| Almost 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords reportedly stolen | | @gordonmacmillan | | 06 June 2012, 2:46PM |  A huge blow for LinkedIn if the story breaking today is correct. A user in a Russian internet forum claims to have hacked the professional social network LinkedIn and stolen the account details of almost 6.5 million accounts.
| | | | Starbucks Ireland caught out in 'British' Twitter fail | | @gordonmacmillan | | 06 June 2012, 1:11PM |  Starbucks did not have the greatest of Jubilee weekends. Simply Zesty noticed that the Starbucks Irish Twitter account asked followers why they were proud to be British.
Unsurprisingly, the question did not win Starbucks in Ireland any new fans. It was a simple error, but an embarrassing one for Starbucks.
| | | | Print still leader in advertising revenues, trumping digital [Print not dead] | | Eamonn Byrne | | 06 June 2012, 9:08AM |  The future of media advertising may be in digital, but for newspapers, print is still where it’s at.
Labeled a bit 'on the old-fashioned' side by some colleagues, I feel that it is incumbent upon me to start defensively, which, in sport, war and life, it seems, is never a good idea. Nonetheless, here goes...
| | | | | | | How does a business become social and what are the benefits? | | Bruno Teuber | | 06 June 2012, 7:23AM |  Consumer interactions with brands have changed beyond all recognition since the digital revolution introduced the power of social conversations to a wider audience and forced brands to revaluate how they interact with their audience. But how does a business become social, and what exactly are the benefits?
| | | | Starbucks and Foursquare check in to the fight against aids | | Charlotte Henry | | 01 June 2012, 10:49AM | 
Foursquare and Starbucks, along with Bono's charity (RED), have partnered up to fund raise towards their aim of eliminating mother to baby transfer of HIV by 2015. Every time someone checks into a Starbucks from the today until the 10th June, Starbucks will donate $1 to (RED). Foursquare will be giving out special (RED) digital pages to commemorate every donation made.
| | | | Apple's biggest innovation is not the device itself, but the physical gesture | | Scott Gillum | | 01 June 2012, 10:00AM |  Yes, Apple is responsible for unparalleled innovation, creating new markets through its devices. But there's more than meets the eye in terms of its impact on our lives. And it's not just taking influence on our technological world but our physical world too. Apple’s right-to-left swiping motion to be exact.
| | | | The top 20 free Twitter tools | | David Somerville | | 01 June 2012, 8:30AM |  With Twitter set to have 250 million active users worldwide by the end of 2012 and 340 million tweets sent every day, it's safe to say that Twitter is one social media channel that has become a big part not just of the digital community, but also the mass public in general.
| | | | 20 Reasons to Switch to Google+ Yes 20 [infographic] | | Polly Becker | | 01 June 2012, 7:30AM |  With Facebook stock sinking like a brick maybe its time to consider another social network of choice. Google would like you to consider its proposition. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Google Plus.
| | | | How UK banks are using Twitter | | Jamie Riddell | | 31 May 2012, 4:49PM |  Twitter has been harnessed by a number of the UK’s leading banks to provide on demand customer support. Yesterday’s news that Barclays plans to scale investment in social points to the growing importance of Twitter and other social channels for customer engagement.
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