Author: Ingram Sanders

January 10, 2013
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Facebook is the top social network in 127 of 137 countries studied in areport by the Los Angeles Times. The remaining ten countries in which Facebook is not ranked top include: Russia, which predominantly uses Kontakte and Odnoklassniki; China, due to QZone, and Iran, led by Cloob. Despite not ranking top in China, the biggest growth by area has been seen in Asia, which now has Facebook's largest population with 278 million users. Europe currently has the second largest, with 251 million of Facebook's billion users. Read more...

January 10, 2013
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Google+ has begun to see a rise in engagement in traditional media,softening the social media network's reputation for engagement only with online-only news sites. The results come from a study conducted by Adam Sherk, a consultant that works with news and content sites. Though Mashable.com, an online-only site, still topped the list of most engagement (including +1s, shares and comments), the top five sites for largest average engagement growth are all traditional media. The biggest average engagement growth was seen for the Economist, with a one-year growth rate...

January 10, 2013
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Facebook have issued a mysterious invitation to the press, leading tospeculation of an important announcement on January 15th at 10am. The message reads 'come and see what we're building', along with the date and time, and an address. The post has raised further rumours of the release of a Facebook-brand smartphone, despite Mark Zuckerberg's comments that "it wouldn't make much sense". The Chicago Tribune has suggested a significant redesign including the custom ordering of posts. Read more by clicking here >>...

January 9, 2013
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Honda is conducting a wide search for a new client to handle its mediaand creative accounts. The announcement of its availability in December has been referred to as 'one of the biggest pitches of 2013' by AdAge.com, due to Honda's previous esteem in marketing. Honda have been enquiring in many countries for candidates, but have declined to comment on contenders for the position. The decision will be revealed by the end of its first quarter. According to industry executives, competitors may include 72andSunny and CP&B. Read more...

January 9, 2013
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Apple have confirmed rumours of a smaller, cheaper model of the iPhoneto be released later this year. The budget iPhone will look much the same as the present model, with a less expensive body and reduced specs. The release may be in response to a boom in the success of Android devices. Steve Jobs was famously opposed to the idea, as he thought a budget model would detract from the user experience. Read more by clicking here >>  ...

January 9, 2013
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Google+ is the first major social media network to have introduced Panand Zoom features for photos hosted on the site. It is only available on the desktop version, and will allow intricate exploration of higher-resolution photos. The feature follows an update in late 2012 which allows Google+ users to automatically upload photos at their full resolution. The inclusion of this feature shows the intention of Google to corner the market in higher resolution photo sharing. Read more by clicking here >>...

January 8, 2013
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Global tablet sales are expected to rise to 240 million units in 2013,33 million more than the predicted global figure for notebook PCs, in a study conducted by NPD DisplaySearch. Tablets are said to be outselling notebook PCs due to an increased global interest and a greater choice for consumers, outside of Apple's previously market-leading iPad. Tablets are also predicted to decrease in screen size over the next four years. Tablet shipments already surpassed Notebooks last year in China and North America. 2013 is the first year...

January 8, 2013
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More than a fifth (20.3%) of Facebook's ad revenue now comes frommobile devices, through the service's native mobile app for smartphones and tablets. The survey, conducted by social marketing platform Kenshoo, drew its data from over two million Facebook ad clicks in the final months of 2012, across a range of ad subjects. Mobile ads now command a 70 per cent premium over desktop ads. Mobile ads cost more and generate fewer clicks than on the desktop site - the average cost per click on mobile is...

January 8, 2013
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Mark Zuckerberg may be fined $26000 by the German government for notallowing users to keep their identities anonymous on Facebook. It is the latest of many privacy-related issues the social media site has encountered with European governments. German citizens are granted the right use any online service anonymously or pseudonymously, without exception. Facebook responded to the claims to social news website VentureBeat via email, saying 'it is the role of individual services to determine their own policies about anonymity within the governing law.' Read more by clicking here...

January 7, 2013
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BBC Sport has launched its own native iPhone app, available for Androidin the next few weeks. The release is in response to the excess of two million downloads of the BBC Olympics app in 2012, and will feature news articles, live text commentaries and scores. It will also contain live streams of BBC radio stations 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra. Live video streams will be available to view later in 2013, and support for Amazon's Kindle Fire will be released after testing. Read more by...

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