Category: Society
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Twitter eight years on
Today marks the eighth anniversary of Twitter, the communication platform that is globally ubiquitous today, the eleventh most-visited website in the world. From co-founder Jack Dorsey‘s first tweet on this day, March 21, in 2006, the number of active users…
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New research shows what drives consumers in the collaborative economy
If you want to know about the collaborative economy and what it may mean for businesses large and small, the man to pay close attention to is Jeremiah Owyang. The collaborative economy – also variously referred to as the sharing…
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Remember the point of social business
There is some excellent thinking on display in a presentation deck on Slideshare that examines in some detail what large businesses could look like as the concepts and principles of social business evolve. The deck is by Dion Hinchcliffe, Chief…
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Smartphones preferred device for news among affluent consumers says BBC
The results of a new survey for BBC World News shows a surge in smartphone use for consuming news among affluent consumers compared to the general population. The BBC defines “affluent consumers” as the highest 20 percent income earners in…
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Valentine expression
Today is Valentine’s Day, the day traditionally when millions of people express a feeling towards another via the mechanism of anonymous greeting cards they send. Well, note the word ‘traditionally.’ The days of buying a printed Hallmark Valentine card and…






