Articles tagged with: London and Facebook

T-Mobile Advert Spoof Closes Train Station

london's Liverpool Street train station was overrun by a "flash mob" of dancers on Friday evening after an estimated 12,000 people arrived to recreate a dance featured in a current T-Mobile advertising campaign.  more

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Social Networking has Mixed Success via Mobile Phones

A new survey warns of the importance of keeping social networking sites in perspective, given the hype around interest in the sites such as Facebook and MySpace. The report by Leslie Haddon of the london School of Economics' Media and Communications Department, finds that currently just under a quarter (24%) of internet users ever visit social networking sites (SNS) on mobile phones or smartphones.  more

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Americans Spend More Than 4.5 Hours per Month Browsing on Smartphones

Social networking and Internet commerce are compelling smartphone users to spend an average of four hours and thirty-eight minutes per month browsing the mobile Web in the United States and two and a half hours per month in Britain, reports M:Metrics.  more

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British Drivers Still Texting While Driving

A survey of 2,000 Facebook users by the UK motoring association, the RAC has revealed that 45% of UK drivers are still using SMS whilst driving. Only 11% of motorists turn off their phones or switch them to mute - leaving 89% of drivers open to the distractions caused by mobile phones.  more

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