Category: Trends

  • Does the BBC really have the courage to come clean?

    Unless you sit atop a remote mountain or cast yourself away on a desert island, and as long as you have no means of digital connectivity with you, it’s impossible to avoid seeing and hearing about Jimmy Savile. The continuing…

  • The evolution of the ‘frictionless content experience’ gathers pace

    The news on October 22 that ReadWriteWeb – one of the most credible tech news and information resources on the social web – has relaunched as ReadWrite is noteworthy in marking a milestone in how professional ‘mainstream’ blogs offer their…

  • First BYOD, then BYOA: is COPE the tipping point?

    ‘Bring your own device‘ is a phrase whose acronym BYOD has gained wide recognition in business, large businesses especially. Apart from the genuine business pros and cons surrounding the idea of employees bringing their own computers, phones, tablets, etc, to…

  • Social media in the workplace: Still a long haul

    According to a US survey on employee use of social media in the workplace, published by HR software and services company Silk Road, there’s an encouraging picture emerging of how employers approach the overall topic. “We found that a substantial…

  • Paper breadcrumbs

    The Telegraph reports that The Guardian is "seriously discussing" the closure of its print operation and focusing wholly on digital. In other words, no more print, only digital content. Says The Telegraph: […] the company has been forced to steadily…