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    Facebook: groups V fan pages

    I am currently working with several companies to develop their online marketing via Twitter, Facebook etc. A new client currently has a profile, which they actively use, and a Group. However, I wonder if this is the most effective way of marketing their company, besides...

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    Photographers v Police 1-1 (after 1st leg)

    Photographers are not a happy bunch. If they’re not having their pictures used online without getting credit or being replaced in the festival photo pit by young bloggers waving iPhones, they’re being persecuted by the police and accused of being terrorists. Authority 2.0 (Birmingham City...

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    Do they want you, or your contacts?

    It’s an old adage: it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. So in this social networking world we find we have more contacts than ever before. The number of names in a PR’s Facebook and Twitter account now outnumber their rolodexes or filofaxes...

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    iPhone Apps: news

    Continuing in my series of posts about my favourite apps, I move onto … NEWS I currently run 2 RSS readers on my phone. I struggled to find one that could accommodate forwarding to 2 different Twitter accounts. iNEWS PREMIUM (£2.39) (Itunes link) I am...

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    iPhone Apps: search

    After jumping into the iPhone apps world with both feet, I thought I’d run through my favourites. Watch our for more posts in this series. SEARCH/RESEARCH Google (free) (Itunes link) Image via CrunchBase I am a big fan of the Google app. Not only can...

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    Ian Huntley coverage (news and Twitter)

    Following the news that Soham killer Ian Huntley was attacked in prison over the weekend, I decided to have a look at the reaction this story was getting online. First, a quick look at how the story was handled in 2 very different newspapers. Using...

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    CSI Experience comes to Birmingham

    As a fan of the TV show I jumped at the chance to have a sneak preview around a new CSI Experience exhibition at Bullring Birmingham. It’s taken over the old space left vacant by the departure of Borders Books, so there is certainly a...

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  • It seems we can’t have it all … hand held video recorders

    It seems we can’t have it all … hand held video recorders

    I am in a dilemma. I am the owner of a perfectly good (despite the reports) Sony Ericsson Satio mobile phone. The 12 megapixel camera (and other gadgetry) means the picture quality of video recording great for still interviews. The only downside, is the audio....

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