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Category: Trends

  • Daily Telegraph starts reader blogs

    Today the Daily Telegraph newspaper launched My Telegraph, a free service that enables readers to set up their own blog. An interesting move – a first by a national UK newspaper? – which is a good example of how a…

  • The real-world view of Web 2.0

    New research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project has some fascinating statistics on how Americans use technology. According to A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users (PDF download), half of all American adults are only occasional users…

  • EMI and Apple drive a wedge into DRM

    I was listening to the live webcast from EMI and Apple at lunchtime today announcing the availability of EMI’s music catalogue without digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. The first outlet where you will be able to buy such DRM-free music…

  • Looking beyond the hurdles to the digital natives

    The CeBIT technology fair in Hanover, Germany, started last week and runs until March 21. CeBIT is the world’s largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work. I’ve not paid as much direct attention to…

  • A first skirmish in the digital media war

    A major kerfuffle has broken out in the UK between Virgin Media and satellite broadcaster BSkyB, with customers of both services losing out as the ham in the metaphorical sandwich. At midnight last night, a deadline expired for both companies…