Who has the influence to turn a post viral? How does a social media post become viral? Facebook believes it…

Pinterest purge on links Like so many social networks before it, Pinterest has woken up to its power to monetize…

Google and twitter reveal partnership Google and twitter have revealed a new partnership which will see tweets displayed in search…

Clubcard company eyes next leap forward Dunnhumby, the company that revolutionised shopping with the Tesco Clubcard, has this week sunk…

Facebook video: Now it’s personal It’s an advertisers’ dream – knowing the age, gender, geography, profession, and lifestyle preferences of…

Google enters a new domain Would getting your domain name from Google boost your brand’s place in search rankings? Google Domains…

Facebook is all about the vids The story of 2015 for brands on social media is going to be all…

Pigeon lands in UK  Google’s ‘Pigeon’ update, designed to provide more useful, relevant and accurate local search results, has been…

Instagram Overtakes Twitter Instagram has overtaken Twitter in user numbers after announcing it has 300m monthly active users to Twitter’s…

 Forget mistletoe drones, these inventory drones are where it’s at Much like Amazon’s drones that can move entire shelves, a…

Twitter wants to know you better In order to serve up ever more targeted ads to its 284million users, twitter…

Google crackdown on trolling Companies who find themselves on the end of abuse from ex-customers online will take heart this…

Snapchat snaps up big names Snapchat’s expansion plans are stepping up with the news that it is in advanced talks…

Drupal Bug: A bug has hit the widely used Drupal open source software, with up to 12 million websites potentially…

Google launches Consumer Barometer: Google’s new free tool allows users to download customised data and market-specific information. The new Consumer…

Google sets Penguin 3.0 live The internet is bracing itself for the impact of Google’s Penguin 3.0 update, which went…

1. Snapchat – Your image may not self-destruct in 10 seconds Users of Snapchat may be thinking twice about the…

Yahoo ‘to invest in Snapchat’ Snapchat’s rise continues as the appeal of its ‘disappearing’ messages has now caught the attention…

Panda 4.1 is here Google began to roll out Panda 4.1 last week, with further work taking place this week….

Users can turn off location on iOS8: Many Apple users are still in the process of installing or thinking about installing iOS8,…

The Apple Watch has landed… In the biggest tech news of the week, Apple have finally released the iPhone 6…

New finger scanner launched If you are struggling with too many passwords and fear that, after the icloud hack, remembering…

YouTube continues to grow in popularity: New results published by online video industry site Tubefilter and analytics firm OpenSlate underline…

Long live the (useful) app Last week we reported that the popularity of apps has fallen. However the media interest…

The USB business card is here Do you still hand out business cards in this digital age? If you are…

1. Facebook bans ‘Page Like’ incentivisation Facebook has made an important change to its Platform Policy: brands can no longer…

1. Brands use guerrilla tactics to break into ad-free Vine With sights set on its 40 million users — many of whom are…

Instagram takes on Snapchat An ‘accidental’ launch on Wednesday suggests Instagram is implementing a Snapchat-style service aimed to help them…

3D printing continues to make daily headlines. That’s why, last year, Democracy along with client cartridgesave.co.uk launched the UK’s first…

Twitter springs a shopping surprise Twitter users can already get deals and discounts direct from a tweet , but now…

Facebook Video: Facebook continues to invest in the power of video, testing a new ‘related video’ feature. Similar to the…

Spain trials contactless payment wristband Spain’s CaixaBank has launched the first wristband to act as a contactless payment card. Just…

LinkedIn launches publishing platform LinkedIn users have been receiving invitations to publish on the platform over the past couple of…

Slingshot – Facebook’s answer to Snapchat Snapchat wouldn’t sell out to them, so enter Facebook’s very own fleeting photo messaging…

Snapchat launches new chat function Similar in format to Apple FaceTime, Snapchat has launched a new chat function that allows…

Instagram now bigger than twitter on mobile New stats from the Facebook owned picture sharing app Instagram show that it…

PayPal app makes further move to a wallet-free high street A new smartphone ‘Order ahead’ and ‘Pay at table’ app…

UK’s first UK Bitcoin Cash Machine appears in Shoreditch London’s Shoreditch is at the forefront of all that is new…

“Ok Google” what’s new? Last week saw the beta release of the latest Google Chrome browser update, which included the…

1. Facebook buys Whatsapp So one of the biggest aggregators of personal information on the planet has just bought access…

1) A 3D printing toy story At Democracy, we are big fans of 3D printing and are always keen to…

Google-bot Google have patented plans for a social media robot. The software will analyse user’s behaviour on various social media…

1. twitter rolls out custom timeline twitter’s new custom timeline – which comes just a week after the platform went…

1. Microsoft squares up to Google: Credit: FoxNews Competition between Microsoft and Google hit the headlines once again this week,…

The past week in social media has been defined by YouTube.  And specifically two fantastic films that make the viewer…