While many devices and networks suggest we're living in the future, other traditions remain firmly rooted in the past. Case in point: the signature, which doesn't look to be going away anytime soon. However signing your life away can be made easier with EchoSign. The digital dotted line EchoSign is an app by Adobe that allows […]

Google Docs has just unveiled a swag of new updates and improved security features for mobile. Spelling bee Now iOS and Android apps have real-time spell checks, in addition to being able to hide rows and columns in spreadsheets, plus grouping shapes in presentations. This functionality wll come in handy when bashing out important missives to

Facebook has just announced Product Ads, a new unit designed to help merchants promote and sell their products online. Buy and sell Facebook announced the news in a blog post. "Product ads offer businesses a number of ways to highlight different products on Facebook. "Marketers can upload their product catalog and create campaigns targeting certain products

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has made a frank admission about his company's failure to deal with online bullying and harassment. #Stop Via internal memos acquired by The Verge, Costolo conveys to employees his concerns that bullying behaviour is turning new and existing users of Twitter. "We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the

Facebook has just launched a Relevance Score aimed at helping brands understand how their ads are performing. Keep it real Facebook announced the news in a blog post.  "On Facebook, we try to show people the ads that are most pertinent to them. That’s why we’ve always used relevance as a factor in determining how

Yelp has kicked off 2015 by rolling out a range of handy new features. Photo finish Yelp users on iOS and Android can now upload rich content such as photos and video more efficiently.   Yelp also now allows quicker access to your phone's photo library, while streamlining the process for taking and uploading photos

Here on the SMK blog we do a lot of typing, so our ears always prick up when a new app comes along promising a new way manage our furious finger tapping. The latest to come across our desk is the very clever OftenType.  Our Type of app This iOS app has all the bells

Twitter has just released its fourth quarter earnings for 2014, with the figures representing a mixed bag of social fruit. Ups and downs First the good news. Earnings are up, even exceeding expectations.  Over the quarter Twitter took home US$479 million in revenue, a massive 97% increase year-on-year.  This topped analysts' predictions by US$24 million.