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Turkey unblocks Twitter following constitutional court ruling

Apr03
by on April 3, 2014 at 2:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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Turkey has reinstated access to Twitter following an order from a constitutional court ruling that the ban breached freedom of expression, according to Reuters. The ban was reportedly lifted on Thursday afternoon following a ruling earlier in the day, Reuters said, citing an official in the Prime Minister’s office as the source of the information. Turkey lifts ban on Twitter after constitutional court ruling: prime minister’s office official — Reuters Tech News (@ReutersTech) April 3, 2014 The removal of the ban follows reports from a few days back, suggesting that a lifting could be on the way due to a…

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Why you need a brand ambassador program (and 4 companies that are doing it right)

Apr03
by on April 3, 2014 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, How-To's, Social Media

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Nathan Parcells is co-founder and CMO of InternMatch, an online platform connecting the best intern candidates and employers. Connect with Nathan and InternMatch on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Transforming your passionate customers into your company’s marketing team might sound crazy, but just might work — especially when those customers happen to be students with a captive campus audience. More and more companies are embracing brand ambassador and campus ambassador programs in order to get the word out about their product or service. With social media marketing taking off, it only makes sense to get your best customers chatting in-person and over social channels. After all, a 2013 study found 79…

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Latin America tech update: All the tech news you shouldn’t miss from the past month

Apr03
by on April 3, 2014 at 2:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Latin America, Roundups

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With Carnival now behind us, March was an eventful month for Latin America’s tech scene, which saw some long-expected deals fall into place. Here’s the news you don’t want to miss: Big players Google Play Movies is now available in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Last December, Google had already rolled out the book section of its Google Play store in several Latin American countries. Amazon announced a textbook distribution agreement with Brazil’s Ministry of Education which sees the US convert print textbooks into…

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Apple’s annual WWDC conference will start on June 2 in San Francisco

Apr03
by on April 3, 2014 at 12:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Apple has announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will start on June 2, and as usual will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone West. The five day extravaganza will see developers congregate to hear about all things iOS and OS X, and will include technical sessions with Apple engineers. For the rest of us, well, there’s typically always a fair bit of consumer news from the event. If you’re keen you can apply for tickets via the WWDC portal from today through Monday, April 7. Tickets will be issued by random selection. If you’re successful, you’ll know by…

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Hands-on with Nokia’s new 20-megapixel Lumia 930

Apr03
by on April 3, 2014 at 12:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Mobile, Product Reviews

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Microsoft announced a whole slew of updates and new product details at its Build conference yesterday, but tucked among the Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 announcements was a new high-end Lumia 930 smartphone, alongside two other lower-end 630 and 635 devices. Unlike the Nokia X device revealed at Mobile World Congress this year, the new Lumia additions all run Windows Phone 8.1, rather than a customized version of Android. With momentum, particularly in Europe, now moving in Nokia’s favor and an ever growing number of Lumia devices being sold, the company is looking to capitalize on its progress by…

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