Google’s decision to retire Reader, its RSS feed aggregator and curation tool, created a small furor among loyal users. They decried the decision as another example of a company out of sync with what its users actually want. It might seem like Reader i…

A couple quick questions: How do you feel about our shared American heritage? Our continued prosperity? Are you proud of the way we’ve managed to protect and expand our civil liberties? Are you a proponent of being open and transparent?
 

What comes to mind when you think of a mojito? My guess is an irresistibly fresh, fragrant and punchy rum drink, made with lime and fresh mint. Renowned as Hemmingway’s beverage of choice—as well as Cuba’s national drink—the mojito will always …

Managing content for your website or social media can be a tricky business and time consuming especially if content is created by more than one person. Using tools to plan and manage your content can save you time and energy and often helps to generate ideas for [...]

The most frequent questions we namers are asked usually boil down to, “How on earth do you do what you do?” Some people assume we hit a big magic button on our computer that instantly generates tons of naming options. Or, they picture us staring at…

Don’t get me wrong, I really like mobile NFC. Or at least, I like the idea of it. NFC can act as a fast, simple mobile wallet. It also has plenty of potential as a brand interaction channel. Touch in for ticketing, touch in to receive further brand information, touch in to join the in-store [...]

Stocks on Wall Street’s Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) tumbled about 1 percent after Associated Press, a news agency, was hacked and sent out an erroneous Twitter post about explosions at the White House and President Obama being injured on 23^rd April 2013. The market recovered from the fall…

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We were pleased to present earlier this week at the New Ways of Seeing Social Media conference hosted by the London Fire Brigade. This attracted an audience from Emergency Services from the UK and abroad as well as UK Local Authorities.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the busiest…

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There is a new generation of start-ups leveraging the power of the internet like never before. These are not just online retailers. Their business models are based on global supply chains, social media and mobile web platforms, most of which would be i…