Frank Chickens, an obscure Japanese comedy troupe from the 1980s, are on the verge of being named best comedy act of the past 30 years following an impromptu Twitter campaign.The unlikely act, named after a brand of pencil, rose to prominence...

North West PR agency Paver Smith is using social media to promote the IBSA World Blind Football Championship which is taking place in Hereford this month.The tournament is the largest ever disability football event held in the UK and will be...

A fresh challenger for the social media crown has emerged in the form of Tumblr, a New York based blogging service which aims to bring social media orthodoxy tumbling down.Though a relative minnow when viewed against the goliaths of Facebook,...

A food blog designed by a mother desperate to convince her fussy four year old daughter to eat her greens has become a surprise internet hit.The Little Food Junction blog depicts a range of familiar vegetables and salads assorted into images...

Twitter’s oldest tweeter, 104 year old Ivy Bean from Bradford, has tweeted her last after it was confirmed that she had passed away.Bean amassed an impressive 62,000 followers on the networking site and though illness prevented her tweeting...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ new campaign is targeted at the gay market in the UK, with viral game The KLM Gay Getaway seeded to a mix of bloggers, social media sites and social profiles that target the gay audience in the UK.The game focuses...

The woman who set up a Facebook page in tribute to gunman Raoul Moat has removed it following public anger about the site, including condemnation by Prime Minister David Cameron. Siobhan O'Dowd set up the page, which garnered 38,000 members,...