For a while now, Facebook has promised they would provide a way for applications to spread more virally since the removal of notifications. Today we noticed that they have added an application widget to the right of each application on the network. The widget shows a user what applications their friends are interacting with, thus […]
Clever trick makes SPAM look ‘trustable’ Spammers have found an uncontrolled redirect on the BBC website and are using it to spread a hoax about the death of Justin Bieber. The link points to the following domain : http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/go/-/[hostile-website-url] which was presenting the link as a BBC web-story. The story is false, and is a […]
The news has spread about Mark Zuckerberg’s announcements a few hours ago… but what exactly is Facebook releasing? Quite simply they covered 4 main topics. One-to-One Video calling with a built-in Skype technology. On first use a user will need to download a small application to allow Skype integration. Get started by heading to http://www.facebook.com/videocalling […]
We are proud to release the results of the WeLoveGuaba campaign for our friends at Guaba Beach Bar. The campaign used our LikePix platform and returned a massive return on investment in attracting 34,164 visits that spanned over 190,473 branded page-views. As usual we analyse our platform’s reach by calculating it’s Blue Social Spots… This […]
We just came across the article by dazeinfo about a new feature that Facebook is testing with a small percentage of their users that will stream a user’s friends’ comments, likes and shares instantaneously. Much like Twitter’s last update, this feature implements a new design change that allows users to follow news as it dissipates […]
It has come to our attention, once again, that many people have questions about the results of our popular online Hottest OnThisIsland competition (HOTI). It is for that reason we have decided, in parallel with the silent opening of registrations for the 2011 competition, that we will disclose how the voting on HOTI worked. There is […]
We spend A LOT of time on the internet and every now and again we see the big boys switching something new on and so we would like to report it to you our lovely readers. Whilst browsing YouTube videos, we noticed new buttons under each video allowing us to tag videos depending on a […]
An infographic posted at Mashable earlier goes over the valuations of the biggest internet companies by investors. Could we be heading to another burst bubble if these companies fail? Time will tell, but we must say we are impressed by some of their annual profits.
Having watched how competitive the WeLoveGuaba.com platform is getting, it has been decided to award prizes to everyone who finishes in the top 10 at the closing of the competition. In addition to the top spot taking €300 worth of drink vouchers at Guaba Beach Bar, the top 10 photos will also grab the users […]
This spam-scam tries to convince you that it’s a legitimate video but then spreads the site via your Facebook wall…. using the ‘verification’ text as a ‘comment’. Why is this a dead give-away? Have a read, so that you can avoid falling for future spam-scams! 1) YouTube is ALWAYS found at www.youtube.com and not at […]