Twitter launches Vine – a six second video sharing service, but is that really long enough?
Does Twitter’s Vine app have what it takes to become the Instagram of video? Or is six seconds just far too short?
By Alex Masters | Bytesize, Digital Digest, Science & Technology | Friday, 25 January 2013 at 2:28 pm
Twitter takes on Instagram with new integrated image filters
Just days after Instagram announced that they had withdrawn support for Twitter’s card feature, Twitter have retaliated by rolling out their own built-in image filters.
By Alex Masters | Digital Digest | Tuesday, 11 December 2012 at 2:59 pm
Facebook announced updates. Did you get the email?
Last week Facebook sent out an email claiming to be updating in our best interests. . The email titled ‘Updates to Data Use Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities’ was sent out regarding data use policy, in other words, what can Facebook do with our data
By Emma Munbodh | Digital Digest, Notebook | Tuesday, 27 November 2012 at 1:14 pm
Instagram begin rolling out web profiles for all users
Throughout this week, Instagram will roll out web-based profiles for every one of its 100 million users, complete with ‘Facebook Timeline’ style layout and animated cover photos.
By Alex Masters | Notebook, Science & Technology | Tuesday, 6 November 2012 at 12:25 pm
How Completure could revolutionise citizen journalism
As an Airbus plummeted into the Hudson River in Manhattan, few realised that it would be the point of no return for journalism and social media. With this in mind, today sees the launch of Completure, an app which aims to capture these new opportunities that smart phones create for citizen journalists.
By Dom Gilchrist | Science & Technology | Tuesday, 18 September 2012 at 6:28 pm
Twitter forces Tumblr to axe friend-finding feature
Tumblr is the latest service to fall foul of Twitter’s recently updated ‘guidelines’, with support for ‘friend-finding’ via Twitter’s API being revoked as of today, but is Twitter cutting off its nose to spite its face?
By Alex Masters | Notebook, Science & Technology | Thursday, 23 August 2012 at 3:29 pm
The Photography Blog: Rise of the smartphone, but smart photography too?
Assuming Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t got his sums wrong, the market for smartphone photography is booming.
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