The boys and girls at Microsoft have been busy. Very busy. And under the backdrop of Google+ Hangouts being added to Gmail, they have given us a taster of what Microsoft will be offering in the email sector. The all-new Outlook.com will replace Hotmail and bring in more features (finally making use of Skype effectively) Continue Reading

In an attempt to make photo browsing a more enjoyable experience, the photo panel of timelines will soon be switched to a beautiful collage mode. Although the official news story from Facebook doesn’t state when we will see a global rollout of this feature, we are looking forward to yet another upgrade to the way Continue Reading

Meta tags are little snippets that give robots, search engines and social networks information on your articles. Let us go over how to add them to your wordpress blog and then why and then even give you a bonus once you’ve gotten it all done. First, the how: We found a quick little plugin for Continue Reading

We’ve been going on and on and on about why brands should NOT create groups, but instead use Fanpages/Brand Timelines… Today, Facebook began rolling out a feature that shows you exactly who has seen each post. (via Techcrunch) This is not a bad thing when a group is used for it primary function, but users Continue Reading

Some users, like Ryan Spoon, have already seen the implementation of Facebook’s newest media offering, a homepage take-over advertisement for eBay. A large display area on one of the most popular ‘left on screen’ pages we’ve ever seen, that ties in with a pretty useless* social advert displayed in the bottom right hand corner. As Continue Reading

Trending all over ‘social’ circles today is the discovery by Tom Waddington of the upcoming ‘Want’ button, that we assume will allow users around the world to add items to a wish-list on Facebook that any app can access (with your permission of course). This opens up the gateway to many forms of social commerce Continue Reading

According to a Google Lat Long blog post, you can now browse and find locations inside more than 40 buildings in the UK with the latest version of Google Maps for Android devices. Although most are in London, we do see Manchester’s airport there in the list.  We see this navigation assistance becoming more and Continue Reading

Well since we setup a workspace here in the heart of Manchester, we’ve been pretty interested in the news stories breaking world-wide with regard to this awesome city. Today a post on techcrunch caught our attention about a man who tore apart a T-mobile shop in Market Street just down the road. We’re still unsure Continue Reading

Just noticed a cheeky update to our fanpage/timeline on Facebook, that allows admins to choose how they respond/interact as they work. Previously, admins needed to choose an overall setting as to how they would be displayed in comments and likes on their brands’ timelines. Now, admins can choose how to be portrayed on a case-by-case Continue Reading