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Bebo to close or be sold

April 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Social Media

In most of the world, the news that Time Warner spinoff AOL is planning to either shutter or sell social networking site Bebo next month would evoke a reaction of either “Bebo? Never heard of it” or “So Facebook’s taken out another low-ranked competitor? No surprises there”. In New Zealand, however, if Bebo closes down [...]

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Facebook Hits 400 Million

February 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Social Media, social

On Friday, Facebook celebrated its sixth birthday. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg also announced that the social network had just attracted its 400 millionth member. Guess it’s going to be around for a while then. In New Zealand, Facebook now has 1,220,920 members — and it’s friending its way into Kiwis’ lives fast. Both locally [...]

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Mashable/Socialised Radio? Is this the future of the medium?

November 4th, 2009 · No Comments · radio

You may have noticed that radio — the good old-fashioned AM/FM type, not the fancy digital or satellite offerings — has been having a rough old time of it since the invention of the iPod by Al Gore. Seems that those pesky consumers have preferred roll-your-own music to that pre-digested by programmers in Milwaukee or [...]

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Social Media Insights from Universal McCann Global Research

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · social

Universal McCann’s annual social media tracker Wave has mapped key changes in consumer uptake and usage of social media platforms for the past four years. Wave 4, released recently, reveals dramatic changes in the way that consumers are using the internet to create and share their thoughts, pictures and videos. The Universal McCann (UM) research [...]

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