Category: Society

  • Teen views on what’s hot and what’s not

    The story of the teenager on work experience at financial services firm  Morgan Stanley in London – what my American friends call an ‘intern’ – who wrote a research paper on teenagers’ online media habits has grabbed attention everywhere as…

  • Zero expectation of 118 800

    So that explains why the new mobile phone directory 118 800 was unreachable yesterday. The Telegraph reports: […] An online directory inquiry website for mobile phones has crashed due to the volume of owners trying to remove their names from…

  • Mining the MJ community

    This is going to be huge. The official Michael Jackson website invites its visitors to share their MJ memories in classic blog comment form. As of writing there are 354 044 memories “from Michael Jackson fans worldwide”, and growing naturally.…

  • What it takes to be a citizen journalist

    Google just launched the YouTube Reporters Center. Ever captured a natural disaster or a crime on your cell-phone camera? Filmed a political rally or protest, and then interviewed the participants afterward? Produced a story about a local issue in your…

  • Gearing up for a Michael Jackson bonanza

    At various times during the weekend when I was out and about, I was checking the latest news on my iPhone, usually with the excellent Sky News app. It did amaze me at one point on Saturday to note that…