Posted on March 10th, 2010
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
In the wings looms heavily a general election. You hadn’t noticed? So far by the leaders of the political parties there has been limited (success) social media engagement. So Facebook or Twitter; Tory, LibDem or Labour: Which is it to be?
Posted on March 9th, 2010
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
Online, whose responsibility is it then to safeguard us?
It is unrealistic to propose a social network lock down. Web profiles can reveal (and also hide) so much. This would be a darkness falling on personal freedoms at the loss of the flow and expression of social information. Many of those incidental connections simply would not be possible without the freedom to create Profiles, send requests, respond and grow with our networks.
Posted on March 8th, 2010
Written by Sarah Blow
Have you been onto Bing recently? If you have then you may have noticed in the bottom right hand corner of the site there’s a call to action for their users, to sign up and support Sports Relief through the use of Bing search. For every 10 searches you make on Bing they will donate [...]
Posted on March 8th, 2010
Written by Dr Mariann Hardey
Who/what will be 2010s key influencer’s? In the run up to the General Election maybe it will be the highs (and no doubt lows) of politics and politicians. This time we have political ‘news’ and ‘views’ via their Twitter feeds. Here’s the crunch. First are we really that interested in what they tweet?
Posted on March 8th, 2010
Written by Sarah Blow
Today is officially International Women’s Day and there have been a whole lot of different things going on today and being launched. The one that has really caught my eye and imagination though is the Thierry Mugler Womanity campaign. This one is a bit of an unusual one as it turns fashion, perfume and design [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2010
Written by twitter:@girlygeekdom
@stewarttownsend @danlane interesting history there.. http://kuex.us/7f6d when I got mine it was about £20 my next 1 will be £77.50 or more!
0 comments Source: www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk
Posted on February 24th, 2010
Written by twitter:@tnw_socialmedia
In a deal similar to the one Yahoo sealed with Facebook, Twitter will now share tweets across the Yahoo network reports the LA Times.The deal will see Tweets be easily sharing across Yahoo properties and “will allow users to take material from both sites without having to leave either one”, said Jim Stoneham, vice president of communities for Yahoo.Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone announced in a…
0 comments Source: thenextweb.com
Posted on February 23rd, 2010
Written by twitter:@teloril
About bloody time! All sheeps in the party? “Labor split as Kate Lundy proposes ‘opt out’ to Conroy ISP filter” http://bit.ly/baoukm
0 comments Source: www.theaustralian.com.au
Posted on February 23rd, 2010
Written by twitter:@mancggd
How the gib tastes. http://yfrog.com/1yewhqj
0 comments Source: img70.yfrog.com
Posted on February 23rd, 2010
Written by twitter:@metoffice
FLASH Warning of Heavy Snow for North East England valid from 0001 Wed 24 Feb to 1200 Wed 24 Feb http://bit.ly/9Luz5c
0 comments Source: www.metoffice.gov.uk
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