Category: Web

  • Nice concept, Phorm, pity about the execution

    An organization often in the news here in the UK is Phorm, the US-registered company behind some controversial experiments to measure people’s behaviours when they’re online through behavioural targeting. The latest move by Phorm in an escalating battle to win…

  • Twitter’s real number is closer to 60 million

    Twitter’s worldwide traffic growth just keeps going. TechCrunch reports the latest stats, comScore’s traffic data at the end of March: […] Worldwide visitors to Twitter.com increased 95 percent in the month of March from 9.8 million to 19.1 million, according…

  • Political communication from the edge

    Yesterday’s budget announcement by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling occupies the full attention of the mainstream media today. Not only the media: bloggers, tweeters and anyone online with an opinion is there, too, as people pore over the detail…

  • iPhone really is all about the apps

    I said that a few weeks ago: iPhone is all about the apps and I’m more convinced of that than ever. As I was scanning the Wall Street Journal on my iPhone, I got to thinking about some of the…

  • Twitter is for listening

    I make no apologies for another post about Twitter. If you’re fed up with Twitter posts, you don’t have to read this one – but I’m going to make a case for why you should. So keep reading. Don’t think…