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View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list Ten top tips for brands creating tablet content Mike Woods & Quintin Willison 27 September 2011, 9:58AM With new Forrester research telling us that tablet penetration in the UK is set to rise from less than 5% this year to over 30% in 2015, brands have to sit up and take notice of the tablet and its fertile potential as a marketing tool. But by being at the front end of content production, brands are woefully unaware of the technicalities that need to be taken into account. Instagram - 10m reasons why photo-sharing is the new micro-blogging Cat Turner & Bridey Lipscombe 27 September 2011, 9:21AM In the past eleven months Instagram has swelled to nearly ten million users who've posted over 150 million pictures on the photo-sharing app. Its popularity has come not from hype, but from a clever app that shares content quickly and beautifully. Spotify risks huge backlash as it insists new users must have a Facebook account @gordonmacmillan 27 September 2011, 8:39AM This could turn out to be a very bad move for Spotify as from today the music service insists that all new users MUST have a Facebook account before they can sign up. Labour launches social media campaign to protect rights of workers in the countryside @gordonmacmillan 27 September 2011, 8:09AM Labour has launched a campaign on Twitter to protect the rights of farm workers ahead of government’s plan to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board, which sets the minimum wage for farm and agricultural workers. YouTube prepares to launch scheduled TV channels James Walters 26 September 2011, 1:07PM The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is getting ready to launch as many as a dozen TV-like channels with scheduled content to lure viewers away from their TV screens. It is said to have been shopping the ideas around US media firms for several months. Twitter takes the tax route and opens international HQ in Dublin @gordonmacmillan 26 September 2011, 12:26PM London might have been the first Twitter office outside of the US and where it has staffed up recently, but Twitter’s international headquarters are to be located in Dublin. The news came via a tweet (naturally) from Ireland’s Industrial Development Authority as the Irish capital adds to the growing band of digital and media companies that have their headquarters in Ireland because of tax reasons. How the world uses social media [infographic] Polly Becker 26 September 2011, 12:02PM The UK is at the top of this infographic at least in terms of internet use per head of population with 82.5% online compared to the US with 77.3%, Japan with 78.4%, Germany with 79.1% and France with just 68.9%. Clearly in France there is too much else going on to try too hard. How Facebook still dominates social networking [chart] @gordonmacmillan 26 September 2011, 11:11AM There are other networks as we all know, but the difference them and Facebook as this comScore chart underscores is huge under scored by the ocean of activity, news stories and blog posts that poured out last week as it launched its new Facebook Timeline at f8. Arrington launches Uncrunched as rival to Techcrunch @gordonmacmillan 26 September 2011, 9:43AM Last year Techcrunch founder Michael Arrington sold his tech news business to AOL for around $30m, according to reports. Things went a bit rocky and very early on people were wondering how long he would last at AOL as he threw public punches at the media firm while ostensibly employed by it. Google gets ready to launch Google+ for business as estimates say it has 44m users @gordonmacmillan 26 September 2011, 8:45AM After a few months of testing Google is getting ready to roll out business user accounts, which have to date only been available to a couple of test accounts, namely Ford and General Motors, as reports suggest it is nearing 50 million accounts. Latest jobs Marketing Performance Manager Recruiter Advantage Professional Salary £300 per day Location City of London Client Services Director, up to £120k + bonuses, BTL/Integrated Recruiter MODA consult Salary Up to £120k + 30% bonus Location Central London Client-side Marketing Data Analyst Recruiter Elizabeth Norman International Salary £35,000 basic + benefits Location London european business director > DIGITAL > GLOBAL NETWORK Recruiter collectivo Salary up to £90k + network benefits Location Central London Account Director Recruiter air recruitment Salary £45K Plus Benefits Location Central London Senior Account Manager - fab London creative agency- totally integrated including bags of digital.. Recruiter Firehorse Salary Up to £38k dep on exp Location London Manage my bulletins Unsubscribe from bulletin © Haymarket 1957 - 2010 All rights reserved News Jobs Blogs & Forums Tenders