links for 2010-02-27
28 February 2010
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The internet created a cash free-for-all but many of the pioneer firms soon crashed. A decade on, James Ashton looks at what made some into lasting winners and drove others to early graves
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Welcome to a web election that is using digitally altered posters, video “mash-ups” and internet trickery in what many politicians believe is the future of campaigning.
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Today’s cool literary salon is as much about new media — and sex — as book chatter and intellectual nourishment
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BBC chiefs effectively wrote off £150m of licence-payers' money spent on an online education service after it was axed, and officials decided efforts to recoup the cash by selling off the material "wasn't worth the candle".
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The internet's great advantages – speed, access and shared communication – can also have drawbacks, as Richard Dawkins found out last week.
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Cashback, vouchers, price comparison sites – there are many ways to find the best deals on the internet. Chiara Cavaglieri offers some tips
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This post is the second part of Anil Batra's post on “3 KPIs for Measuring Twitter”. In the first part, he wrote that one of the KPIs for measuring Twitter is the Percent Visit Rate (%VR). %VR measures what percent of your followers click on your link to visit your site.
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A truly brilliant summary by Steph Gray who works in digital engagement in UK central government
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Over its history the mobile industry has produced some real stinkers,
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Newshounds have long been able to consume as much news as they want online for free.
That trend could be about to end as some newspapers start to charge for the content found on their websites. -
The music industry is in a major state of crisis and some up and coming acts are reluctant to dirty their hands with social networking.
Some new artists signing at both major and indie labels are telling execs there that they'll make music, but don't expect them to do Facebook or Twitter. The labels are saying back that the days when performers–even mega-superstar performers–can keep fans at arms length are over. -
The Pentagon announced on Friday it has authorized the use Twitter, Facebook and other so-called "Web 2.0" sites across the U.S. military, saying the benefits of social media outweighed security concerns.
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Online education is also as good as conventional education but interpersonal interaction might be limited.::-
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