Have we reached Peak Twitter?
/Columnists ADRIENNE LAFRANCE and ROBINSON MEYER writing for The Atlantic claim that stats show Twitter is entering its twilight years.
Read MoreStill using Internet Explorer? Stop. Now.
/Australian, British and US governments have advised computer users to use alternatives to Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser until the company fixes a security flaw that hackers used to launch attacks. The Australian government's Stay Smart Online alert service said users could deploy two different types of temporary fixes as suggested by Microsoft. But it said a simpler alternative was to download and install a different browser such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
Read MoreIs Facebook headed for a crash?
/Princeton researchers forecast that Facebook will lose 80% of its peak user base within the next three years.
Facebook has spread like an infectious disease but we are slowly becoming immune to its attractions, and the platform will be largely abandoned by 2017, say researchers at Princeton University.
The forecast of Facebook's impending doom was made by comparing the growth curve of epidemics to those of online social networks. Scientists argue that, like bubonic plague, Facebook will eventually die out.
The social network, which celebrates its 10th birthday on 4 February, has survived longer than rivals such as Myspace and Bebo, but the Princeton forecast says it will lose 80% of its peak user base within the next three years.
A scary thought if you've put all your online marketing eggs into Facebook's basket. Read more.
MailChimp blocked for many Australian recipients
/Businesses relying on MailChimp to deliver their marketing and sales emails are caught up in a battle between online service providers that could mean their emails are only reaching a fraction of their intended audience, reports StartupSmart.
Read MoreTech tip: Google Universal Analytics not tracking?
/Google's latest version of its Analytics website-analysis tool - Universal Analytics - offers all sorts of bells and whistles for the SEO fan. That's all very exciting but what happens when the Universal Analytics installation doesn't work?
Read MoreAustralian SMEs too busy to worry about Facebook or Twitter - report
/Small businesses are either unsure or too busy to fully capitalise on the potential of social media - too busy running their businesses to worry about Facebook or Twitter.
Read MoreHow to delete or close your Instagram account
/To follow on from my last post on Instagram's new terms of use - if you wish to close your Instagram account as many (including myself) have done, here are the key steps.
Read MoreNew Instagram terms of use offend many
/Instagram has become part of an Internet-marketing specialist's toolkit. It has a great reach, allows for key social/viral content sharing with searchable hashtags and integration with Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare streams, and it is still dominated by iPhone users - the most valuable consumers of all.
But now Instagram has revealed an updated Terms of Use document and Instagram users do not like what they see.