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  • How many SMS messages will be sent on New Years Eve 2008/9

    On New Years Eve 2008, an estimated 43 billion SMS messages where sent globally! Which was up 30% on 2007, but the rise wasn’t evenly spread… Portugal tripled and The Netherlands doubled. Developing nations are by far the fastest expanding mobile markets, India’s 220 million mobile subscribers sent over a billion, a 300% rise on…

  • In the future You Tube will simply add their adverts seamlessly to your videos!

    OK maybe not, but by the looks of this, it might not be that far fetched an idea, or that long before they can! [youtube=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CR3tQmxrPo8] If you thought that was cool, have you met Emily yet?

  • It’s Hammer Time: The Comcast Way

    If ever you needed evidence that web 2.0 is reversing the balance of power into the hands of the consumer, then check out these videos and the www.comcastmustdie.com website. I’ve posted previously how the tide is changing & how companies need to be in there engaging with their customers and protecting their brands, companies ignoring…

  • I hear there’s a recession, but I’ve decided not to take part

    At the end of 2007 I sold two of my companies, vision360 & ezpresenter, to the Cordovan Group, with the new company becoming Cordovan Digital (where I’m currently a Board Director). We’ve had a pretty good year, highest turnover & profits of our previous 10 year history, so I can’t say fairer than that. Of…

  • How To Make People Read My Blog

    In a follow up from my “nobody reads my blog” post (which ironically is now my second most read individual post!?!?), I recently posted on the triiibes forum where a member was asking a question along the lines of “how to write a blog that someone will read?” well the answer is easy, don’t write…

  • Hello I’m a Mac & I’m a PC 1996!

    Apple’s “Hello I’m a Mac & I’m a PC” isn’t as original as you might think. Here’s a jpeg a friend sent me a while back from a 1996 Mac Addict magazine, he sent it to me with the message “isn’t this how you used to look in 1996?” and regrettably I had to say…

  • Uh-oh – I made a stinky!

    Indulge your fecal fantasies with a doll that craps! The opening paragraph of the post on The Register says it all “Technology has brought many transcendent benefits to our culture, but possibly none have been as consummate in its exquisite magnificence as this holiday season’s nonpareil of elegance, Baby Alive Learns to Potty, a child’s…

  • This is How We Roll in India

    I saw this clip the other day on Top Gear, if you’ve not seen it, then get ready to be impressed! impressed by shear stupidity!! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klteYv1Uv9A]

  • Merry Xmas

    I was wondering how best to say merry xmas to you all, then I saw this on Phil’s Unionversity blog and realised it was perfect, words cannot do it justice, enjoy : )

  • Livestation iPhone Beta Testing

    I spent the later part of this afternoon and some of this evening beta testing the Livestation iPhone App. It’s still early days and there’s some bugs that need ironing out, but it’s looking promising. For more info read this.

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