The BritMums Blog

Kerry Farrow from Multiple Mummy has fallen in love with Facebook all over again since creating her Fan Page on there and she now shares the benefits she has discovered with us all My Facebook experience started pre-children. I remember being the first of my friends to sign up and many of them saying at [...]

I confess, my first reaction to news that Facebook has bought Instagram was “Yay! Now all those friends who I’ve been trying to convince to join Instagram will finally join and we can all ride off into the Amaro-tinted sunset, sharing images.” My second reaction was: “Oh no! Now everyone will be using it.” It’s [...]

Welcome to another Blog Talk where I pick a few links from around the World Wide Web that should (hopefully) point you in the right direction when thinking about the “tech” side of your blog.  As usual, if you see any great posts that you think deserve a mention just tweet me a link (@nickie72) [...]

Looking at the top of my computer screen, I currently have eight tabs open: Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calender, the Blogger dashboard, two tabs for Facebook (home page, one group page), a Google search page and a forum.  I have Tweetdeck (old version) ticking away at the bottom of the screen and I’m listening to [...]

Three  have teamed with the BritMums blogging community to help show parents how they can get the most out of their smartphones and use the internet on the go. It’s not often you get asked to take part in a brainstorm with ten of your friends to come up with an idea for a time-saving app. Five [...]

This weekend everyone was talking about Google+, the internet giant’s social networking raspberry at Facebook. People pleaded for invites on Twitter from those lucky enough to be let into the inner sanctum of the field beta. The thought of building it all up again on Google makes my head spin. I’ve just mastered how to create [...]

The Google/Facebook rivalry continues! Google+, their social networking tool, is now in invite-only beta testing. Apparently if you really want one you can buy an invite on eBay for $20. The reviews I’ve read so far are very favorable, especially when it comes to use for women. There’s some great commentary by Virginia DeBolt on [...]

Facebook may recognise your friends before you do! The social media giant have introduced new software  that automatically recognise users’ faces and suggests friends to assign or “tag” to the pics. Not sure about you, but I find this slightly creepy. Then there’s the issue that Facebook didn’t tell users this would happen — resulting in [...]

The French love to be different, even when it comes to Facebook and Twitter. Read this article by Jamey Keaten of the AP to enlighten yourself. Apparently, broadcast advertisers can’t ask viewers and listeners to “follow us on Twitter” or “like us on Facebook”. It breaks a 1992 ruling for secret and unfair advertising. France’s [...]

Facebook recently updated their competition rules when it comes to “liking” a page. If you run comps on your blog and promote them on facebook, you probably have heard the rumblings. Jax (aka Making it up) recently took a look at the new rules, and this is her take:  We’re all into using social media to [...]