Hacking Hurrricane Sandy - online community comes together against storm.
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When the sky falls...
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Facebook: Brands get five times more reach with paid media
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Another day, and another look at the real effectiveness of social media. Today ComScore and Facebook have their turn at answering these questions in research that makes that case for what paid media
Paul Carr vs Uber
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"On bad days, I look at our revenue graph." - Travis Kalanick When Uber was forced to shut down its yellow cab hailing service in New York last week, founder Travis Kalanick threw a fit that ...
This is a really interesting piece from Paul Carr, that...
Consumers find online ads creepy and want a social media dislike button
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Adobe has some new US research out looking at consumer reaction to online advertising and it is't good news. Consumers don't like it. While almost 70% of those polled were using social media, and ...
Ceefax RIP
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Yesterday Ceefax was switched off. I can't even remember the last time I looked at at Ceefax, but still a bit emotional to see it gone. I remember afternoons with football scores refereshing before Sky Sports Football Centre Apps and so forth, and news...
Twitter looks to Facebook as it tests "like" buttons
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It looks like Twitter are taking a lead from Facebook and bringing in "Likes" instead of Favourites. The Favourite button has become more and more prominent in Twitter with users using the feature ...
The iPad Mini
As with so many Apple products, I didn't think I wanted one...until I saw it.
Celebrating Ada Lovelace, and the modern female tech pioneers
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Today is Ada Lovelace day. Lovelace, the daughter of poet Lord Byron, created the first organised algorithm akin to a computer code back in 1843. The algorithm Lovelace produced was then used for ...
Girls Aloud are back with cryptic website and new Twitter accounts
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Never mind Boris Johnson, David Cameron and Conservative Party Conference, the big news flying around the social web today is the return of girl band Girls Aloud. Formed as part of Simon Cowell's ...