Twitter reported its financial results for the second quarter 2014 this week: Q2 revenue of $312 million, up 124% year-over-year Q2 net loss of $145 million and non-GAAP net income of $15 million Q2 GAAP EPS of ($0.24) and non-GAAP EPS of $0.02 Q2 adjusted EBITDA of $54 million, representing…
Angus Malcolm has been the creative force behind the Warwick Rowers Naked Calendar. Warwick Rowers describes itself as a large and highly active sports club with substantial ambitions. This year the club is attending over 20 competitions across the length and breadth of the country during a 40-week racing season.…
Coming soon: FIR Live Google+ Hangout On Air in the works to talk about translation, FIR Interview with Jeff Pyatt of Outbrain, Harry Hawk’s FIR Interview with Angus Malcolm on the organic reach of quality content; Quick News: Ex-Ford social media head Scott Monty joins SHIFT Communications; Reddit Live is…
Guest author Chris Talintyre is Head of Audience Development & Activation at Factory Media and talks about the power of understanding huge audiences in real-time and the opportunities it’s bringing to leading brands targeting sports enthusiasts. As consumers increasingly share content, it’s creating a huge amount of data to analyse…
About a month ago, I made a big change to this website when I redesigned it and combined the blog with my business website, with both on the same single domain. At the time, I talked up my strong feeling about a minimalist approach to a presence on the social…
Facebook posted its financial report on July 23 for the second quarter of its 2014 financial year. The report shows financial pluses across the board for the mega social network in significant areas: Overall revenue for the second quarter of 2014 was $2.91 billion, an increase of 61 percent compared…
Due to technical issues, Michael Netzley‘s Asia Report did not arrive in time for inclusion in FIR #765 published on July 21, so we’re offering it as an FIR Cut. Discussion references: SIA says sorry for insensitive social media posts linked to MH17 crash Edelman disclosed links to detained Chinese…
Quick News: French blogger fined for writing a critical restaurant review that achieved a high Google search ranking, Russian government caught editing Wikipedia entry for MH17 tragedy, is PressFriendly making PR agencies sweat?, Bing follows Google in offering Europeans the ‘right to be forgotten’; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Are…
