5 01, 2011

5 Top Tips for Safer Social Networking

By | 2011-01-05T13:43:50+00:00 January 5th, 2011|social networking, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, WebSpy, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

Majority of our social networking tips and ‘How to’ articles are aimed at organizations managing and reporting on network traffic to improve online safety at work. This time around I thought I share some tips focusing on how individuals can ensure they’re being smart and safe when engaging in social networking activities. Hopefully these tips [...]

21 10, 2010

Twitter Evolution Infographic and Amazing Usage Statistics

By | 2010-10-21T06:05:33+00:00 October 21st, 2010|Uncategorized, WebSpy, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

As it’s always been pretty difficult getting accurate figures on Twitter demographics and usage I was pretty chuffed to come across below statistics and facts. If you are, or considering, blocking Twitter at your workplace please have a look through these amazing numbers and think again. Seems like Twitter is here to stay doesn’t it? [...]

11 11, 2009

Lessons learned from a hacked Twitter account

By | 2009-11-11T07:09:12+00:00 November 11th, 2009|Articles, Cyber Crime, How To, Tips and Best Practices, Uncategorized, WebSpy, WebSpy News Update|0 Comments

If you follow @WebSpy on Twitter, you would have received a very strange Direct Message (DM) from us yesterday. Something along the lines of "rofl this you?" or "you're on this vid!" or "I found you on here!" Unfortunately, the WebSpy Twitter account fell victim to a phishing scam, and as a result sent phishing spam to all our Twitter followers. We are embarrassed by the incident and we apologize to all of our followers, especially the ones that clicked the link in the DM and were caught by the phishing scam themselves. Here's a rundown of the event in the hope that it will help others know what to look out for.

20 08, 2009

Social Media – The Biggest Shift Since the Industrial Revolution?

By | 2009-08-20T07:57:13+00:00 August 20th, 2009|Sales and Marketing, Uncategorized, WebSpy|0 Comments

I just came across something I wanted to share. Socialnomics.com recently posted a very powerful video, “Social Media Revolution”, highlighting figures from Erik Qualman’s book on how social media transform the way we live and do business. Being a part of industry, it comes as no surprise that the popularity of social media is rapidly [...]