Just a few days ago we were having a discussion in the office about Bing and its seemingly terminal beta status... Following a bit of a debate regarding the rationale for leaving something in beta in one market whilst you launch in another (in summary...

So it may only seem like five minutes ago but all the way back in July I commented on Amazon's policy of rejecting affiliate commissions for sales generated through social media , specifically Twitter, in part due to a clause that requires sales to...

As we all know, Facebook were the top dog in social networking until Twitter came along and started to steal some of its thunder with the introduction of real time search. So in August, Facebook upped their game with the $50 million purchase of Friend...

Yes, sorry - I did just do that. So this week we have been playing with that over-hyped new toy from Google, Wave . If you aren't familiar with it (and at the moment invites are like gold dust!) then it is basically a combination between email, IM...

There may once have been a time when a Yahoo! product launch, even if it is a sneak-it-out-the-back-door Beta style event, would have been a hot topic for discussion so it says a lot that many readers may not even have heard of Yahoo! Meme , their attempt...

So, Amazon won't pay commission to affiliates who use links within Twitter to drive traffic. Is this fair? Is their policy right? There are many different ways of looking at this problem. Let's take a look at Amazon's position. They are paying...

The recent Brand Republic article about the influx of silver surfers signing up to Facebook paired with an exodus of younger users suggests that another platform could be about to follow the likes of MySpace and Friends Reunited onto the list of social...

Virgin Atlantic have announced a Travel social network as part of their 25 th Birthday, aimed at the ‘inspirational' travel market. Much like the BA Metrotwin , which was specifically created for the to London-New York traveller, the vtraveller is...

Apparently there’s no such thing, yet I swear I never picked up the tab on all those long forgotten media lunches (nostalgic sigh). The cost, of course, comes through in the endless phone-calls that follow looking for the chance to get on a schedule,...