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#Music to Twitter’s ears

Today, Twitter launched its new #Music app, which recommends tracks to music fans based on the artists they follow on the platform. #Music can be accessed online or as an iPhone app, available for download from the App Store. Currently, the service is only available in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The […]

Red Bull takes Instagram to the Streets

We’re about half way through our Red Bull ‘Instagram Your Inspiration’ campaign and it’s an important milestone for us, as we launch the first ever We Are Social designed billboards, which have now gone live in five UK cities. For those who missed our last blog post about the campaign, here’s some background. To celebrate the launch of Red Bull […]

We Are Growing. We Are Hiring.

It’s been a busy 2013 so far – what with a US Presidential (re) inauguration, a new addition to the Vatican and a Royal baby on the way. But there are still 9 months to go, and here in the New York office of We Are Social, we’ve got a very busy year ahead. We’re […]

We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #161

Facebook users Like on average 40 Pages Since 2009, Facebook users have gone from liking on average 4.5 Pages to 40 – as a result of this, and brands increasing their use of social media, users’ News Feeds are now bombarded with roughly 1440 updates per month according to Socialbakers. The number of Pages Liked varies […]

Top Facebook Pages in the US, March ’13

Following on from their UK report, Socialbakers have just released their top Facebook Pages in the US March 2013 report. The report delivers the rankings of the most popular, engaging and responsive US brand and media pages on Facebook, along with the top 3 most engaging individual posts from US pages this month. They’ve included […]

Top Facebook Pages in the UK, March ’13

Socialbakers have just released their top Facebook Pages in the UK March 2013 report. The report delivers the rankings of the most popular, engaging and responsive UK brand and media pages on Facebook, along with the top 3 most engaging individual posts from UK pages this month. They’ve included Global pages alongside local UK pages, […]

Social Brands: Go Mobile Or Stand Still

Social Brands Part 4: On The Go Is The Way To Go It’s official: mobile is literally everywhere. Google tells us that more people around the world now own a mobile phone than own a toothbrush, while the UN just revealed that more people have access to mobile phones than toilets. Here’s how things break […]

We Are Social’s Monday Mashup #160

New mothers radically increase online usage BabyCentre have produced research on the huge increase in internet usage amongst new mothers. The demographic group, who spend 35% more time online than the average person, up their internet usage by 45% and mobile by 28% after becoming a mother. Factors like feeling more guilty, rushed and stressed […]

A Home run for Facebook?

Yesterday, Facebook unveiled its ‘Facebook phone’. Rather than manufacturing a physical handset, instead Facebook is hijacking the everyday Android smartphone with a clever piece of software (a ‘Launcher’) which turns it into an always-connected Facebook device. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lep_DSmSRwE Called Facebook Home, once installed it appears on the home screen of any Android device, and consists of […]

adidas #boostmi: launch of a revolution

As you may have read in Style & Fashion, Assodigitale or Think.BigChief last week, we recently supported adidas in the Italian launch of its new adidas Energy Boost running shoes. BOOST™ isn’t just a name – it’s actually a technology that is set to revolutionise the world of running. So, with a lot of expectation […]