Five Things You Need To Know About Timeline For Facebook Pages
Okay, by now you know that yesterday Timeline for Facebook Pages went live. Currently it’s optional to ‘upgrade’, but all Pages will automatically be converted on 30 March 2012. So what do you need to know? Summary for the time-poor, cash-rich The Cover Image arrives Landing Pages are gone There are lots of customisable features...
Les Menuires 7 show how Millennials are prepared to use social media to fight injustice
The Arab Spring, Occupy and now the Les Menuires 7 – the Millennials are showing how natural they find it to use social media to fight injustice. The Les Menuires 7 In this latest case – the Les Menuires 7 – seven chalet hosts have barricaded themselves into their luxury chalet after apparently being dismissed...
The Rise of the Tablet
We came across these two very interesting infographics this week, showing the phenonomal growth of tablet use across the world. Globally 67 million tablets were sold worldwide in 2011, up from 18.6 million a year. Sales of tablets will overtake sales of traditional desktops and laptops during this decade. Tablet stats: 10% of Britons...
Slide 2012 round up: Bawbags, Shaun White, Dare2b and more
Skipedia was at Slide – the UK trade show aimed at actionsport and streetwear retailers – yesterday, taking a look at the new products coming to the UK market in 2012. With a focus on brands, here’s our round-up of the highlights: Bawbags booming…! This success story is one we are so delighted to share, you...
Bawbags are big and getting bigger…
While at Slide yesterday, we took the opportunity to speak to Midge Whyte, founder of Bawbags – a brand that is getting bigger and bigger. Whyte was looking for a new idea after previous clothing ventures and was thinking about a range of ‘Bawbags’ tshirts. But it was noticing a bunch of yoofs showing off...
Mobile is gaining ground fast: will you be ready?
Does January 2009 seem like yesterday? That month a whole 0.9% of internet usage was using mobile phones. Three years later in January 2012, it’s 8.5%. Let’s look at those numbers: Global use of mobile devices to access Internet (excludes tablets) Jan 2009: 0.7 percent Jan 2010: 1.6 percent Jan 2011: 4.3 percent Jan...