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 the target on an FTC investigation. These new guidelines (PDF), possibly with modifications, will most likely go into effect later this summer, and would mark the first time that the FTC tries to patrol the blogosphere. I have to agree that I dislike the idea of conversation which has been created by blatant give-aways which are not revealed to ...

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 to the creators.

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 the post by another Chris Norton - so my Facebook URL is now: http://www.facebook.com/chrisnorton2  With the launch of this new service, thousands flocked to Facebook to make sure they secured their very own URL over the weekend. In fact, Robin Goad of Hitwise is reporting that web traffic hit record levels and Facebook was the second most visited ...

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 fit in in and to make a difference. A particular poignant part of the book is when he reaches New York and has to sleep the night in a back alley as he has no money and nowhere to stay. I suppose the book gives you a new belief that with the right dedication and hard work anyone can achieve anything. ...

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 Tweets. To be honest I think we should have noticed this ourselves. Many of my former colleagues and contacts have starting Twittering in the last six months some very regularly and some more sporadically. What I have noticed is with most of them the immediate enthusiasm seems to die off after a few days. If people kept ...