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UK Shop Embroiled In Twitter Misunderstanding
GigaOm
A dress shop committed an act of unfathomable stupidity today when it tweeted that references to "Aurora," site of the horrific theatre massacre in Colorado, were "clearly about our Kim K inspired #Aurora dress." The incident has proved remarkable not only for the depth of the Celeb Boutique's idiocy but for the virulent and mob-like response it has invoked. As of Friday afternoon, Twitter is alight with thousands of people calling the company vile names and demanding that it pay money to a victim's fund.
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ISPs Broaden Pirate Bay Blockade
Torrent Freak
Several UK Internet providers expanded their blockade of The Pirate Bay last week. Sky Broadband, Virgin Media and TalkTalk are now blocking user access to several IP-addresses the BitTorrent site added in recent weeks. Whether this will have any effect is doubtful. At the weekend, The Pirate Bay was getting ready to add a new address and meanwhile the hundreds of proxy sites remain accessible.
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Workers Waste One Full Day On Social Media
BizReport
When VoucherCodesPro noticed significantly high traffic on their money-saving website during working hours, they wondered just how much time people at work spend using social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. They asked over 1,000 people in the UK, 69% of which worked Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, about their social media use during the working day, excluding during their own time such as lunch or other breaks. The results may concern business owners.
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Games Face New Challenges With Social Media
Yahoo
The explosion of social networking offers huge opportunities to the IOC, Reuters reports, but with much of its revenues dependent on the billion-dollar deals agreed with broadcasters, the body overseeing the Games will also have to protect those long-held rights. Fans inside a stadium will be allowed to use their smartphones to film Usain Bolt on the track or Michael Phelps in the pool, but they will not be allowed to upload it to Facebook in a ruling that may surprise many tech-savvy fans who now upload clips on a regular basis.
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Everything Everywhere Braces For Games
Computer Business Review
The Orange and T-Mobile owner has put its money where its mouth is. There has been plenty of speculation over the stability of the UKs mobile infrastructure to handle the added infrastructure load as a result of the London Olympic games, with theCabinet Office already warning business and the public that the Olympics 'could crash the internet'. It has advised more companies to get more employees working from home, and look at alternative internet usage arrangements to take the load of Wi-Fi hotspots, mobile networks, and broadband.
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Metro Launches Free IPhone App
The Drum
Designed to be a 'near match' to the print edition, the app will be available for free through Newsstand on iOS. This follows the launch of the Metro Facebook app last month, which orders content by the number of 'likes' it has, and aims to increase engagement and encourage commenting, liking and sharing.
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Conference Examines Social Media, ECommerce Links
Red Rocket Media
Social media will soon become a "significant" part of ecommerce in the future, marketingweek.co.uk reports. During collating speeches given at this week's Iris Worldwide Retail Retold conference in London, Marketing Week found that the underlying message was for businesses to integrate social media with online retail, or risk being left behind when everybody else does.
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