Social networking site Facebook saw its first drop in UK users in January, according to research from Nielsen Online as reported by the BBC. Users fell 5% to 8.5 million in January from 8.9 million in December, according to data from Nielsen Online. This was the first drop in user…
The doorbell rang before 9am this morning. There stood a courier guy with a big box containing an Xda Orbit 2 mobile phone courtesy of mobile operator O2 and its ad agency VCCP. This is the latest smartphone from O2, running Windows Mobile 6, which is just now becoming available…
All is not well at broadcaster CNN, if the story of Chez Pazienza is anything to go by. Pazienza, a producer on CNN’s American Morning TV show until last week, was fired for blogging. At least, that’s what it looked like until Pazienza posted his account last night of what…
Content summary: FIR Interview with Connie Reece, Frozen Pea Fund, posted; FIR Report from Ronna Porter on IABC EuroComm posted; listener poll on FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio: results so far; the Gawker vs Edelman kerfuffle; CNN fires producer for blogging; Reuters introduces Calais semantic web service; social network developments:…
It’s anyone’s guess at the moment whether Microsoft will succeed in its bid to acquire Yahoo. Following Yahoo’s rejection of the unsolicited bid, subsequent speculation on who else might emerge as a white knight, or even whether Yahoo and Google might get into bed together to keep Microsoft at bay,…
What did it take to capture the imagination of people and inspire them to take action that, collectively, tranformed into a movement of support, including financial, that gathered spontaneous and rapid momentum primarily via the micro-blogging online community that is Twitter? This is the story of Susan Reynolds, an artist,…
Richard McManus recounts an email exchange with Business Wire in which the news distribution service said companies and marketers can use Business Wire to bypass journalists and bloggers to get into key news sources like Techmeme and search engine results. Is it true? asks Richard, who proceeds to answer his…
In The Economist this week, there’s a fascinating feature about China and the country’s development of its infrastructure – roads, railways, airports, etc. As with much of the writing in The Economist, it’s a well-written and compelling piece that draws you into the story. And what a story. With almost…
