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Category: Society

  • First steps in understanding the Arabic-speaking blogosphere

    In light of what’s happening in Iran at the moment, and the role of social media in connecting people, a new report on the Arabic blogosphere makes for interesting reading. While Iran isn’t an Arab country, its location and influence…

  • Keeping Twitter up for Iran

    In the wake of developments in what’s happening in Iran following elections there last week – continuing violent street protests and the Iranian government muzzling the foreign media – this announcement by Twitter yesterday about its delaying a critical maintenance…

  • But it’s not Cadbury’s

    As we’re in a recession, you have to look for cost savings wherever you can find them. From a consumer’s point of view, that often means compromising your brand preferences. At least, that’s how it looks to me when I…

  • Voices from Iran will be heard

    If you want to follow developments in Iran after the presidential election that took place on June 12, mainstream media reporting online and offline are the logical places to pay attention to. Yet these are not the only places –…

  • Vote and show you have influence

    Some of my friends in the UK didn’t vote today in the European Parliament elections. Quite a few of them say they are so disillusioned with politics, why bother. Others say they have no interest in what’s going on in…