No Place Like Home When Facebook launched Home, its super-app, many people (me included) suggested that thay had done so to get the benefit of having their own phone and operating system, but without the hassle or cost of building…
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Ciarán Norris blogs about music, media and much ado about nothing
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A Week’s A Long Time #10
Back after a well earned break, I’m going to have another bash at providing a weekly round-up of tech, media & marketing. Tweet As… Twitter had a busy week, launching a new product and two updates to its ad systems.…
Tagged with: apple, crowdsourcing, facebook, Facebook Home, google, journalism, reddit, Twitter, Twitter #Music
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Posted in A Week's A Long Time
A Week’s A Long Time Vol. 7
Once again, a week here is more like a fortnight. I was on holiday last week and couldn’t drag myself away from the pool to jot down any thoughts on the latest developments in tech. But this week, I hope…
Tagged with: Adidas, facebook, Instagram, journalism, Nike, Oddbins, Paddy Power, Publishing, Specsavers, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, The New York Times, Twitter
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Posted in A Week's A Long Time
Ashton Kutcher Leaving Twitter? Here’s Hoping
According to reports Ashton Kutcher, the most followed individual on Twitter, is thinking of closing his account. His reason? He fears that a planned Twitter TV show could encourage civilians to stalk celebrities like Kutcher and his wife Demi Moore.…
Which & Gaucho Take The Bad Taste From My Mouth
About a month ago I wrote about a rather disappointing experience I had with Gaucho, the chain of Argentinian steak restaurants. To summarise what happened, I had a lovely meal there but when my jacket was brought back from the…
Twitter, Strepsils & Rowntree’s Randoms FTW
Yes, yes, yes, another post about Twitter, I know. This one has a point at least. Well. Kind of. A few weeks back I spoke at the 2nd of the excellent Media140 conferences, this one looking at the way that…
Mobiles & Twitter Put The Ladder On Its Side
Well, what a week that was. Trafigura, Jan Moir and Ian & TFL: three separate incidents, all unrelated other than the fact that, to greater or lesser degrees, mobiles & Twitter played a large part in their being resolved/gaining mainstream…
Tagged with: camera phones, Clay Shirky, Daily Mail, Forrester, Holborn, Jan Moir, journalism, mobile phones, Social Technographic Ladder, TFL, Trafigura, Twitter
Posted in Social Media
Posted in Social Media
Why’s The Govt. Paying Twice For Swine Flu?
I’ve been closely monitoring the news around the swine flu issue (as well as religiously cleaning my hands after getting off of the moving hamster cages that pass for trains on most week nights) but not because I’m a paranoid…
FFS! Even Facebook Don’t Get Twitter
TechCrunch have reported on an announcement by Facebook that it will be making a series of changes to the way in which it presents & mixes content, including an increase in the speed at which the status updates are, well,…
Skittles, Twitter & The Emperor’s New Clothes
So, the echo chamber that is the world of social media marketing has been ringing today with the ‘news’ that sweets brand Skittles has completely turned its corporate site over to Twitter, flickr & wikipedia amongst others. As New Media…
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