Car parts company CES has hired Willoughby PR to promote the launch of its new consumer website Autosessive.com.The Birmingham-based agency will put social media at the heart of the launch campaign, and will organise a competition to find Britain&...

The countdown clock is ticking to the close of nominations for the second annual Golden Twits (www.goldentwits.com), the awards scheme which aims to out sweet tweets from a sour shower. Already a host of wannabe hopefuls such as Alan Carr, Stephen...

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams has stepped down as chief executive of the social media giant amid speculation over the sites future ownership.Williams will be replaced by Dick Costolo in a move heralded as marking a shift in emphasis for a site...

Officials at the Ministry of Defence has advised service personnel to opt out of geo-location services such as Facebook Places over concerns that terrorists could use the facility to track potential targets.Facebook Places was cited as one of the...

A new report has revealed that although investment in social media and online PR is set to rise next year, Britain's businesses are failing to make the cultural and budgetary commitments required to maximise the channel's potential.The research...

With the Ryder Cup set to go into full swing Colin Montgomerie has launched a pre-emptive bid to prevent a boiling over of frustrations into the (very public) realm of social media.Cognisant of Kevin Pieterson’s “error”, the...

People seeking their natural parents are being urged to bypass Facebook for more official channels after the British Association of Adoption & Fostering revealed figures which show a rise in the numbers using social networking sites to seek...

The UK follows the US and Japan today with the introduction of the latest application for the world’s ubiquitous social networking site, Facebook Places.With roll out of the service commencing this morning the service is expected to be...