Welcome to eModeration's weekly round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media, compiled by Kate Williams (@emodkate). This week: President Obama's thumbs; Twillionaires; and 'intextication'. Next week, eModeration is sending me on a social-skills course...
THE HEADLINES ... HM Customs and Revenue is clearly in a state of some denial about the extent to which their pet subject is a byword for catatonic boredom: they have allowed the Boss Of All The Taxmen to have a go at delivering their new YouTube ad , instead of getting a professional in. If you are...
Welcome to eModeration's digest of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media. We'll be posting bite-size morsels of nourishing news not once, but twice a week - so check back soon! THE HEADLINES... The Web 2.0 world was reeling this week, after Microsoft slapped it...
Here's eModeration's round-up of what struck us most over the past week or so. Compiled by our research consultant, Kate Williams. She's @emodkate if you want to tag along on Twitter. THE HEADLINES... After six long months, YouTube has finally inked a landmark deal to take Channel 4 content...
I was at MIPCOM last week and talking to the great and good of the TV industry got me thinking will the internet replace TV or does TV just need to adapt. For 50 years, the TV industry has delivered content and generated revenue effortlessly along the way. But technology is in danger of pulling its plug...
Following on from Friday's post on Labour's Twitter lead , research says that Gordon Brown has a lot of ground to make up with Britain's 30m online social network users as he looks to make his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference this week. Of course, his social media reputation...
What exactly is/isn’t acceptable fodder for announcing via social media? A pregnancy – complete with scans on Facebook? A compressed critique of landlord failings via Twitter? A video diary of your kidney stone op via YouTube? Your viewpoint, like most questions of broadcasting ‘good taste’, will probably...
A college football division (the American kind) has u-turned on its policy that attempted to clamp down on bloggers and amateur sportswriters, effectively 'banning' social media from its stadiums, by prohibiting fans from recording sideline video, audio or photographs - oh yeah, and the illegal...
On Wired.com, Andrew Exum is wondering all about Iran and the explosive use of social media to organise, agitate and protest in Iran. He's wondering how real it all is? And if it is the technological enabled few rather than the digitally deprived masses. He wrote: "Are we simply finding common...
This week the mobile browser Skyfire released it's long awaited 1.0 version, for use with smartphones, taking the company out of a hugely successful beta period that has seen 1 million people downoad the free service. Skyfire is free to download at: www.get.skyfire.com The service is currently available...
