Category: Trends

  • Wikio top 30 UK tech blogs for April 2009

    Each month since last December, my friends at information portal and news search engine Wikio have given me a glimpse of their monthly ranking of the UK’s top technology blogs ahead of publication. It’s April and I’ve just been looking…

  • A degree in social media to kick start PR

    There’s been quite a bit of talk today about the degree course in social media being offered by Birmingham City University that provides graduates of the course with an MA in Social Media. The two mainstream media reports I’ve seen…

  • Twitter in your GM car

    An early April Fool’s Day joke, or the real deal? You judge. I was reading reports that General Motors is planning to offer Twitter capability for drivers who use the company’s OnStar security, communications, navigation and diagnostics system. GM offers…

  • Really fast Twitter growth

    The reasons why people use Twitter are probably as varied as the number of people on the service, some 7 million in total. There’s a rather amusing video parody of Twitter posted by Current TV which pokes fun at people…

  • Two practical lessons about Twitter

    There’s a literal boat-load of activity going on where Twitter is the common factor. One example: I posted earlier about Twitter hashtag overload. Time now for something a lot more positive. I’ve picked two things that are well worth giving…