Do you love taking photos and sharing them with your friends? Take your habit to the next level with newly minted app Pixcall. Step right up This iOS app lets you connect with your friends no matter what region or timezone they're in.  It works like this: once you download Pixcall will invite the contacts […]

It's been around for a decade now and seems to go from strength to strength. In fact, it's never looked healthier. Love it or hate it, there's no escaping Facebook and its growing network of subsidiaries, properties and interests. Here's a quick look at the latest stats from the fantastical world of Facebook. Fanbase Facebook

Twitter-owned app Periscope has announced an update that lets you mute other users. Silence is golden While the live-streaming app and its rival Meerkat have proved popular since launching earlier this year, both can be very noisy places. Now you can turn the virtual volume down by muting selected users.  Mutiny? To mute a user,

A new report shows that Facebook and social advertising has increased dramatically over the past year. Digi-dollars The study from Kenshoo shows that the global spend on Facebook advertising rose 114% in the past quarter, with 63% of this going towards mobile. Overall, social paid advertising also rose 37% year-on-year. Mobile moves Mobile (phone and

We all know YouTube is big. Very very big. But according to new data from Google, the video platform has never been more popular with mobile viewers. Square eyes At its recent earnings call Google's Chief Business Office Omid Kordestani announced that YouTube homepage visits have tripled year-on-year. Significantly, users are also spending more time

Twitter can do many things, but until now time travel wasn't one of them.  Now Twitter's Event Targeting lets brands peer into the future to purchase. Great Scott! Twitter's announced Event Targeting in a blog post.  "With event targeting, you can activate around live moments, quickly and easily. "We’ll help you discover and plan for

Looking for an easy-to-use app that provides a snapshot into your social activity? Look no further than sassy little app Perch. Perch 'n' peruse Perch is a new app for iOS and Android designed to give small businesses a "birds-eye view" of their social mentions.  Start by adding all the users and brands you follow over

Instant Messaging is big business. While Facebook's Messenger and WhatsApp tend to dominate the headlines, they're often outpaced by the plucky WeChat. Read on to learn more about the Chinese messaging service. Chatterbox WeChat lets users send video and text messages privately or to groups. It was first launched in January 2011 by Chinese development