The Wall > YouTube gets scheduled, Twitter tax, How the world uses social media

View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list 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. Almost 8,000 tweets were sent as the Facebook F8 Timeline was announced [infographic] Polly Becker 23 September 2011, 3:00PM Social media data company Simply Measured has produced this infographic to show the level of chat/interest or noise relating to last night’s Facebook f8 announcement. I’ve not seen any sentiment analysis yet, but looking at blogs and Twitter it seems pretty split to me. A lot of people are liking f8, are excited about the changes, while there are others who hate it. Is Facebook the next Yahoo? Hari Shankar 23 September 2011, 10:47AM Facebook has ruled supreme since its launch, however its lack of forward planing and direction may make it vulnerable to turning into yesterday’s news, says Hari Shankar, Asia-Pacific director at Performics. Charity uses guilt tactics to target celebrities through Twitter Sue Keogh 23 September 2011, 9:48AM It's commonly known that brands pay celebrities to tweet about their products, paying thousands for them to mention their products to millions of avid followers. But what if this concept was turned on its head, with the people who read those tweets having a say in how the money is spent? If followers were able to persuade 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and Paris Hilton to use their wealth for social good? When is the best time to tweet? [infographic] Polly Becker 23 September 2011, 9:31AM Sometimes you can send out what you think is the most awesome of tweets and then you wait and…nothing. Not a sausage of a retweet in sight. It is as if the world has looked away. Your followers are not interested or are busy elsewhere. 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 Illustrator/Animator Recruiter Major Players Salary £30000 - £35000 per annum Location London european business director > DIGITAL > GLOBAL NETWORK Recruiter collectivo Salary up to £90k + network benefits Location Central London group account director > DIGITAL > GLOBAL FMCG Recruiter collectivo Salary Up to £65k + bens Location London Client Services Manager Recruiter Stonor Salary £30 -35k plus bonus and bens Location Northern Home Counties Manage my bulletins Unsubscribe from bulletin © Haymarket 1957 - 2010 All rights reserved News Jobs Blogs & Forums Tenders