Category: Trends

  • UK most attuned to social networks

    The UK has the most social networkers in Europe, with almost a fifth of all internet users regularly visiting sites like Bebo, Hi5, Facebook and MySpace. According to BrandRepublic, that’s the key message in Social Networking Across Europe, a new…

  • Marks and Spencer on climate change

    Going in to Marks and Spencers‘ store in Sandhurst on Sunday, I couldn’t help but see this large wall poster at the store entrance: It wasn’t so much the statement that caught my attention but more the web address –…

  • Adding to the conversation on Intruders.tv

    When I was in Ireland last month for PodCamp Ireland, I got together with Conn O Muineachain for an interview for Intruders.tv. We had a terrific conversation focused on social media and communication. Conn’s now posted that interview which you…

  • Free wifi from McDonald’s nationwide

    When McDonald’s restaurants completes the roll out of its free wifi service across all its 1,200 UK restaurants later this year, it will become the country’s biggest provider of free wireless broadband internet access. While there’s no reference to this…

  • Blogs drive business opportunities: UK survey

    A new survey on business blogging conducted in August by research firm Loudhouse – the results of which were presented at an event in London yesterday in which I participated – shows that blogs are rapidly becoming a credible tool…