Two years ago BPL Mobile customers in India were reportedly able to send an SMS PUJA (prayer) to be recited for them at a popular Bombay temple for 51 rupees (60p), avoiding the hassle of queueing at the temple in… Continue Reading
Hasbro (the board game company) has launched an online edition of Monopoly – but keep reading because it’s a lot more interesting than that! To play, you select a cabbie (I’m backing Brian), buy some properties, put a few flats… Continue Reading
Viral Marketing and Community Executive: OutsideLine Working predominantly in the entertainment sector, using the power of viral and community marketing, we are able to successfully connect our base of clients with their target audience through seeding of messages boards, forums… Continue Reading
One thing I’ve always admired about Yahoo is that they offer users a wide variety of tools to create online communities but push the management and ownership responsibilities out to those who use those tools. Not only does this reduce… Continue Reading
I’ve been looking for this since installing Mac OSX Tiger: a dashboard widget for the BBC radio player. (created by Andy Allcorn)
I’ve been a fan of the Counting Crows since about 1993 when, as I was driving through Nebraska, I happened to come across a radio station playing, you guessed it, Omaha. Tonight, after listening to a recording of a live… Continue Reading
Last November I moved into a house with a huge apple tree, full of over-ripe and rotting fruit. Not only did it make a mess of my garden, but it also seemed quite wasteful. Fallen Fruit is a Los Angeles… Continue Reading
I came across this interesting entry on the Mobile Technology Weblog about linking wikipedia, the online encyclopedia created by volunteers using wiki software to locations: "One of the most exciting things that’s going to happen in the next 10 years,… Continue Reading
Business Week has recently published an excellent article by Rob Hoff, The Power of Us , about social software and online community. This type of thing is always useful for consultants or anyone else trying to justify spend on online… Continue Reading
According to Hitwise , as reported by BBC News Online, the top 10 UK search terms in the UK during the past four weeks have been: eBay Argos Amazon Easyjet eBay UK Autotrader Ryanair www.ebay.co.uk Tesco BBC What I find… Continue Reading