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  • UK most attuned to social networks

    The UK has the most social networkers in Europe, with almost a fifth of all internet users regularly visiting sites like Bebo, Hi5, Facebook and MySpace. According to BrandRepublic, that’s the key message in Social Networking Across Europe, a new…

  • EU cracks down on fake blogs

    In 2005, the European Union published a Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices that, among other things, outlines “sharp practices” which will be prohibited throughout the EU, such as pressure selling, misleading marketing and unfair advertising. The Directive is due to…

  • Skypephone changes everything

    Skype, the internet phone service, is all about disruption. I remember thinking, when I first started using Skype back in 2004, that here’s a small, nimble company that will drive a massive wedge into traditional telephone service business models. From…

  • Marks and Spencer on climate change

    Going in to Marks and Spencers‘ store in Sandhurst on Sunday, I couldn’t help but see this large wall poster at the store entrance: It wasn’t so much the statement that caught my attention but more the web address –…

  • Here’s the ugly

    In some of my presentations and workshops about social media, I often use this image to preface a session as a means of introducing this thought – there are many facets of social media and communication and why you might…