Category: Web
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The state of the social web according to GlobalWebIndex
Some interesting metrics form part of a global study into social media usage and trends published last week by GlobalWebIndex, the London-based market research firm. Stream Social: Q2 2013 examines usage worldwide of the top five social platforms – Facebook,…
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Tweets that self-destruct
I guess it’s inevitable that everyone reporting on Spirit for Twitter likens its self-destructing tweet service to SnapChat, the mobile app for real-time picture and video messaging that self-destruct after a sender-defined time, up to ten seconds. Spirit is similar…
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Innovative co-branding (and risk-taking) with Android KitKat
There’s a lot going on in the mobile devices market these days. News about new iPhones from Apple. Much talk about Microsoft buying Nokia’s phone business and speculation about the impact on the smartphone market. The forthcoming release of a…
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The Age of Context comes to London in October
If you’re a follower of trends in technologies and people’s behaviours – and that mashup between the two – an event in London next month will be of interest to you. On October 28, Robert Scoble and Shel Israel will…
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Skype the disrupter and enabler ten years on
On August 29, 2013, Skype celebrated its tenth anniversary. From small beginnings a decade ago as a VoIP telephony service – letting you make free phone calls via the internet to other Skype users – Skype today is recognized as…