Category: Society
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The mobile internet tipping point in China
It seems pretty clear that smartphone growth and usage in China are in high-speed mode. Recent research like IDC’s 2013 Q1 China Mobile Phone Quarterly Tracker talks up the growth trend, suggesting that smartphone shipments in China will grow 6…
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Careless talk can cost you your life
Belgian communications agency Duval Guillaume Modem is all about big ideas. Only ideas are the carriers of new thoughts and can influence behaviour, the agency says. Ideas are what differentiate human beings from other animals and computers. Ideas originate from…
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Brian Solis and the evolution of social business
A guest post by Brian Solis. Businesses are aspiring to find the fountain of truth. Social media professionals believe that transparency and authenticity reveal the way. It does, to some extent. But it doesn’t answer how businesses can earn relevance…
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Remembering 7/7
Eight years ago on this date – on July 7, 2005 – suicide bombers killed over 50 people in London in a series of terror attacks on buses and tube trains during the morning rush hour. More than 700 people…
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This story about PR qualifies for ‘must read’
Every now and again, something is written or said about the practice of public relations, its development and evolution, usually with the phrase “this is a must read” attached. In my experience, much of what’s described as “must read” is…