Twitter has rolled out a series of emojis to celebrate Pope Francis’ visit to the US. When users tweet the hashtags ‘#PopeinUS,’ ‘#PopeinDC,’ ‘#PopeinNYC,’ and ‘#PopeinPhilly,’ small images of Pope Francis in front of the US flag, the US Capital, the Statue of Liberty, and the Liberty Bell appear respectively. The pope arrived in the […]
Internet giants Google, Facebook and Twitter have teamed up with the Internet Watch Foundation, an anti-child abuse charity, to pull indecent images from the web which have been identified by unique ‘hash’ codes. Not to be confused with a hashtag these codes are actually a photo-tagging system used to identify lists of inappropriate images for […]
Samsung is helping people to show their appreciation for dads this Father’s Day via a social media campaign, created by Cheil UK, called ‘#DadIOU’. In the run-up to Father’s Day, Samsung is asking its followers across its social media channels to tweet @SamsungUK a message to their dad with an IOU for the chance to […]
After a long, cold winter felt throughout the country, the first day of spring is something many are looking forward to. To celebrate spring, Miracle-Gro is inviting growers everywhere to reconnect with their garden via @Miraclegro and the first-of-its-kind crowdsourced #springmoji garden. Beginning March 20, the brand will plant the world’s biggest digital garden using […]
Samsung is spreading the love to its friends and followers this Valentine’s Day via a social media campaign, created by Cheil UK, called #LoveNote. In the run-up to Valentine’s Day, Samsung is asking its followers across its social media channels to email SamsungLoveNotes@gmail.com with their Valentine’s message for that someone special and that person’s Twitter […]
Peugeot has teamed with designer Adam Pobiak to create 108 limited edition silkscreen posters to push its new 108 model and is offering fans the chance to win one via a new social campaign. With help from social marketing agency 33seconds, the car marque will use CRM to identify and reach out to new owners […]
Carphone Warehouse has created a Twitter campaign with Cake to promote the launch of the HTC One Vivid Blue, exclusive to the retailer. The #OnceInABlueMoon campaign, which launched earlier this week, looks to celebrate the unexpected and has so far seen tweets from Duncan James from Blue and Michael Flatley. The campaign asks fans to […]
Nokia UK has tweeted in response to the news that cats paws are able to unlock the iPhone 5s through its fingerprint sensor Touch ID. We aren’t cat-proof either… http://t.co/Awwvrzy54z pic.twitter.com/Y9X1ej1qmH— Nokia UK (@nokia_uk) September 23, 2013 The tweet follows an experiment by TechCrunch, which saw a cat’s paw successfully unlock the device, created to […]
Mondelez, the parent company of brands like Oreos and Cadbury, has inked a deal with Twitter that will allow its teams in the UK, US, India and Brazil to analyse the effectiveness of its social media marketing in real-time. The deal, the first of its kind between a company and the social media site, comes […]
Twitter has acquired the mobile-focused ad exchange, MoPub, for a reported $350m (£223m). MoPub’s technology lets mobile application publishers manage their inventory and optimize multiple sources of advertising — direct ads, house ads, ad network, and real-time bidding through the MoPub Marketplace — in a single product. The deal represents the micro-blogging site’s largest acquisition […]