Facebook owes us

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Facebook is officially the most used website in the world. 500 million of us are logging on and it costs us absolutely zilch. There's been press coverage aplenty promising that we'll never have to pay to use the site. That's nothing new, but what if I told you that Facebook ...

You are my chosen one – The PR power of the celebrity

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

I have about 600 friends on Facebook. I use the term ‘friend’ loosely, since I would probably only choose to speak to about 200 of them via ‘chat’. It was refreshing then, to read that rap star, Kanye West, has only one ‘friend’ who he follows on Twitter – nineteen-year-old Stephen ...

College-room project that turned into a global phenomenon – Facebook hits the 500 million users mark

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Facebook announced that it now has 500 million users which means (according to The Guardian) that a whopping 43 per cent of Brits are regularly logging on. You can’t argue with that! We all remember Rage Against the Machine beating X-Factor’s latest hopeful (it was that Joe guy, right?) to the ...

Where’s Wally? Use Facebook to find fugitives, says Interpol.

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Twitter to trace a trespasser? Bebo to bag a blackmailer? Or even Facebook to find a fugitive? Interpol needs you! For the first time in its history, international police agency Interpol has sought the public’s help to find a string of fugitives. Two British criminals are among 26 of the most ...

The Vee-dub camper van hits 60 – but what makes a brand like this iconic?

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

A photo of a VW camper van grabbed my attention on the BBC News website yesterday and I read on to discover that it’s celebrating its 60th birthday. It’s the kind of picture that has serious pulling power and it got me thinking about what it was that made the camper ...