Hashtags have the power to make or break a world leader's political campaign, keep the world abreast of the status of a natural disaster and/or create a deluge of funding for a charitable cause. But ...

Social media can sometimes feel like an absolute mind field. With millions upon millions of posts to choose from, particularly on the likes of Instagram and Twitter, it can be difficult to know where ...

Clicking on one of these hashtags could leave you with criminal record or face spell in jail. Experts have revealed a list of "dangerous" hashtags used by criminals on social media to recruit ...

The evolution of business-to-business (B2B) advertising has changed over the decades. Previously, businesses would spread the word about their services by sharing business cards, postcards, mail ...

Say what you will about Facebook, but the social network is not too proud to copy. Facebook is reportedly considering co-opting the hashtags that first emerged on Twitter, following its previous aping ...

Twitter, like social media as a whole, has become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. It holds a unique distinction, though, with its short-form, text-based format that results in it moving at a ...

Can we talk about hashtags for a couple of minutes? Hashtags are the words and terms you see used across social networks that begin with the pound or hash sign #. The purpose of hashtags is to create ...

There’s no doubt Twitter has changed the world we live in. From its launch in July 2006 to its current state 13 years later, the microblogging website has become the ultimate news source, outreach ...

According to bank Santander, an alarming amount of people under the age of 25 are being tricked into clicking on fraudulent hashtags and becoming money mules - a crime which can see you landed with a ...