Social Media Consultant & Industry Analyst. Former Digital Communications Advisor, UK Government and Director of Social Media, The Next Web (TNW). Founder of Geekout Community for Social Media Professionals
May 15, 2026
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14 min read
... and Meta catches subscription fever with more premium plans
May 8, 2026
16 min read
And Meta is building AI agents to help you with everyday tasks
May 1, 2026
18 min read
And China says NO to Meta’s big Manus AI deal
Apr 24, 2026
15 min read
...And WhatsApp wants you to pay for premium perks
Apr 17, 2026
... and Mark Zuckerberg is cloning himself with AI
Apr 10, 2026
36 min read
And is LinkedIn really spying on you?
Apr 3, 2026
40 min read
And British social media users pull back from posting in public
Apr 1, 2026
...but will you ever have to pay for it?
Mar 27, 2026
43 min read
... And why TikTok ads are about to get very annoying
Mar 20, 2026
38 min read
...And 'King of Memes' Leonardo DiCaprio is at it again!
Mar 13, 2026
And Meta just bought the social network for AI bots
Mar 6, 2026
...and Elon thinks we misread his dumb tweets
Feb 27, 2026
41 min read
...And WhatsApp is about to start showing you ads
Feb 20, 2026
And Meta’s secret smartwatch plan is revealed
Feb 13, 2026
And Instagram is working on another Snapchat clone
Feb 6, 2026
...And Elon takes X into space as its offices are raided
Jan 30, 2026
44 min read
And Meta is cloning Snapchat again with premium subscription plans
Jan 23, 2026
39 min read
...And UK teens brace themselves for a social media ban
Jan 16, 2026
37 min read
...and do you REALLY wish it was 2016 again?!
Jan 9, 2026
...And Mosseri says Instagram must change as AI slop takes over
Dec 19, 2025
... and Facebook wants to charge you to post links 😲
Dec 12, 2025
...and Elon’s going to war with the EU
Dec 5, 2025
And the EU slaps Elon with its first social content fine
Nov 28, 2025
32 min read
And even Elon’s fans are roasting it
Nov 21, 2025
35 min read
...and why Grok has the hots for Elon... 😳
