Yahoo, Google, Twitter. Yelp continues the time-honoured trend of digital giants adopting wacky names while delivery a very sophisticated service. So today we're having a closer look at the location and review-based service. Yelp all about it Yelp was founded in 2004 and today has 142 million monthly unique users. Over 90 million reviews have […]
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If Android users were feeling a little left out by Facebook's recent updates, this week brings some respite. The social network has just launched Work Chat, an app that allows Android users to use Facebook at Work on-the-go. Chatterbox Work Chat looks and operates a lot like Messenger. Users can connect individually and in groups,
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Social video is a Brave New World – and Facebook is betting Virtual Reality is going to play a bit part in moving pictures. The social network has just released 360 Video support for iOS. In a spin While VR support has been available for Android and web-based Facebook users since September, now iPhone users
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Microsoft has just released Social Share, a new service that lets users repost PowerPoint presentations on social networks. Sharing is caring Social Share has been developed by Microsoft Garage, an initiative that encourages Microsoft employees to trial experimental projects. The free plugin for PowerPoint lets you share slides on Facebook and Twitter as either a photo
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Do you use GiFs in your marketing plan, or just because they're so damned fun? Now you can rewind your GIFs with Twitter's ScratchReel. Scratch the surface ScratchReel's Twitter account advises that certain types of GIFs can now be manipulated using either a mouse, or finger gestures on mobile. You can hover over the GIF to
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LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ – with so many options out there for networking anything that gives you a leg up can mean the difference between making a new contact or striking out. Helping up your chances is Wonderloop, the mobile service that allows professionals to upload 20-second video profiles of themselves. It's just launched a website.
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While mobile phones, instant messaging and email have gone a long way to making the modern corporate warrior lightweight and largely paperless, some things refuse to die. Case in point: the fax. Well, now there’s an app for that. eFax eFax is an tablet app that lets users (all 11 million of them) fax to
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Like a middle child or overlooked understudy, tablets have struggled to shine under the all-powerful light of smartphones. And while there may never be as many tablets as smartphones in the world, they fill an important, and increasingly lucrative, gap. Here’s the latest in tablet talk. Firing up Tablet sales peaked in 2013, and have
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Facebook has just launched Notify, a new app that delivers real-time notifications about news and events. Sounds sort of like Twitter right? On Notice Facebook announced the news in a blog post. "Everyone has different interests, so whether you’re into sports, celebrities, news, movies, music or shopping, Notify makes it easy to find notifications you’re
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Last year Facebook launched Local Awareness Ads, aimed at helping retailers connect with nearby customers. Now Facebook has released two updates intended to make targeting smarter. Local legends Aimed at businesses with multiple locations, the first update lets businesses add bespoke copy using the Locations for Page feature. This means that a restaurant with various locations can
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