Internet

Facebook now part of the nation's morning routine

Six out of 10 smart phone users check their phone before getting out of bed in the morning.

Turkish property developer embraces ‘crowdsourcing’

Until the invasion of social media, aftersales was a full-time job for a property developer with clients posing individual queries and asking for personal updates. Today the ‘crowd’ is taking the strain and, thanks to the ‘Horizon Sky Owners’ FaceBook Group, both client and developer are now constantly in the picture.

‘Sofalising’ the new socialising?

Yazino the world's first online social casino and Opinium research have today released new research.

Quidco reaches one million members

Quidco.com, the UK’s number one cashback and voucher code website, has reached one million members. Set up in 2005 as a way for students to save money, the site’s popularity has gone mainstream as everyone from students to pensioners has realised how much money they can save on their shopping.

O2 launches the UK’s largest classroom

The skills of UK secondary school teachers and their positive effect on young people’s lives will be celebrated and rewarded under a new scheme called O2 Learn.

Gareth Bale launches new football website

Champions League star Gareth Bale has backed a new web site offering exclusive big name interviews and podcasts for football fans.

Royal Mail trials evening delivery for online shoppers

Royal Mail has launched a trial of evening deliveries as part of its drive to give shoppers even greater control over the delivery of items they have ordered online.

Mobile-friendly vitosport.co.uk

Van and mountain biking fans can now keep up to date with the very latest Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport news from their smart phone via the new mobile optimised version of vitosport.co.uk.

HTC Wildfire creates world’s largest 'birthday toast'

As part of the HTC Wildfire Experience, Laura Hadland, 27, of Cambridge, got to make her dream come true – making the world’s largest toast mosaic birthday card - with a little help from her BFFs (Best Facebook Friends) and HTC, a global designer of smartphones.

bwin launches Real Madrid Facebook game

bwin, the world's leading listed online gaming provider, has launched the “Raise up the 10th” Facebook game. Facebook users can join Real Madrid’s journey to their 10th UEFA Champions League victory and become part of the team by creating their own virtual and personalised players who will then take on a number of challenges.

Are you a social media Chatstar?

Samsung Galaxy Europa, the new phone from Samsung designed for social media fans and currently available at Phones4u, has joined forces with the music extravaganza T4’s Stars of 2010 to search for the UK’s fastest and wittiest social media stars and crown the first ever ‘Chatstar’ of the year.