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  • Is this a future for the newspaper business?

    More than 500 newspapers have signed up for an online news charging scheme, says Brand Republic. A US company called Journalism Online has signed up newspapers and online news outlets across the USA to use its e-commerce system for charging…

  • What’s for lunch today, Twitter?

    An imaginative use of Twitter. Somerset County Council in southwest England is set to use Twitter to tell parents what’s on the lunch menu for their children at school. This idea is part of the Council’s My School Lunch initiative,…

  • The bikini barista comes to town

    Is Bikini Espresso Cafe a clever niche-marketing idea, or just stereotypical exploitation of women, masquerading as a smart business move? Brand Republic reports: A US firm is planning to launch a chain of coffee shops staffed entirely by bikini-clad women…

  • The fragility of the social web

    So it appears that the perpetrator of the denial of service (DoS) attack yesterday on Twitter, Facebook and some Google services was someone who wanted to prevent anyone connecting with a Georgian blogger called Cyxymu. The attack which started in…

  • ID cards: It’s all in the positioning

    Has the government finally got it right re the controversial identity card scheme for the UK? The Home Office is now talking less about counter-terrorism and more about easing travel in Europe, says eWeek Europe. […] in a rather downplayed…