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27 Aug 10

Josie won Big Brother 11 on Tuesday and then walked from the follow-on Ultimate series saying she could not cope with being in a house of celebrities and the claustrophobia of it all.  So, the remaining ten are now battling to become the Ultimate champion.

Figure 1: Topic cloud for the Ultimate Big Brother conversation – [...]

26 Aug 10

What are the trends and memes in social media at the moment?  What’s hot off the server?  One of the biggest discussions is around Facebook Places, and the future of location services, widely tipped to join the top table of social media.

Figure 1: Topic cloud for the launch of Facebook Places – 19/8 to 25/8
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25 Aug 10

There’s been a bit of a hoo-hah around the comments of Leo Laporte on social media.  The influential tech podcaster has said he’s given up on the platform, especially Google Buzz.  Laporte was angry because a glitch with Buzz meant his posts after 6 August weren’t seen by anyone – so he’s not doing social [...]

24 Aug 10

Josie didn’t have to pack her suitcase for Friday night’s eviction because she had a free pass to tonight’s Big Brother final. It looks like she won’t have to pack up this evening either and will stay put for the Ultimate show as series 11 winner.
John James, Steve, Sam and Corin were all evicted in [...]

23 Aug 10

Ofcom has crunched the numbers on UK media consumption.  The findings of its annual Communications Market Report showed that on average, Britons spend just over seven hours of their waking day using media and communications.  More if they were multi-tasking – the figure was nine and a half hours for 16-25 year-olds.
Social media accounted for [...]

20 Aug 10

Do believe the hype.  Facebook has unveiled Places, its location-based apps service.  Mashable (19/8) has described it as ‘fascinating’.  Initial users will need an iPhone or log onto the networking behemoth’s smartphone site.  Android and Blackberry users haven’t been overlooked and will soon be able to use the service.
Places uses GPS on smartphones and users [...]

19 Aug 10

One week to go and housemate eyes have been firmly focussed on Big Brother final on 24 August.  The collective message was winning wasn’t important, it’s the taking part, the experience.  Straightforward then?  Never.
Big Brother started to stir things on Friday night by giving the housemates one minute to give a free pass to a [...]

18 Aug 10

There’s been an interesting debate on the eConsultancy Blog on the need for brands to map out an integrated strategy before diving head first into social media.  Post author, Steve Richards, MD of Yomeqo, argued that ‘social media isn’t a set of platforms; it’s an attitude towards engaging with prospects and customers in an open, [...]

17 Aug 10

There have been a flurry of media invites to a ‘news’ event at Facebook tomorrow to discuss products and services.  Industry insiders are expecting the launch of the networking site’s much-anticipated location-based products.   It’s just speculation at the moment but the blogosphere is buzzing about the prospect of Facebook joining trailblazers Foursquare et al.

17 Aug 10

A couple of months ago we had a quick look at the impact of the Unite strike on BA.  In the past month, the airline has made a couple of key announcements including news on its proposed merger with Iberia and forecasts it would break even by the end of the year, despite posting a [...]