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16th March 2009

No comment

One thing we do as a proactive PR agency is advise our clients that saying “no comment” to a journalist is like a red rag

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13th March 2009

What did we do before Google?

The Telegraph opened today with “It’s 20 years since Sir Tim Berners-Lee published a proposal that has revolutionised the way we live.” And it’s right.

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12th March 2009

On Phorm

Yesterday Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the internet, launched a pretty scathing attack on Phorm. He accused Phorm of ‘snooping’ on ISP users and

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11th March 2009

UK IT should fire men first – EL Reg

...from time-to-time, the absence of Register-style judgement on the contents of a particular story is telling. Take this doozy, for example: UK IT should 'fire men first', says Kate Craig-Wood Expensive blokes' jobs should be gendersourced You can kind've hear the the journalist stepping back. 'Whoa! I'm staying out of this one'.

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9th March 2009

What’s in a name?

Domain name that is.  Apparently Al Gore wants to set up a new domain for ecologically friendly companies and organisations by creating a .eco domain.

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8th March 2009

Spotifying the next ‘big thing’

One of great things about technology is that it never stands still. There is always something new, something different to try out. Some make it,

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6th March 2009

Nuremberg v Barcelona

Simple musings following Embedded World in Nuremberg and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

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4th March 2009

Golden Apples – Dramatic Mac price rise

Wow.... Once again Apple has proven that it's willing to play by no-one's rules. How has Apple responded to the weak pound and the worst recession of recent memory? By jacking up the prices of its hardware massively.

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2nd March 2009

Democracy at work?

Continuing my observations on social networking sites, I am intrigued by the latest news from Facebook.  Apparently it has decided to hand over control of

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26th February 2009

We are top twits….

[If overt displays of self-promotion easily offend you then probably best to move on… but hey, we are PRs after all!] Wildfire has been named

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26th February 2009

Giving up your phone

It’s now the second day of Lent, 40 days and 40 nights where we’re supposed to give up something. The classic suggestions are chocolate, cake,

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25th February 2009

Ryanair: The Final Word

So, the Ryanair thang I blogged about the other day is really driving traffic to the site and is doing the rounds elsewhere too with

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