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  • Swine flu not to be sneezed at

    In an Audioboo I recorded last night commenting about developments over the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, I said that what’s happening – the seemingly-unstoppable spread of the virus and the increasing concern from the World Health Organization as…

  • Political communication from the edge

    Yesterday’s budget announcement by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling occupies the full attention of the mainstream media today. Not only the media: bloggers, tweeters and anyone online with an opinion is there, too, as people pore over the detail…

  • Twitter squarely on the mainstream map

    Hot news in the US yesterday was the popularity contest between TV actor Ashton Kutcher (the current husband of Demi Moore) and the CNN TV network to see who would be the first to acquire one million followers on Twitter.…

  • Get the WSJ on your iPhone

    I used to be a paying subscriber to the Wall Street Journal, one of only two newspapers whose online content I’m willing to pay for (the other being the Financial Times). When it came to the toss a few years…

  • It’s all about the apps

    What’s the most significant thing about the iPhone? Is it the gorgeous design, the near-perfect blend of form and function? The easy way to make phone calls and send text messages? Perhaps the simple fact that you just know what…