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Sofalising with The X Factor

Every weekend, Twitter trending topics are headed by the #xfactor hashtag as millions of people share their opinions and argue about who did well and who should go. With the popularity of the likes of Facebook and Twitter, X Factor fans have the opportunity to engage with fellow fans during the show. Nowadays, people don’t watch [...]

Could the next decade see the death of email? . . .

It’s a bold prediction but changing communication habits among young people mean that email could be significantly less important to us in 10 years time. That’s the prediction – publicised today – based on trends found in our Digital Anthropology Report. Looking at Britain’s internet habits, we found that there are over 2 million “First Lifers” – those in their late teens or early 20s who are tech savvy but don’t like being stuck at a desk.

How Twitter will change internet search forever

The name alone instantly polarises reactions, but 'Twitter' looks set to have a far greater impact on our lives than anyone could have imagined.

Keeping it local

These days 'collecting' friends seems sometimes more important than keeping in contact with them (or so someone with 729 Facebook buddies told me). We were interested, therefore, to see that TalkTalk's research found that most people's closest friends still live within 15 minutes of their front door.

Facebook make-over takes the lead from Twitter

They say that imitation is the biggest compliment. If that’s the case, Twitter must be very pleased with itself as the new Facebook facelift pays homage to the world’s favourite micro-blogging service.

The secret of Twitter’s success? Celebrity stardust

If, like many of the team here at TalkTalk, you’ve become fascinated by Twitter, you’ll probably already know that it’s the web’s hottest social network. Of course, one of the main reasons for Twitter’s recent success is the celebrity factor...

Stephen Fry – ‘vice president of Twitter’ – calls for net neutrality

Stephen Fry’s online popularity has taken another boost this week as he burst through the 100,000 follower barrier on Twitter - he’s now second only to Barack Obama (currently on 232,091).