Does ‘churnalism’ pose a threat to content quality on the web? #beautifulbytes this week looks at what you can do to avoid it, as well as changes to Facebook Ads and the continued growth of social gaming.

In #beautifulbytes this week, Twitter looks to be the latest source for up-to-the-minute news, Zynga prepares to launch Bingo on Facebook while Google lays groundwork to understand what you’re searching for

Records all round as this week’s #beautifulbytes looks at the incredible growth of Pinterest as well as the continued growth of Google+ and Twitter.

Facebook goes public Big news in the technology and business worlds, Facebook will be launched on the stock market in the very near future with initial estimates suggesting a total value of $100 billion. On the plus side, shareholders could have a positive influence as they may bring new ideas from outside the confines of [...]

Ashley’s back and talking about crowdfunding, the McDonalds Twitter hashtag #fail, mobile content consumption and a new record for YouTube

Join me as I ponder the latest news from Google, shutting down the interwebs, micro-donations at festivals as well as mourning the loss of Cotweet…

CES 2012 With CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2012 in full swing, any tech-geeks worth their salt will be following updates with anticipation to see what new innovations will be hitting shelves and screens in the coming year. Microsoft Keynote While a majority of the keynote was less than inspiring, one thing did catch my eye. [...]

Happy new year everyone! It has been tradition in the beautiful world office to make predictions about the coming year, so here’s what we think 2012 has in store.

This week we look at the introduction of Google+ brand pages and their possible impact on social search, and we ask whether social networks should be shut during times of civil unrest.

This week’s bytes is a virtual smorgasbord of tech news. It explores the new Google Analytics, the results of a survey into clicktivism, some Twitter heat mapping, news of how Twitter sign ups have changed since the iOS 5 integration, Android news and how the length of your posts affects peoples engagement with them. We round it all off with a suggestion that you see the wonderful Junkhearts, written by our own Simon Frank.

We get the first figures on Facebook post data after the new changes and look around the new Insights measurements. We announce that Facebook is going green and highlight a frickin’ good idea from UNICEF.

We celebrate with Square and Android as they hit major milestones, Zynga releases games on its own platform, LinkedIn launch the ability for companies to post updates and we discover Donate your Account.

This week, Google have released Real-Time, an immediate analytics tool that shows you how many people are engaging with your content at any one time. Facebook push us to make better Pages and ReTargeter follows your followers.

This week we focus on three of our favourite talking points: Google+, Twitter and Facebook and think about how their changes will affect what we do with them in the charity sector. We also get excited about tonight’s NFPtweetup!

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.

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.