One ping to rule them all?

I sometimes wonder if anyone has bothered to research Tolkien puns on the web. There may already be learned tomes aplenty on just that topic, or there may be precious few, my precious. I digress. The ping in question is, of course, ping.fm – “a simple service that allows you to post to multiple social networks with a single Continue reading article »

Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll – VirginMedia takes the easy option

Broadband provider VirginMedia are sending snotty letters to “illegal” music downloaders  and may clap these dastardly “pirates” in irons if they don’t buckle down and pay attention to Cap’n Branson and his crew.

 

Notwithstanding the legalities, technicalities and niceties of the scenario, I feel that the policy clearly illustrates the strange prioritisation of customer service issues at VirginMedia.

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Social (networking) insecurity – is it a generation thing?

The growing plethora of social networking sites is being fuelled by a powerful combination of free access, functionality, fashion and fickleness.{readmore}

When each new service comes online it doesn’t seem to take too long for last month’s “latest big thing” to look jaded and less exciting to those who eagerly signed up for yet another free social network subscription. 

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