Highlights from the live question and answer panel for Guardian voluntary sector network. Topics included internal challenges with social media, asking for celebrity tweets, getting started with social media and integrating social media into other areas of work.

I was lucky enough to happen upon Simon Berry’s ColaLife social media campaigning Q&A at Sounddelivery this week and was impressed by not only his original idea, its execution and his attitude to online, but also his obvious passion for ColaLife and its potential.

This week we look at the new product launches at Facebook. We also find out the value of social share buttons, and how we can now track them. Lastly, we find a new crowdsourcing donation site, Soloco.

Twitter is set to launch UK advertising in October. We explain the effects of posting to Facebook from a third-party app and two of our favourite websites reach a 100 million landmark.

This week Google+1 goes mobile, we discover a new Twitter with a twist and we check up on checking in.

Google has been making more waves in tech news this week. Some of it good, some not great but all of it interesting.

Facebook are downgrading check-ins while Foursquare are upgrading its check-in options. Also this week, Jumo has been acquired by GOOD and we donate in our sleep.

The office has been enjoying watching the funny and heartfelt charity videos submitted for the JustTextGiving video competition this week. Charities wishing to enter the competition simply need to create a short, creative video using their JustTextGiving code and post it to YouTube, and the video with the most views by 23rd of this month [...]

Google+ is integrated into Google search results in a (not so) shocking move. Kuapay pip NFC to the post with a QR code mobile payment system and Facebook Ads allow you to target people by postcode.

DudaMobile DudaMobile has recently launched a new self-serve platform that allows existing website owners create a mobile version of their site by simply typing in the website’s URL. This is a simple and brilliant offering for small organisations, who haven’t got the time or resources to make sure their site is mobile friendly. The service [...]

What a shocking night London has just experienced.  In thirty years of living here I have never witnessed such carnage.  For most people it’s an utterly mystifying experience – why are they doing it?  Why now? According to Ken Livingstone, we’re witnessing the despair and anger of a dispossessed generation – young people who face [...]

This week Twitter rolls out promoted tweets with an interesting propostition for charities, and not content with this good CSR karma, it also plays a role in the debt ceiling deal in America. Groupon check into location services and Google+ brings out live video streaming.

This week is dominated by Twitter news and news on Twitter. We also touch upon how Facebook is making it easier for small pages to get recognition and how Apple is making it easier for your face to get recognition. Lastly, we wanted to highlight a really great use of Google maps for a charity website.

Google continues to dominate the news in the social realm by updating analytics to include more social media tracking and reaching an 18 million user milestone. Facebook and Twitter still get a look in when it comes to advertising news.

This week we explain why brands should do their best to remain nonplussed

Last week, CharityInsight.com played host to an online debate about using social media to benefit non-profit organisations. It asked five sets of questions on behalf of charities that are all six’s and seven’s about the social web. Our very own Rachel Beer was one of the panellists.

Last week I sent myself on a journey for marketing knowledge and insights at the Marketing Week Live Exhibition 2011. I caught two and a half presentations, grasped some freebies and netted some valuable insight about data in marketing.

We take a look at two new start ups, witness round two of Google and Facebook’s tussle for control of the web and round up how this half a year has impacted some of the biggest sites.

Facebook is seeing some changes to its usage and user base. Meanwhile, Google is hoping their latest social features will take off. Let the social network battle for popularity commence!

On the 6 month anniversary of beautiful bytes we bring news that DOWNLOAD TO DONATE encourages donations in exchange for new music, Hootsuite updates its suite of tools, Foursquare reaches 10 million users and Everything Everywhere permanently suspends text donation fees.