Students, Facebook & Carpooling 2.0

Students, Facebook & Carpooling 2.0

July 10, 2010  |  by Justin Matthews  |  Social Networking

Social networking is more than just posting glib remarks, tweeting about lunch or playing Farmville - people are also using it to organise in new, powerful and effective ways

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Dust Off Your TV Listings: Why Free-to-air's days are numbered

Dust Off Your TV Listings: Why Free-to-air’s days are numbered

June 9, 2010  |  by Justin Matthews

For a large part of my life TV has been the dominate form of entertainment and information, but then the internet showed up and changed the world. Changed my world. It is also changing the world of TV primarily the free-to-air model.

The Birth of the Tweetvert: Twitter's Revenue Plans

The Birth of the Tweetvert: Twitter’s Revenue Plans

April 14, 2010  |  by Justin Matthews

Twitter has announced the first parts of how it intends to make money. So how will this all work? Phase 1 of the Twitter model is putting a promoted advertising tweet at the top of tweet search results. Phase 2 could be more interesting again.

Geo-advertising: The Power of the Brand-Zone

Geo-advertising: The Power of the Brand-Zone

April 8, 2010  |  by Justin Matthews

There is a great deal of buzz and hype around the emerging market of Geo-advertising – that advertising wonderland...

Thou Shall Not Buy Into Stupidity

Thou Shall Not Buy Into Stupidity

March 23, 2010  |  by Nigel Horrocks

Should we spend one day a week without using any technology? That's what a new campaign is going to tell us. I smell a rat.

How TiVo Gets Lost

How TiVo Gets Lost

March 22, 2010  |  by Nigel Horrocks

TiVo pioneered the TV set top box revolution before digital video recorders became commonplace – but is this further proof that every new piece of technology has its day?

Movie Critics Are So Gone With The Wind

Movie Critics Are So Gone With The Wind

March 17, 2010  |  by Nigel Horrocks

Movie critics need to go and find a new career. It’s over. No-one wants them anymore or cares. Brutal, but that’s the new world.

The End Of Fixed Phone Line is Near

The End Of Fixed Phone Line is Near

March 15, 2010  |  by Nigel Horrocks

I haven’t had a fixed line at home for about four years and haven’t missed it. I spend the money on wireless internet and a mobile. And new figures out today show this is the way the world is going.

Movie Industry's Alice Is Lost In Wonderland

Movie Industry’s Alice Is Lost In Wonderland

February 27, 2010  |  by Nigel Horrocks

The movie industry is fast disappearing down a rabbit hole and may never emerge. The latest tiff between areas of the movie industry shows once again, how many major businesses still don’t get the fact the world – especially their world- has changed and it’s not the cosy comfort zone it used to be.

Flash! Now you see it, now you don't

Flash! Now you see it, now you don’t

February 26, 2010  |  by Justin Matthews

Does Flash only have 36 months left before it is relegated to the graveyard of Internet history - a relic of a earlier digital era? Flash hasn't evolved quick enough for this new world of the mobile device or angled itself high enough above what can now be achieve with W3C standards. I think they may have left it too long to fix this.

Secret Global Net Piracy Deal - Were You Asked?

Secret Global Net Piracy Deal – Were You Asked?

February 25, 2010  |  by Nigel Horrocks

A secret global internet copyright deal has been negotiated by the European nations, NZ, Australia, the US, Mexico, South Korea, Singapore, Jordan, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.