The Wall > Obama gets the #bayonets moment on Twitter during the final debate

View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list Superman quits Daily Planet to start the next Huffington Post 23 October 2012, 2:24PM Tweet Share What hope is there for print if even some of its longest serving exponents are quitting to go online. The latest to make the leap, quite literally, is Superman. In the latest issue of the DC Comics’ hero series, which is out tomorrow, Superman’s alter ego Clark Kent has what is described as a “Jerry Maguire” style moment and quits the Daily Planet in a feat of pique. Twitter looks to Facebook as it tests "like" button 23 October 2012, 11:55AM Tweet Share It looks like Twitter are taking a lead from Facebook and bringing in “Likes” instead of Favourites. The Favourite button has become more and more prominent in Twitter with users using the feature to store tweets they don’t want to lose, normally things like stats and links, but don’t always want to retweet. Can brands benefit from self-service on Facebook? 23 October 2012, 11:31AM Tweet Share For many customers wanting to pay their bills, check their balance, track an order or simply find information online has become a highly convenient way to self-serve. But what's next? At the moment, it seems that many organisations with a business-to-consumer relationship have a Facebook or social media presence to some degree. Obama gets the #bayonets moment on Twitter during the final debate 23 October 2012, 8:10AM Tweet Share The final debate might have been close with most seeming to give it to Barack Obama and only some to Mitt Romney, but what is certainly true is that the President had the biggest moments of the night on Twitter. Facebook should begin charging brands for their fans 22 October 2012, 2:57PM Tweet Share Interesting piece of comment on Ad Age here arguing that Facebook should forget traditional advertising efforts, as they are not working, and start to charge for what is working. Namely, charge brands for the fans that they attract to their Facebook pages. Brazil's top newspapers abandon Google News 22 October 2012, 11:00AM Tweet Share The debate about Google and whether it is a friend or foe is unlikely to resolved anytime soon. In the UK News International has only recently done a U-turn on its stance to stop articles from its quality national newspapers, The Times and The Sunday Times, featuring in Google’s search listings. Obama is beating Romney in digital and social media battle 22 October 2012, 9:59AM Tweet Share While the latest polls show Barack Obama and Mitt Romney running neck and neck, with neither side able to pull decisively away, the online battle looks like a different story entirely. Why you should shun Facebook and Twitter for calmer technology 22 October 2012, 8:22AM Tweet Share Our increasingly visual culture has led us to become immune to the vast majority of visual signals present throughout our daily lives. For brands it is often difficult to make products or advertising stand out as there are just so many messages all vying for our attention. Joanna Shields quits Facebook to lead London's Tech City 21 October 2012, 2:44PM Tweet Share Joanna Shields, vice president of EMEA at Facebook, has quit the social network to head up London’s Tech City. Her departure comes as Facebook hunts for its first UK managing director leaving it with two senior vacancies at the top of the organisation in Europe. Tweeting the novel: Twitter announces the Twitter fiction festival 19 October 2012, 2:39PM Tweet Share There have been some good examples of how writers have used Twitter to experiment. Most notably in May Jennifer Egan released an 8,500 short story on Twitter, called 'Black Box', in a serialisation experiment with the New Yorker's fiction Twitter account @NYerFiction. There was also Teju Cole’s ‘Small Fates‘ and Dan Sinker's @mayoremanuel. 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