Category: Web

  • Rebooting Facebook

    As more than 100,000 others did, I sat at a computer last evening to watch the live video stream of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg deliver his keynote speech at the start of f8, Facebook’s annual developer conference in San Francisco.…

  • Universal Google+

    If you visit the Google search page today on your desktop or laptop computer, it will likely look like the screenshot you see here. A big blue hand-drawn arrow leads from the Google logo in the centre of your screen…

  • When a UBS headline doesn’t tell you a story

    I’ve been following developments today in the UBS $2 billion rogue trades scandal – and the latest news re an arrest of the alleged rogue trader in London today – which could lead the Swiss bank group to report a…

  • Crowdsourcing a new ringtone for Nokia

    The default ringtone on a Nokia mobile phone – the trademarked Nokia tune – is instantly recognizable to many people, certainly among the millions who use Nokia phones or have friends or colleagues who do. Now Nokia wants to change…

  • HSBC looks towards ‘banking 2.0’ with social media newsrooms

    HSBC, one of the UK’s biggest banks, launched two online newsrooms yesterday that are refreshing in their engagement potential when compared to the usually restrictive-access online media centres typical of banks (and other large organizations). In its announcement, HSBC says…