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View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list Is there a terminal velocity for youth and digital? Will we burn out kids out? Omaid Hiwaizi 08 June 2012, 1:29PM A canter through the research on the effect of digital on the young, and some perspectives on what digital agencies can do to create enriching and rewarding digital experiences. The seed for this idea was planted when I attended a talk about the effects of social media on the young, at my children's Steiner school. A teacher remarked that he believed the onslaught of digital was creating a burnt out generation. After the Arab Spring: There are 1.3 million active Twitter users in the Arab world Polly Becker 08 June 2012, 11:55AM The role that social media played in the Arab Spring last year has sparked thousands of articles and much debate. Social media was said to have played an ‘arguably critical role’ in Arab uprisings, according to one report, while others were less sure of its impact. Costa Coffee makes a return to Twitter after a four year absence @gordonmacmillan 08 June 2012, 10:23AM While Starbucks has been making strides with its social media activity its rival, and number two UK coffee chain, Costa Coffee has been nowhere to be seen — on Twitter at least. No Clowns at Digital Shoreditch...as event goes from strength to strength Chris Pearce 08 June 2012, 8:13AM There were few clowns at Digital Shoreditch's Brands Day last week despite the large, black ‘Big Top’ tent lending a gritty, pop-up style feel to the event. In only its second year, the week-long festival seems to be going from strength to strength, starting with a mobile 'hack-a-jam-mashup-athon' weekend, a crowd sourced selection of over 40 speakers and events with possibly the largest collection of digital strategists ever gathered in one place. (easy now) Last.fm joins, eHarmony and LinkedIn as number of sites hit by Russian hacker mounts Charlotte Henry 07 June 2012, 2:59PM UPDATE - Online social music service Last.fm has told its users to change passwords immediately after it became the latest site to be hit by a Russian hacker. Unlike LinkedIn or eHarmony, a list of Last.fm’s passwords has not yet turned up on the Russian hacking forum. However, Last.fm is erring on the side of caution and was last night telling users to change their passwords based on “the suspicion that something is wrong”. Twitter says mobile revenue surpassed web on many days @gordonmacmillan 07 June 2012, 2:42PM Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has said Twitter is generating more advertising revenue from its mobile platform than from its website on many days in the last quarter. Costolo made his remarks whilst speaking at a conference in San Francisco on the day after Facebook stepped up the monetisation of its mobile service by allowing the majority of advertisers to buy Sponsored Story ads specifically for mobile for the first time. A change in paywall strategy at The Times? Paywall comes down for key Olympic dates @gordonmacmillan 07 June 2012, 10:34AM Is change afoot at The Times and Sunday Times paywalls? Could be. News International brought down the paywall at the weekend to allow non-subscribers to access content over the course of the Jubilee weekend. New social media strategy at Elle starts to see results Arif Durrani 07 June 2012, 10:27AM Lorraine Candy: "I think it's a slightly different way of looking at driving to subscribe and driving to the newsstand" "Smoked by Windows Phone" ? the trouble with competitions Joseph Kay 07 June 2012, 9:38AM Microsoft's "Smoked by Windows Phone" competition ended several weeks ago, having amassed thousands of participants and several headlines too. It was confrontational by design, and while this can be a good thing, it can also create problems. Twitter unveils brand revamp that places tweeting bird at its centre @gordonmacmillan 07 June 2012, 8:00AM Twitter has this morning unveiled a revamp of its brand that sees the familiar little blue tweeting bird formalised as its brand symbol. The announcement is designed to do away with the many variations that have crept in over the past six years that are often used to represent the Twitter brand. 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