The past weekend showed that many consumers these days have the expectation that if brands are on Facebook they’re offering customer service 24/7.
Researchers at a K.U.Leuven university in Belgium have identified flaws in AES, the encryption algorithm used by hundreds of millions users worldwide securing everything from ecommerce transactions using SSL to file encyrption tools including the popular BitLocker on PCs and FileVault on Mac OS X.
Researchers Andrey Bogdanov, Dmitry Khovratovich and Christian Rechberger came up with a clever new attack that can recover the secret key four times easier then previously thought.
It has been widely publicised that
the riots we experienced throughout the UK were instigated via social
networks. But what is the true role of social networks here, and should we be
preventing these services from exacerbating such situations?
There’s no way you could have
missed the latest news stories, groups of youths within the communities of
England have been causing unrest in many major cities, causing criminal damage,
burning down buildings seemingly indiscriminately and looting from all manner
of businesses.
You've got just over a week to submit entries for this year's BIMA Awards thanks to a two week extension, making the new deadline midnight on Friday 26th August.
The Social Media Strategies Summit (25th - 27th October) promises to see the best and brightest speakers in the social media marketing arena present emerging strategies, tactics and case studies in the successful use of social media.
We're delighted that organisers, GSMI, have offered 2 lucky Chinwaggers the chance to win a free conference ticket worth up to £1795.00.
Digesting numbers is a lot easier when they're in pretty picture format, and for a visual download of the latest Twitter stats, this is a handy infographic from the folks at Touch Agency in Lancashire, they've pulled together "over 35 different statistics - it contains everything you need to know about (twitter)"
A new report from analysts Gartner suggest that some audience segments audience are showing signs of fatigue in their social media consumption.
"The trend shows some social media fatigue among early adopters, and the fact that 31 percent of Aspirers [younger, more mobile, brand-conscious consumers] indicated that they were getting bored with their social network is a situation that social media providers should monitor, as they will need to innovate and diversify to keep consumer attention," said Brian Blau, research director at Gartner.
This is a very handy resource for anyone tasked with getting stuck in to a Facebook marketing campaign. Priit Kallas at DreamGrow Social Media has put together a downloadable PDF with dimensions and sizes:
Social Media Marketing and Monitoring 2011 (Mon 19th September) will feature Guardian Tech Editor, Charles Arthur, "Rage Against the X-Factor" Facebook activist, Jon Mortor, Play.com, Vue Cinemas plus a hat-full of case studies and social media marketing examples.
Organisers, Our Social Times, have kindly offered one lucky Chinwagger the chance to win a free conference ticket worth £195.00
Entering the competition could not be easier, simply fill in the form below by Monday 12th September and a ticket could be yours.
The Green Data Centre and Cloud Control Conference (25th - 27th October) will foster an educational environment that aims to allow you to analyse new techniques that will not only help our environment, but also save your organisation time and money.
We're delighted that organisers, GSMI, have offered 2 lucky Chinwaggers the chance to win a free conference ticket worth up to £1290.00.
Entering the competition could not be easier, simply fill in the form below by Tuesday 18th October and a ticket could be yours.
