A lesson in ‘politwits’

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Day in, day out, high profile tweeters continue to grab headlines, and the latest is president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez. In terms of international politics, he certainly doesn't march to the same beat as the majority of his counterparts. In fact, it's fair to say that his controversial politics command ...

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 ...

Don’t shoot the messenger!

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Google finds itself in hot water today as an Italian court has convicted three of its execs in a trial over a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied. As keen social media-moguls, the Peppermints have been in lively debate about the case – there’s no denying that this type ...

Will Google gobble Twitter?

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

When I'm not arranging my Friday night visits to the pub on Twitter, I find the micro-blogging service very useful for seeking opinions from my fellow IT professionals.  If I'm stumped when trying to find a digital solution, one of my Twitter friends is always on hand to help me ...

Are social networking sites turning kids’ brains to mush?

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Some might dismiss as alarmist the warnings of neuroscientist Susan Greenfield about social networking turning kids’ brains to mush.  My worry is she might be right.  It’s naïve to believe that the unprecedented, seismic changes in the way kids spend their time and interact with each other will have no ...