Category: Communication

  • Think of the new Gmail/Google+ features as part of the identity jigsaw

    Last week, Google announced the addition of an interesting new feature to Gmail – the ability for people you know on Google+ to email you even if they don’t have your email address. And vice-versa. I first heard about it…

  • Re-Defining Today’s Communicator

    Re-Defining Today’s Communicator

    Two weeks into 2014 and much of the talk about what’s hot and what’s not for communicators is about technology. Of the many, many tech topics that appear on trends and predictions lists, there are three that I believe warrant…

  • Dropbox outage shows the fragility of the cloud

    Cloud storage and file-hosting service Dropbox suffered a severe service outage this week that began on Friday night and, as I write these words on Saturday evening UK time, is still continuing. If you go to the Dropbox website, you’ll…

  • Is a (search) picture worth a thousand words?

    I’ve been having some fun this morning with Jelly. Jelly is a new mobile search service announced yesterday that works via apps for Android and iOS. The company was co-founded by Biz Stone, one of the original founders of Twitter.…

  • Is your Facebook profile enough to prove your ID?

    One thing synonymous with air travel is declaring your identity, usually in the form of a passport or citizen ID card, depending on the country and other factors. In some countries, you can manage just fine with a driving license…