The owners of Rock Pool Cafe, which was severely damged during a blaze on Saturday 26th April, have been inundated with messages of support and offers of help and donations on it's Facebook page.
One user wrote:
"I saw the devastation this morning and am so sad. You had made such a lovely cafe there, you will be very much missed."
Whilst another commented: "This is so very very sad. I would gladly contribute to a fund to rebuild."
Owners of the Dawlish beach hut cafe Debbie and Don Holman thanked their supporters personally on their page. However, they also...
Cybercriminals have come up with a new scheme to trick Facebook users into handing over their credentials. They’ve launched a bogus voting campaign to lure potential victims to a phishing site.
According to experts from Symantec, the phishers have set up a bogus voting website where they ask users the question “Who is greater boys or girls?” Once they cast their vote, internauts are asked to log in to their Facebook accounts and say if they’re male or female.
In the final phase of the scheme, victims are told that their vote has been successfully submitted. The voting site...
South west lovers are allowing technology to get in the way of their relationships and sex lives – a Durex survey reveals.
Durex is celebrating annual event, Earth Hour, by encouraging people to not only turn off all lights today but to also switch off their tech, and use the opportunity to reconnect with each other whilst the lights are off.
Earth Hour is an annual event organised by charity, WWF to encourage people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour to celebrate their commitment to the planet.
I’m very independent because I do everything by myself. I post, like and comment at the same time. I’m full of initiative. I even ask my friends to like my profile picture to gain more likes. As they say, “Love yourself first before loving others.” Right?
Schools and colleges in Teignbridge are being asked to join a campaign to make the internet safer for children and young people.
Teignbridge District Council and South Devon & Dartmoor Community Safety Partnership have invited all the secondary schools in the area to take part in Safer Internet Day on February 11th.
It is part of a national campaign being co-ordinated by the charity Childnet with the theme 'Let's create a better internet together'.
Cllr Kevin Lake, Teignbridge District Council’s Executive Member with responsibility for Environmental Services...
The Government’s chief legal advisor will in future issue advisory notices to Twitter and Facebook users to help prevent them committing a contempt of court.
The advice has previously only been issued to journalists on a ‘not for publication basis’ is designed to make to make sure a fair trial takes place will warn people not to comment on certain aspects of court cases.
The advice from the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP will be published over twitter and on the Government website, gov.uk.
The change in policy is designed to help inform the public about the...
In this video local expert Ann Holman from Our Think Lab discuss whether she thinks social media is good or bad.
Ann then goes on to explain her answer and gives her thoughts on the future of social media
"This is the time to look forward to when we can redirect our efforts away from posting what we had for breakfast or drunken images of last night, to co-creating and collaborating. Using the connections, fans and followers we have accumulated on social media platforms. It's about solving real problems in society and in business. Thats when it gets really special."
Ever fancied writing a blog for an online publication on food & drink, fashion, travel, politics, sport, music, theatre, film, TV, crafts, business, I.T. or just about any other subject under the sun?
Or perhaps some poetry or a short story?
Or a local, national or international news story you would like to share?
Or a review of a restaurant, film, exhibition, album or gig?
Want to shout about your local amateur dramatics society?
Or simply an event or notice you would like to publicise?
Well now you can... and it's free and super easy to...
With Social Media marketing taking on a life of its own in recent years, we at The Plum Consultancy ask what is relevant and what isn’t? How many people are drowning under the barrage of tweets, shares, likes, LinkedIn requests and Google+ notifications? Are they all meaningful or are tweets being re-tweeted within an inch of their lives and is anyone taking any notice or is it all going in the spam folder?!
We believe the considered approach is the only approach to have when using and dealing with Social Media for business purposes. Social Media is as much about relationship...
