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UK Facebook Mobile Users to hit a Record High this Year

  Over 26.9 million mobile phone users in the UK are expected to be using Facebook this year, making up an impressive 50.8% of the all mobile phone users across the country. The milestone comes after a report by eMarketer suggested that an estimated 50.5%

Facebook rolls out Suicide Prevention Tools to the UK

  Facebook have taken a step towards empowering people who are worried about their friends by launching enhanced suicide prevention tools across the Social Network. Developed in association with the Samaritans, the new feature allows users to flag posts that concern them… Facebook’s suicide prevention

Facebook Rewards Counter-terrorism Advocates

  Facebook have taken a new step towards calling out extremism on Social Media by actively rewarding users who speak out against extremist propaganda. The move comes as growing public concerns surrounding safety on Social Media have caused international Governing Bodies and Social Networking giants

Facebook Tests New In-app Browser

  Facebook is reportedly in the process of testing a brand new in-app browser that will allow users to view web pages from within the app. Unlike the current browser that only allows the viewing of a single web page, the new one also allows

Why DC Comics need to learn how to Google

  DC Comics have recently been called out on Social Media for their sheer inability to perform a basic Google search. The US comic book publisher has (rightfully) come under a barrage of tweets due to an Editor’s note describing speech as ‘translated from Pakistanian’.

Twitter’s New Time Travelling Tweets

  Twitter has been experimenting with a new non-chronological tweet-ordering style, reminiscent of Facebook’s ‘Most Recent Posts’ style. The Social Network wants to appeal to more casual users – but could more changes result in it losing its originality? A new algorithm has been implemented

Facebook is helping us ignore annoying viral posts

  Thanks to Facebook we won’t have to see annoying viral posts on our news feeds for much longer. The Social Network are adjusting their algorithm so that certain types of viral content which many users have noted as deceiving or a hoax won’t appear

Facebook Tests Snapchat-style Features

  Facebook looks set to tap into the world of Snapchat as it begins testing a new snapchat-esque self-destructing messaging feature for users in France – and it isn’t the first time they have tried to take them on… A new Facebook feature, allowing users

Why it’s difficult to heart Twitter’s new update

  Twitter’s new ‘heart’ update has been received with a wide variety of feedback; some love it, others despise the change. With an icon shift to something so emotionally recognisable, there are certainly a number of undeniable psychological positives. However, criticism has labelled the update

Is Instagram Bad for Photography?

  Since it was launched in October 2010, Instagram has quickly caught on as one of the world’s primary photo sharing platforms. On it you can take a photo, make it look pretty and share it with the world in a matter of seconds. But