What drives traffic to corporate websites?
Visits to corporate websites are up (24% in two years) – and the rise is being driven by mobile. Research from Investis IQ has been tracking visitors to corporate websites from social media platforms...
View ArticleSelfie is the word of the year
“Is this a selfie which I see before me, The angle toward my hand? Come, let me tweet thee*” Oxford Dictionaries have announced that their word of the year for 2013 is ‘selfie’. Over the course of the...
View ArticleFrom Selfish Giant to Slumdog Millionaire – lessons from Channel 4 film and...
Sometimes it is good to step outside of the information echo chamber. What can we learn from leaders in another profession – one which seeks to balance creative vision with tight budgets; is...
View ArticleBook publishing – some recent innovations
Book publishers experimenting with new models; books fighting binge drinking in Italy Netflix models An article on Wired.com looks at a new online fiction service called Rooster in which a book...
View ArticleThe second digital revolution
New information seeking behaviours mean libraries and publishers have to change. People are increasingly creating and consuming information on the move. This, combined with the growth of cloud-based...
View ArticleEphemeral messaging
“This message will self-destruct in 24 hours” The growth of ephemeral messaging services and private social networks – individuals want more privacy; companies want to be more like Snapchat! Path is a...
View ArticleCash free and free cash
While a millionaire is giving away cash on Twitter, new tech is enabling more people to go ‘cash free’. The Twitter ‘free cash’ phenomenon has spread to Europe. In the US @HiddenCash has been posting...
View ArticleDangerous and negative selfies
Young women urged to consider unexpected consequences of ‘sexy selfies’ while footage of a man taking a ‘dangerous selfie’ in Spain has gone viral. Research undertaken by the Oregon State University...
View ArticleTop of the apps
Popularity driven by world sporting events – and the weather. Figures released by App Annie for June 2014 show top performing, non-gaming, apps around the world. The top ten worldwide apps include some...
View ArticleChildren and teenagers online
According to recent reports, Google is working on child-friendly versions of some of its services. At the moment Google services are age-restricted (to over 13-years old in the United States; over 16...
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