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Facebook App Store Opens In UK
The Telegraph
The App Centre launched first in the US last month with more than 600 available from day one - including services such as Pinterest and popular games including Draw Something and Bejeweled. The UK version has gone live with some extra European-based services such as Deezer, a popular French music streaming site. Facebook will also recommend apps based on ratings from people who use it and the apps that your friends are using. The store is also available via its mobile app on both Apple's iOS and the Android platform.
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Music Industry Could Better Use Digital
EquiMedia
Currently, there is a focus on artists opposed to consumers, according to one of Sony Music's top marketers. Vice president of marketing services at Sony Music Fred Bolza claims that currently the industry is doing a poor job at marketing, Marketing Week reported. Bolza explained that declining CD sales and a rising market for single track downloads and steams has presented marketers with the "challenge of reinventing the industry".
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Oxford Researchers Map World's Tweets
Red Rocket Media
Researchers from Oxford University have mapped where in the world tweets are being sent from, dailymail.co.uk reports. In a bid to see which countries are the most prolific tweeters, they collated geo-tagged tweets and created a map to show just where in the world tweets are coming from. Larger countries such as America and Brazil lead the way, taking 30% and 22%, respectively. China, however, with its strict censorship rules, barely registered. The UK and Indonesia came in joint third, taking around 6%. Others in the so-called "first sextile" of most prolific tweeters include France, Spain, Canada, Russia, Germany, Malaysia, Japan and Australia.
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Social Video Firm Unruly Opens London Lab
M&M Global
Unruly has opened the doors on its social video lab that aims to help brands and agencies create video content that gets shared more frequently at its London headquarters. In the basement-lab, brands can pre-test videos before they are released online using eye-tracking technology and tools that measure a viewer's emotional response to content. The social video company's viral video chart is being used to drive the video analytics used to measure the success of content.
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BBC: 'If They Believe Us, They Will Share It'
Journalism.co.uk
The BBC's director of global news has today said that research shows audiences trust news shared by their family and friends more than news from "most traditional media". In a speech to the World Media Summit in Russia, Peter Horrocks said: "If we want our news to be believed, we need to get our audiences to share it. If they believe us, they will share it." He said the BBC's standard is now to ask "do you trust our news enough to share it with your mother, brother, or friend?". During the keynote speech in Moscow, Horrocks also warned of an "unprecedented global threat to impartial and independent news" and called on authorities worldwide to protect the rights of journalists to report freely.
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Britons, Welsh Track Floods Via Online Maps
BBC
A live flood warning system has gone online as the UK experiences unseasonable amounts of heavy rain. The system aims to allow people to track areas that are in danger of imminent flooding. The FloodAlerts map offers people real-time updates on areas at risk in England and Wales. The system, developed by Shrewsbury-based firm Shoothill, uses data from the Environment Agency's nationwide network of monitoring stations.
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UN Council Agrees Internet Access Is A Human Right
Digital Spy
The United Nations Human Rights Council has unanimously agreed that access to the Internet is a basic human right, signing a resolution ostating that access to the Internet and online freedom of expression should be guaranteed. The motion was led by Sweden and supported by countries including America, Brazil and Tunisia. It follows the Arab Spring, and Tunisia's envoy said that the Internet played a vital role in mobilising people during this time, explaining: "The most important result of the Tunisian revolution is this right to freedom of expression."
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