Category: Web

  • The Guardian extends its open platform with WordPress plugin

    In the midst of seeming never-ending debate and argument about how the mainstream media will remain relevant and make money – when, for instance, The Times and Sunday Times now charge you to access news as well as other content…

  • The Russian president tweets

    The Russian government has started a presence on Twitter in the form of two accounts under the name of the ‘President of Russia,’ one in Russian and one in English. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tweeted his first thoughts yesterday in…

  • Much new behind WordPress 3

    Version 3.0 of WordPress, the open-source content management system and blog platform, was released a few days ago. I upgraded this blog yesterday to the latest version, a process that was seamless, painless and very quick thanks to my 6-point…

  • Facebook supreme

    Not only has Facebook gathered huge numbers of members – half a billion at the last count – but the social network has also become the number one social presence in many countries, displacing some home-grown domestic social networks. A…

  • The long and the short of it

    Two surveys published this month by Canadian research firm Sysomos looks at countries around the world and the percentage of people online who blog and tweet. There are some interesting metrics in each analysis  – age distribution and gender, for…