Facebook Gifts coming to you and your friends soon!

Do you remember Facebook’s virtual gifts? Well shannanigans just got REAL! Yes, soon you will be able to send real gifts to your real friends right through Facebook. It looks awesome, but we haven’t got access yet. Maybe some of our friends in the US can try it out and let us know how it […]

Bye bye fake fan-counts! Facebook FINALLY starts removing fake accounts

It’s a story we’re very very happy with as Facebook starts removing hundreds of thousands of accounts that were setup for use by ‘Like-sellers’ and the like to spoof the popularity of some products and the success of some projects. Our response: Good riddance! And here’s why. Kudos Facebook for stepping up and eliminating such […]

Disable Java NOW or your PC (or Mac) could be hijacked or worse!

The internet has been spreading the news of a vulnerability in Java’s latest version (v1.7) that allows an email/website/advert/facebook-spam to download AND install full programs on your computer without your knowledge. It is for this reason we too are spreading the message that YOU (and your friends) should DISABLE JAVA NOW to be safe. It […]

How to spot an online scam quickly

Many many many many many many (yes, that many, if not more) people around the world have fallen for scams on social networks. These scams promise discounts, prizes and gifts from many popular brands but instead steal personal information and use your friend’s sense of security to spread to your friends and family. So, how […]

The Inspiration 80-year story behind LEGO

After watching the video detailing the 3-generations behind the LEGO company, we were left amazed at what an inspiring story it was. For that reason, we are sharing it below. Its a tad long, but a great watch. Kudos to the whole LEGO team!

Design Change for Notifications on Brand Timelines show Photos

One thing we are very aware of is that photos are big part of the future of social media for brands. And Facebook know’s this too. With the latest change to the notification area of the Admin Panel, content administrators can now see what photos a user has liked or commented on in a glance. […]

Bye bye Hotmail, Hello Outlook.com!

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) […]

Beautiful Photo Collage Pages coming to Facebook!

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 […]

How, and Why, to quickly add Open Graph meta tags to your WordPress Blog

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 […]

ANOTHER reason why users will HATE groups for Brands on Facebook

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 […]