Nearly one-third of Internet users stay logged into social media sites, leaving themselves open to attacks, according to a new study. In a voluntary survey of about 10,000 people worldwide, security software provider
A little bird told us that Kirstine Stewart has been appointed the managing director of Twitter Canada. She was the executive vice president of English services at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Her TV experience
After four months of testing ‘Promoted page Likes’ with U.S. businesses, Facebook has rolled out the feature globally. It eliminates the use of the complicated dashboard that was in place before. This will
Two Canadian advertising agencies are probably getting a lot of "likes" on Facebook today after being recognized at the Facebook Studio Awards. The awards are given out annually (this is the second batch
It seems that whenever a new social media tool comes out, brands and agencies look at ways they can use it to sell more of their wares. The same can be said when
It would make sense for the social web to be abuzz over Facebook's announcement of its Home suite of Android apps. Salesforce Marketing Cloud counted 74,000 mentions during the announcement. That strikes me
Let me be upfront: I'm not the world's biggest fan of The Facebook. I think that, too often, there's a little too much sharing going on. The games can chew up far too
Last week Google announced that their social network (Google+ for those of you at home keeping score) would begin supporting animated GIFs as profile pictures. With the popularity of Twitter's Vine app coupled with the dominance of
As March Madness – the month of NCAA basketball playoff matches that is also viewed as the tournament that recognizes the best post-secondary school talent in the world – comes to a close,
In a deal that reminds us of the close links between Microsoft Corp. and Facebook, the world's most popular social network is acquiring a marketing software suite from the world's biggest software company.
Even if Sunday night’s Oscars broadcast was sort of boring, at least we could amuse ourselves by opening up our second screen of choice and taking part in the social media conversation about
There is a strong trend in social media sharing towards visual content lately, and a new Toronto-based startup wants to help businesses take advantage of that with an iPhone app. KnexxLocal is planning
A Toronto-based mobile coupons startup is crediting a Facebook advertising unit in part for its popularity after just a couple of months in the App Store. Checkout 51 offers consumers a mobile app
Most people use Facebook to share cute pictures of their pets or complain about the weather, but it's becoming a more popular fundraising platform as well, according to one study.Peer-to-peer campaigns, or crowdfunding
