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Many now take for granted the unprecedented access to mass media we now have at our disposal. Communication is on a global scale. Our locale is the global village and the world market place. Whether you’re just saying “Hi!”, bidding low on stocks & shares, or building your presence on the web, your audience is now anyone, anywhere, anytime…

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BlackBerry on the brink?


The BlackBerry line of mobile phones may have become loyal companions to travelling businessmen, but with competitors ever encroaching on its market share, the company has had to refocus its strategies after seeing how much money could be made by orientating some of their devices towards everyday consumers rather than the enterprise.

Tuesday, 6 September 2011 → Category: Apple, Business, Communication, Google, Social Media & Social Networking, Society & Culture, Software & Hardware, Technology

Faceook may just have forced Google’s hand. PeopleRank, anyone?


They say we are judged by the quality of our enemies. Maybe so. But given the gauntlet thrown down by Facebook at their F8 conference yesterday, if Google pick up where they left off, we’ll be judged by the quality of everyone else in our social graph…

Thursday, 22 April 2010 → Category: Communication, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Personal Branding & Brand Management, Social Media & Social Networking, Society & Culture

Google looking to Wave power for a better Buzz?


All of the buzz about Google Wave has turned to a ripple since Google Buzz made a big splash in the same social pool. What gives? An internal strategy of innovation that looks for all the world like endemic mismanagement…

Thursday, 1 April 2010 → Category: Communication, Google, Internet, Social Media & Social Networking, Software & Hardware, Technology

Errant ego spammers endanger Engadget solidarity


“Comment and be known”. Sparking a conversation with your readers is the most important thing a writer / blogger can do. But for some, moderating those comments and managing the personalities that use comments for their own personal digital deification can be a major challenge — as both Engadget and myself have learned…

Monday, 8 February 2010 → Category: Blogging, Communication, Internet, Media & Publishing, Personal, Society & Culture

Florida lawyers, judges barred from ‘unethical’ social networking?


According to a recent legal ethics ruling in Florida, lawyers and judges are barred from “friending” on Facebook, Twitter et al. Since when did ethics take on the role of censoring personal relationships?

Monday, 14 December 2009 → Category: Communication, Internet, Legal & Politics, Social Media & Social Networking, Society & Culture, Technology

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