April 2009
Is #swineflu an epigdemic? Will it become a hamdemic? Are we facing the aporkalypse due to this snoutbreak? Or is it hogwash?
I really really hate trying to use the web on the train. So frustrating. Slow internets make Paul angry!
In London, mostly working from home. Debating whether to pop in to #opencoffee, #FOWD or #internetworld. Or stay at home and avoid #flu ;)
Time Warner Is Moving Closer to AOL Spin Off http://bit.ly/1RoPX (RT via @nytimesbusiness)
Given my flurry of #swineflu puns, I’m kicking myself for missing the obvious ‘police found hole, looking into it’ gag on my last tweet…
Massive hole randomly opens up in Manchester road..! http://twurl.nl/z4m201 (via @mark_j - said hole made him late last night…)
its Armagammon! (via @freecloud)
“I called the #swineflu helpline this morning, but all I got was crackling!” (RT via @nigel_dean)
STV plans local news partnership pilot | →
Scottish ITV broadcaster invites consortium of media companies to join groundbreaking pilot scheme
Are stand-alone digital operations still relevant?... →
NatMags is the latest company to fold its digital arm, Hearst Digital, into its wider operation, following the likes of IDS and Viacom Brand Solutions. Is this the template for the future?
BBC plans local media partnerships - Media news -... →
The BBC has unveiled a string of partnership proposals with the embattled local media industry, such as sharing its iPlayer technology with local newspaper publishers.
Twitter users abandon website after one month -... →
More than 60% of Twitter users stop using the social networking site one month after signing up for the service, says new research.
ilumu.com Simplifies gumtree.com Search | Property... →
The need to repeat gumtree.com searches for real estate advertisements in the UK can now be bypassed through search engine ilumu.com.
Time Warner considers AOL spin-off - Washington... →
Eight years after what has been seen as a failed merger, Time Warner Inc. is now officially considering getting rid of AOL.
Time Warner disclosed plans to spin off the AOL unit in announcing…
Guardian Media Group seeks leading role in ITV... →
Channel M and Manchester Evening News owner ‘keen to lead a trial in the north of England’ on providing ITV regional news
Publicis Groupe brings Audience On Demand to UK |... →
VivaKi, Publicis Groupe’s digital division, is to launch its private digital trading platform in the UK, as agencies look to offer clients a centralised buying platform.
Manchester Confidential - Channel M to lose half... →
Channel M, the TV station run by MEN Media, has announced plans to make more than half its staff redundant by July, and to cut its live broadcasting to one three-hour news magazine programme per day….
AOL ups the ante with release of Socialthing -... →
AOL has released its newest weapon in its battle against Facebook and is looking beyond Bebo with the rollout of social networking aggregator Socialthing website.
Manchester's Channel M cuts the City Social... →
Staff react with shock to Channel M decision -... →
Channel M workers have told How-Do of their shock after being told that 41 of them are likely to be made redundant.
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Tweetlet - Expectant moms and dads: get Twitter messages from your baby during pregnancy
Get private Twitter messages from your baby during pregnancy
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Keep it simple as your website evolves: “One kickass feature far outweighs half a dozen half-assed ones” http://tcrn.ch/ph (via @parislemon)
60% of new Twitter users don’t return the next month: http://tr.im/jWoI (via @katiemoffat). Coz it’s crap without followers/being followed?
RT @jemimakiss “I’ve been using Tweetlet for months. Love it.” http://tweetlet.com/ <- site for twittering fetuses, genius or slightly mad?
MailChimp Email Newsletter Subscribers module for Magento E-Commerce platform available: http://bit.ly/JnEjP (RT via @mailchimp)
US Officials Offer New Name for Swine Flu http://bit.ly/lytl3 (RT via @googlenews) - #H1N1flu doesn’t quite have the same ring to it…
Keep It Simple, Stupid →
One kickass feature far outweighs a dozen half-assed ones. Focus on that one.
Channel M to cut more than half its staff - →
Manchester television station Channel M has announced plans to cut 41 jobs as it fights to control heavy losses.
Ten inexpensive tips to improve user experience |... →
At TechCrunch’s Geek ‘n Rolla event last week, I managed to have a quick chat with Leisa Reichelt from Disambiguity, following her great presentation about “Why you can’t NOT afford good user…
Phorm writes off critics as 'privacy... →
Phorm, the targeted online advertising company, has launched a website to counter claims from privacy campaigners, who it has labelled “privacy pirates‘“and “agitators”, about its controversial…
Keep It Simple, Stupid →
K-I-S-S: Keep It Simple, Stupid. It’s a mantra that always pops into my head when I’m looking at new startups. A lot of them seem to want to do a million different things because other companies have…
Local Media Summit: MPs reject LGA findings that... →
MPs have rejected claims by the Local Government Association that local council publications are not a threat to local newspapers.
The BBC wants your local newspaper billboard... →
As stories start to emerge of the BBC’s plans to partner with the regional press, BBC.co.uk has asked its readers to document a week in local news around the UK by submitting photos of their…
MediaBlog | From Transdiffusion →
Local TV hasn’t exactly had a particularly good start in the UK. Failed station followed failed station. Small scale ventures have risen in high profile, only to shatter not long after. Ofcom has a
disambiguity » GeeknRolla - You Can’t NOT Afford... →
I was fortunate to be invited to speak at the recent GeeknRolla conference in London and took the opportunity to share some tips for making your business more user focused with the largely tech…
BBC NEWS | Technology | Home Office 'colluded... →
The Home Office has been accused of colluding with online ad firm Phorm on “informal guidance” to the public on whether the company’s service is legal.
Journalism jobs and news from... →
The battle for business readers in Manchester is intensifying after the Manchester Evening News Business launched a daily email newsletter for the business community.
20 Wordpress Theme Frameworks And Starting... →
A theme framework is a theme that is designed to be a flexible foundation that can serve as a parent theme for building child themes. The use of WordPress theme frameworks may ease theme development…
Local Media Summit: Ofcom's Ed Richards warns... →
Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards has warned that current local commercial TV news is “unsustainable”, calling on the industry to form a new system to provide local news beyond the BBC in the future.
MEN Media woes continue as half Channel M staff... →
Channel M staff have been told that 41 people are likely to be made redundant as owner, MEN Media looks to cut costs.
Axe falls on more than half of Channel M staff -... →
MEN Media has told staff at its TV station Channel M that more than half their jobs are at risk.
Google bans *AdSense publishers for not updating... →
As Google moved into behavorial targeting and third-party technology, it let publishers know each time that privacy policies needed to be updated.
Manchester Evening News publisher to cut 41 jobs... →
MEN Media set to axe more than half the staff and scale back schedule at Channel M
As Phorm screws up - again - Feeva is in the rear... →
It’s clear now that Phorm is slowly but surely deadpooling - and I don’t use that phrase lightly. It’s lost the battle to convince customers that its ‘deep packet inspection’ technology isn’t an…
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