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11 May 2012
NHS and Facebook join forces for organ donation campaign

Tim Gibbon, director Elemental Tim Gibbon
Social network Facebook and the NHS join forces for organ donation campaign to raise awareness of the organ donor register.

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10 April 2012
Social network Friends Reunited relaunches

Tim Gibbon, director Elemental Tim Gibbon
Considered one of the grandfathers of UK social networks, Friends Reunited launched its new beta site late last month, but what now? Can the social network (which first launched in 2000) win back its mojo and win both new and old audiences?

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6 March 2012
Readying your Facebook Page for Timeline

Tim Gibbon, director Elemental Tim Gibbon
Like it (ahem) or not, Facebook Pages is changing. 30 March 2012 is the date not only to remember, but also perhaps be proactive in modifying brand pages to be ready for the awesome force that is Facebook. Integricity has created its ‘10 things you need to know about revamped Facebook Pages infographic’ to get businesses up to speed.

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BBC Two Programme: Mark Zuckerberg Inside Facebook

1 December 2011
Mark Zuckerberg: Inside Facebook

Tim Gibbon, director Elemental Tim Gibbon
BBC Two Programmes presents Mark Zuckerberg: Inside Facebook. BBC journalist Emily Maitlis interviews Facebook founder and CEO to be broadcast on BBC Two first on Sunday, 04 December 2011 at 21:00 GMT.

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O'Reilly's Facebook - The Missing Manual

1 November 2011
Facing up to Facebook: O’Reiily’s Facebook - The Missing Manual

Tim Gibbon, director Elemental Tim Gibbon
How can you keep up-to-date with the latest developments at Facebook and make the social network work harder for you? Author E.A. Vander Veer’s, Facebook - The Missing Manual for O’Reilly is just the ticket to get you up to speed… and then some.

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7 October 2011
Privacy conscious Hibe.com on the future of social networks

Tim Gibbon, director Elemental Tim Gibbon
In an interview with Brendan Charles, community manager at privacy conscious social network Hibe.com the Social Media Portal (SMP) learns more about other networks vying for user love.

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86% of users want social network Facebook to lose new changes

26 September 2011
86% of users want social network Facebook to lose new changes

Tim Gibbon, director Elemental Tim Gibbon
How much does social network Facebook annoy users with frequent changes? Facebook is no stranger to change, which under different circumstances is never a bad thing. The social network often makes updates to its privacy policy, management of it and functionality (including it design), often under pressure resulting in changes that users reject.

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22 September 2011
Big changes coming to Facebook: Timeline and verbs

Rachel Hawkes, account director, Elemental Rachel Hawkes
Big announcement called Timeline for Facebook. Zuckerberg described it as “All of your stories, all of your apps, a new way to express who you are.” It will also integrate with mobile, to create a more seamless user experience from mobile to web. Facebook has also announced the addition of verbs so you will be able to ‘read a book’ or ‘watch a movie.’

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15 September 2011
Social networks focus on privacy and user preferences

Tim Gibbon, director Elemental Tim Gibbon
"Who do you trust with your 'social media' information?" infographic is the latest privacy approach to win users over. Social network Hibe.com demonstrates how secure users information can be, and the steps they need to go through to delete a social networking account on its comparison infographic.

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9 September 2011
Diaspora tips hat to Facebook and Google+

Tim Gibbon, director Elemental Tim Gibbon
Loving this little emailed letter from the Diaspora team. It's a heads up to those that may have been misguided in thinking that perhaps Google+ Circles and Facebook's new privacy settings didn't happen without a little help from the social web company.

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