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I was sitting at my PC today, drafting my blog whilst skirting over the news headlines on my iGoogle homepage. There were a few other windows open on my PC. One for Wimbledon live on the BBC, which I can now watch through live streaming video. I like to listen to the radio commentary, so…

Actually, it’s the other way round: Germany lose Euro 2008 thanks to Twitter, according to CNet News. If you’re not familiar with Twitter,  it’s a great way to communicate short messages and links and views, using SMS texting on mobile, blackberry, as well as short updates via Facebook or the internet to Twitter. It’s an…

Actually, it’s the other way round: Germany lose Euro 2008 thanks to Twitter, according to CNet News. If you’re not familiar with Twitter,  it’s a great way to communicate short messages and links and views, using SMS texting on mobile, blackberry, as well as short updates via Facebook or the internet to Twitter. It’s an…

Anita Elberse has created a great discussion in the Harvard Business Review this week about the Long Tail, the theory expounded by Chris Anderson, editor of Wired Magazine.  The theory goes that you can make as much money as an online retailer from the 80% of specialised products that sell occasionally, the tail, as retail…

Anita Elberse has created a great discussion in the Harvard Business Review this week about the Long Tail, the theory expounded by Chris Anderson, editor of Wired Magazine.  The theory goes that you can make as much money as an online retailer from the 80% of specialised products that sell occasionally, the tail, as retail…

According to a press release from the International Association of Money Transfer Networks, Zimbabwe’s economy keeps going thanks to mobile remittances, even with an economy where inflation is currently running at two million percent and is expected to reach six million percent by the end of June. Less than 10% of the population is employed…

According to a press release from the International Association of Money Transfer Networks, Zimbabwe’s economy keeps going thanks to mobile remittances, even with an economy where inflation is currently running at two million percent and is expected to reach six million percent by the end of June. Less than 10% of the population is employed…

A year ago, Wired magazine had the front page headline: Get Naked. It made me buy the magazine and turned out to be a fascinating article all about how the world is now transparent. Nothing can be controlled or hidden anymore. You cannot keep anything secret. It will all get out there somehow, some way….

A year ago, Wired magazine had the front page headline: Get Naked. It made me buy the magazine and turned out to be a fascinating article all about how the world is now transparent. Nothing can be controlled or hidden anymore. You cannot keep anything secret. It will all get out there somehow, some way….

A year ago, Wired magazine had the front page headline: Get Naked. It made me buy the magazine and turned out to be a fascinating article all about how the world is now transparent. Nothing can be controlled or hidden anymore. You cannot keep anything secret. It will all get out there somehow, some way….