Archive for June, 2009

Is the blogosphere about to be regulated?

Bloggers, Social Media on June 29th, 2009 2 Comments

A recent report from the Associated Press has revealed that in the US the FTC is considering regulating the blogosphere. The reason it is considering this is to stop undisclosed sponsored blog posts.
Frederic Lardinois comments:
According to the FTC, bloggers who don’t disclose that they received freebies once these new rules go into effect could become [...]

Clever viral video from Samsung

Amusing, Social Media on June 23rd, 2009 No Comments

You all know how much I like a good viral, well Samsung is reportedly about to release a new 12 mega pixel HD camera (WB1000) next week and to generate some excitement it has released this clever viral video.
Real or not real – you decide? Either way it’s very entertaining – so hat tip [...]

Vanity causes Facebook traffic to reach record heights

Social Media on June 15th, 2009 No Comments

Unless you have been hidden under a large rock recently, you will know that Facebook has just launched its username URL tool which enables you to get a personal URL free, instead of using the exceptionally long ones which were automatically generated.
Vanity took over me and I got my own but I got pipped to [...]

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Book review: Barack Obama "Dreams from my father"

Books on June 9th, 2009 No Comments

I have just finished reading a book written by the current US president. Don’t worry he wrote it before he got the job. Basically, it is his story of how he grows up in Hawaii apart from his father who lives back in Kenya. It is a really heart warming story of his quest to [...]

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10% of Twitter users are responsible for 90% of Twitter usage

Bloggers, Social Media on June 3rd, 2009 1 Comment

I have just read a very interesting post from Stan Schroeder regarding Twitter usage in May 2009. In his post Stan discusses a new Harvard Business Review study as revealing:
Most Twitter users don’t actually use the service much, or even at all. In fact, 10% of active users are responsible for over 90% of all [...]