Facebook now bigger than porn
Social networking sites such as Facebook are now more popular in the UK than pornographic ones. According to research from Experian Hitwise, figures for January 2011 show Facebook and other social networking sites account for 12.46 per cent of all UK internet traffic. Entertainment sites – including porn – counted for just 12.18 per cent….
Rebecca Black’s Friday video becomes YouTube sensation for all the wrong reasons
Singer Rebecca Black will be pleased to hear that the video for her song Friday has become a huge viral hit. But she won’t be smiling for long after realising its ‘popularity’ is down to listeners declaring it “the worst song of the decade.” The video has racked up almost two million hits on YouTube…
Facebook campaign forces Britain’s ‘least romantic lover’ to propose
A mechanic who said he would only marry his partner when a MILLION people joined a Facebook group has agreed to set a date – despite it having only 58,000 followers. Paul Mapplethorpe, 38 was dubbed Britain’s most unromantic lover after he refused to tie the knot with his fiancee of 10 years until she…
Facebook is more important than gravity
Most young Brits consider the invention of Facebook more influential than the discovery of GRAVITY, a new study has claimed. Six out of ten youngsters think the social networking site is more important than Sir Isaac Newton’s ground-breaking 17th Century discovery. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, 26, beat a host of other historic names in a…
Kate Middleton and Prince William official Royal wedding website launched
Kate Middleton and Prince William’s upcoming wedding now has its own official website. Officialroyalwedding2011.org will carry updates on the ceremony and procession right up until the big day on 29 April. It will also act as a hub page for all of Clarence House’s various social media outlets, including its Twitter, Flickr and YouTube accounts….
Who to follow on Twitter: UK’s top 100 ‘power tweeters’ revealed
The UK’s 100 most influential Twitter users has been revealed with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s wife Sarah topping the list. The i newspaper compiled the list in conjunction with PeerIndex, a social media monitoring group which analyses people’s online impact. Individual Tweeters are ranked not just by their popularity and number of followers, but…
Wikipedia articles copied and sold as books by US publisher
An American company is copying articles directly from Wikipedia and printing them as books to sell to unsuspecting British readers. Publishing company Books LLC is offering around 315,000 books for sale on Amazon on thousands of popular subjects. British book lovers have paid up to £20 for the titles only to discover the content is…
Facebook Deals launches in the UK
Facebook’s Place Deals launches in the UK today, offering users discounts and freebies at various cafes, shops and leisure services using their smartphones. The scheme, which was launched in the US in November, rewards users for ‘checking in’ at various locations using the Places app on their iPhones. Businesses to join the UK scheme include…
Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters returns for second online series
Alan Partridge will be returning for a second online series of ‘Mid Morning Matters’ on fostersfunny.co.uk after the first six episodes drew over two million hits. The first series, set in the North Norfolk Radio digital studio, featured the DJ getting excited about interviewing Anthea ‘The Body’ Turner and calling Billie Piper “the most popular…
