URL: http://www.hyperalerts.no/ Regulars here will already know when it comes to social media, I'm an advocate for keeping your ears close to the ground. When it comes to listening for brand mentions online, its never been more important to know what is being said about you, and when its bei...

URL: http://www.dropmocks.com/ Taking a 'less is more approach' - Dropmocks is a beautiful little web application that enables users to easily create image slideshows for sharing with friends. Utilising HTML 5's new drag and drop functionality, it works with modern browsers to let you bring f...

Like many people, I often find myself wanting to distribute video I find online in a variety of different formats, and utilise them in different applications. Flash video, one of the most popular ways to distribute video online,  puts a minor stumbling block in your way- as it provides a wrapper ar...

We all know newspaper's are slowly dying. Circulation is dropping, display and classified ad revenue is drying up and paywalls are largely thought to be a waste of time, according to thought leaders on the topic at Harvard University. Thankfully however, there is a plethora of alternative social...

Forums can be a great way to encourage audience participation, and to change a website from a one dimensional entity into a full fledged community. There are a number of well developed open source forums out there on the web to help you create that, each with their own benefits. This review breaks ...

Whilst many crowdfunding websites revolve around arts and music ventures, Crowdcube concentrates solely on equity for new business and startups.  It's also one of the few startups in the UK provide crowdfunding services. If you fancy yourself as the next Peter Jones or Theo Paphitis, you c...

Following on from my earlier post, I left an important element of Google' social strategy out deliberately, as it deserves a full post dedicated to it. Google's URL shortener - Goo.gl Prediction number 1. Goo.gl will play a massive part in Google's social strategy. Whilst something as mund...

At some point or another, almost all of us have experienced breaking news which reaches us via Twitter. Tweets spread like wildfire, and give a 140 character word of mouth synopsis that often makes news outlets jump to attention, and start the fact finding process to bring us more on a story. If you...

According to recent research published by ComScore, 2010 was the year the web bounced back. Depressed consumer discretionary spending going back to the end of 2008 finally gave way to improving consumer sentiment, helping lead the U.S. e-commerce market back to consistent positive growth in 2010. To...

Some of the recent acquisitions and moves made by Google have been interesting to say the least. With them losing ground to Facebook in the social stakes, they have been quietly getting their ducks in a row through an acquisition strategy.  One fifth of Google's acquisions in 2010 were related to s...