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  • The Russian president tweets

    The Russian government has started a presence on Twitter in the form of two accounts under the name of the ‘President of Russia,’ one in Russian and one in English. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tweeted his first thoughts yesterday in…

  • Messaging the moving target

    The California Legislature is considering a bill that would allow the state to begin researching the use of electronic license plates for vehicles, reports  MercuryNews.com. The move is intended as a money-maker for a state facing a $19 billion deficit,…

  • Facebook supreme

    Not only has Facebook gathered huge numbers of members – half a billion at the last count – but the social network has also become the number one social presence in many countries, displacing some home-grown domestic social networks. A…

  • Mirror images

    Business confidence among UK firms has seen its biggest drop since 1995 due to the government’s rhetoric on spending cuts, a survey suggests says the BBC. This news item brings to mind an apt analogy in The Economist this week:…

  • Anger management for BP

    Like the Financial Times and large numbers of others, I suspect, I’ve got a growing sense of unease if not alarm about what’s happening to BP. From what I read, see and hear online, the oil company is the manifestation…