Could "Fremium" social media evolve into a pay once unlimited access model?
Blog Comment Yes tv & radio services have a proven history with advertising which works we'll, but there running cost's do not spike quite as significantly as web servers when the volume of user's increase. Again yes charging business's for all in one packages...
[July 11, 2009, 4:36]
Why most business focused social networks are missing their own market
Blog Comment Linked'in is worried about spam. Xing is a spam machine. I too had the same experience when people connected on another network claimed that they did not know me! Even when I had entered their emails and mentioned the other network.
[October 14, 2008, 12:21]
The risk that Social CRM will exclude small businesses
Blog Comment But I believe social media is a great way to reach them. The first to offer integrated Social CRM for SMEs with it able to help them identify opportunity will do well. Many thanks for your comment Steve.
[July 15, 2009, 8:32]
Does BT understand Twitter? Contrasting views on the power of social media
Blog Comment This is a fascinating article. I think, notwithstanding the architecture of BT's IT services, my own personal experience is that its hardware broadband leaves a lot to be desired. It has frequently let me down, and at a time when launching my...
[December 14, 2009, 20:47]
Flock brings focus to social networking
Talkback I've been using Flock on Linux and Windows for some time now .since 0.3 or some craziness. I can't ditch it. I tried going back to Firefox, tried going back to Konqueror (which was once my main browser), but I just can't.
[September 27, 2006, 21:41]
The future of social networking in business.
Blog Comment Rather than waste huge amounts of money on television advertising, we've created an ad-free social network at http://buzz.org.au We're certainly never going to be anything like Myspace or Facebook, yet our community focussed social network has...
[June 13, 2008, 10:15]
The future of social networking in business.
Blog Comment Mr Buzz - you know you are 100% right there in what you are saying and that goes back to the heart of my original piece. I want to be able to go out there when I want something and say 'Hey guys, this is what I want, now come and sell it to me.
[June 16, 2008, 19:34]
The future of social networking in business.
Blog Comment Jonathan - thanks for the thanks! Good to know that I can say something challenging and worth the read occasionally :) I will go take a look at your site. Best of luck with it. C
[June 16, 2008, 19:36]
The future of social networking in business.
Blog Comment You need to be very careful of business networks as they can be a great waste of time as well as a help. Linkedin is now largely a recruiting site. Does less for business contacts and is jammed to the gills with recruiters.
[June 17, 2008, 9:11]
Making Yahoo's platform more social
News However, those socially enriched Yahoo services are still incubating, and the company has not been successful in becoming a social-networking hub. Many of them don't care to go to a social-networking site to build their profile.
[September 16, 2008, 15:10]
Mac users 'must wise up to social engineering'
Talkback Comments such as the ones I've read here from Mac users more than reinforce the writer's discussion. If these people are a representative cross-section of the Mac community, then I can understand why 2006 has been touted as the year that the Mac...
[February 22, 2006, 20:40]
Mac users 'must wise up to social engineering'
Talkback How did this author come to this conclusion? I disagree. I'm not living in denial, nor have I. Nor do any of my other Mac friends, relatives or colleagues. True, I / we have not had to intervene with malicious software on my Mac like I have with my...
[February 22, 2006, 11:02]
Mac users 'must wise up to social engineering'
Talkback Actually lets be clear here, The LeapA only can propagate through a LAN network with Bonjour enabled using iChat (not the default). In fact your only chance of being infected is by downloading and executing the file yourself.
[February 21, 2006, 21:40]
Mac users 'must wise up to social engineering'
Talkback This writier should work for FOX news as the best news agency to create stories when there are none using scare tactics. Are Mac Users so Naive that we do not see or hear the thousands of reports about viruses on PC on a daily basis.
[February 21, 2006, 15:39]
Do mobile developers do IT with a social conscience?
Blog Comment Looking at their careers page, It clearly states they are looking for (to quote). Data miners who have unique talent and experience in mathematical modelling, and an elite team of software architects and programmers.
[January 22, 2009, 13:19]
Social Tagging and Self-Tagging for Impression Management
White Papers This white paper provides means for people to apply tags to one another within an online corporate directory. Seventy-nine percent of the participants used the system to apply tags to themselves, and 51% applied tags to no one other than themselves.
[May 1, 2008, 1:02]
Social Internet
Talkback Will require all of us to think about how we will interact! do send a text or e-mail or e-mail with voice message or with video. Already the government is making the London Councils operate e-Government and this is only the start.
[November 3, 2006, 11:19]
Anti-Social Networking
Talkback Rather sneaky but expected after numerous graffiti attempts it was only a matter of time until someone engineered and abused a Wiki in this way. Truley sad to see it used like this, as it's an outstanding resource on many topics, I can only guess...
[November 6, 2006, 14:42]
$100 laptop: moving from a technical to a social debate
Talkback What happens to social consciousness when kids can't be left out and know how to educate themselves? I write in reponse to the suggestion of "shovels not laptops" and to further develop some of the key points that Red Hat's CEO Matthew Szulik...
[November 13, 2006, 18:53]
A Case Study of Social and Corporate Responsibility in Bridging the Digital Divide
White Papers Being on the wrong side of the digital divide limits the life chances of the socially excluded, who have had neither the wherewithal nor the opportunity to obtain highly paid, skilled positions in IT.
[April 21, 2005, 0:00]



