passes through debris from the Swift-Tuttle comet, creating a spectacular meteor shower known as . . . → Read More: Join the Perseids tweetup on Twitter
By bgt, on 10th August 2009 The government has published a 20-page guide to explain how Whitehall departments should use Twitter as part of their communications strategy. The Power of Information taskforce set up by the Cabinet Office has recommended greater use of social networking tools to help broaden government communications beyond traditional routes. Now Whitehall can Twitter away even when . . . → Read More: Whitehall Publishes A Guide To Twitter
By bgt, on 6th August 2009 The popular social networking site Twitter has been hit by a denial of service attack, according to Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. In an e-mail to CNN.com, Stone said this morning’s attack is not related to a recent incident in which a hacker stole internal documents from the site.
“There’s no indication that this attack is . . . → Read More: Twitter Hit by Denial-Of-Service Attack
By bgt, on 6th August 2009 The popular Social Networking site Twitter is being sued by TechRadium, a Texas-based firm that developed a mass notification and emergency response service that delivers messages to multiple contacts simultaneously. TechRadium has filed a lawsuit in a US district court against Twitter for infringing three of its patents, alleging that the patent it holds for . . . → Read More: Twitter May face lawsuit in US Court
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