Facebook owes us

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Facebook is officially the most used website in the world. 500 million of us are logging on and it costs us absolutely zilch. There's been press coverage aplenty promising that we'll never have to pay to use the site. That's nothing new, but what if I told you that Facebook ...

AROUND THE WORLD IN 30 DAYS… VIA TWITTER

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Freelance writer Paul Smith was able to travel across the globe for free – using only Twitter as a means of securing travel and accommodation. In a display of social media power, Paul was given a complimentary flight by Air New Zealand, accessed a celeb-filled fashion week party in Hollywood, ...

College-room project that turned into a global phenomenon – Facebook hits the 500 million users mark

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Facebook announced that it now has 500 million users which means (according to The Guardian) that a whopping 43 per cent of Brits are regularly logging on. You can’t argue with that! We all remember Rage Against the Machine beating X-Factor’s latest hopeful (it was that Joe guy, right?) to the ...

Where’s Wally? Use Facebook to find fugitives, says Interpol.

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Twitter to trace a trespasser? Bebo to bag a blackmailer? Or even Facebook to find a fugitive? Interpol needs you! For the first time in its history, international police agency Interpol has sought the public’s help to find a string of fugitives. Two British criminals are among 26 of the most ...

An election to remember…

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

I left work last night and Parliament was well and truly hung; by the time I got home, a new PM was courting the Queen. They're funny times that we live in. For me, this election has been the busiest, most relevant and most divisive that I've lived through. Facebook status were ...