Toy shop Hamleys has bowed to social media criticism and abandoned plans to bring live penguins and reindeer into the store in the lead up to Christmas.Hundreds of animal lovers had taken to social networks to complain that the plans were cruel...

Hootsuite, a “social media dashboard” that enables users to manage multiple social media accounts, is celebrating an important milestone today.Launched in December 2008 the service has now exceeded one million users thanks to the...

Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate, News Corp, is mulling a sale of MySpace after effectively conceding defeat in its battle with Facebook.News Corp purchased the site for £378m in 2008 but after admitting its asset is a &ldquo...

A US tweeter who chose @theashes as a username is ruing the selection after being bombarded by messages from cricket fans.Scores of tweets are said to have been directed to the account, apparently owned by a woman in the US, by fans following the...

A host of musicians, sports players, reality TV stars and even the wife of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown are taking part in a morbid campaign aimed at raising awareness of World Aids Day.Stars including Serena Williams, Kim Kardashian and Jay...

Here is the full list of award winners at this year's GoldenTwits, the Twitter awards sponsored by Windowsphone. Golden Twits Results by Category Applications AWARDTwitition @TwititionPUBLIC AWARDTweetDeck @TweetDeck ...

Facebook has this week been granted a ‘notice of allowance’ to trade mark the word ‘face’ by the US Patent and Trademark Office.The social networking site – which boasts over 500 million users worldwide – has...

With the clock steadily ticking toward tomorrow nights Golden Twit Awards a host of big ticket personalities are gearing up for the London gathering, headed by Canadian comedian Tom Stade to provide some real comedy gold.Stade will deploy his...

Celebrities and politicians have become familiar victims of social media in recent years with ill advised tweets and messages swiftly reaching a wider, unintended, audience.One group which might be expected to rise above such earthly matters is...