News that Facebook is now valued at more than Boeing at $50bn has sparked concern in some quarters that the social media titan may be overvalued.Some analysts, including Lou Kerner of Bloomberg TV, are optimistically estimating that by 2015... Read more
When people talk about social media they invariably talk about Facebook or Twitter and business people occasionally LinkedIn but they seldom talk about video specifically as a social media tool.When people talk about social media they invariably... Read more
With some commentators finding it difficult to swallow Facebook’s current $50bn valuation news that the social media giant could be worth $125bn by 2017 is sure to leave jaws on the floor.Nevertheless this is precisely what financial trends... Read more
Amidst a flurry of investor interest in social media, with deals surrounding groupon, Facebook and LinkedIn Twitter chief Dick Costolo remains adamant that his firm will retain its independence.Costolo is convinced that Twitters advertising... Read more
As reported in his Drum blog, Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp has discovered that the children’s section of the new DirectGov website, Buster’s World, shares a moniker with a fetish website.The DirectGov site, which is being promoted by a... Read more
DirectGov is to rename its child-targeted website Buster’s World following the revelation that it shares its name with a balloon fetish site. The Buster's World logo has been removed from the site - which is a spin-off to the recently... Read more
It's the week's best media and marketing news from the mouths of those making the headlines..."First of all I think it is extremely unprofessional to criticise another agency's work (and actually cowardly if you do so anonymously) when... Read more