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Ch-ch-changes

Ch-ch-changes

It’s the first sign of spring. As the Informer parked his trusty penny farthing in the unusually busy cycle shed this morning, squeezing the sturdy relic of a bygone era in among the shiny carbon frames and razor thin wheels newly purchased by the fair weather cyclists, he was struck by how things change.

Orange to integrate Twitter into IPTV

Orange to integrate Twitter into IPTV

Mobile carrier Orange UK said Tuesday it is working to integrate popular social networking platform Twitter into its own service offerings, including TV as well as mobile and web.

Twitter tweets on deals with Bing and Google

Twitter tweets on deals with Bing and Google

Social networking phenomenon Twitter has announced an unlikely pair of bedfellows in Microsoft and Google, announcing search related partnerships with both firms.

INQ brings social networking phone to Singapore

INQ brings social networking phone to Singapore

Hutchison Whampoa’s handset development studio has broken into Asia under a deal with SingTel that will see the Singaporean carrier launch INQ’s latest handset.

Now Twitter wants to know where you live

Now Twitter wants to know where you live

Burgeoning micro blogging and social networking tool Twitter has announced plans to add location based service to its platform.

Orange, Vodafone push further into social networking

Orange, Vodafone push further into social networking

Social networking remains at the core of operators’ attempts to stimulate mobile broadband usage, with Orange UK on Wednesday announcing a social networking aggregation tool.

Twitter used for ‘pointless babble’ shock

Twitter used for ‘pointless babble’ shock

A recent study on what social networking platform Twitter is really used for has discovered that it’s not the marketer’s dream many think it to be. In truth, the research suggests, it’s really just used to spout senseless babble.

Facebook makes friends with FriendFeed

Facebook makes friends with FriendFeed

Competition is getting heated in the real time search space as monster social network Facebook snapped up FriendFeed for an undisclosed sum.

INQ launches QWERTY Twitter phone

INQ launches QWERTY Twitter phone

Hutchison Whampoa’s handset play INQ has announced two new handsets that it hopes will build on the success of its first device the INQ1 - known colloquially as the ‘Facebook Phone’ because of the social networking capabilities around which it was designed.

Social networking driving mobile data boom

Social networking driving mobile data boom

Forget music and video downloads, social networking is driving the growth explosion in mobile data usage, analysts said today.