Reuters includes social media guidelines in its Handbook of Journalism
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How to Play a Segment of an Embedded YouTube Video – great tip!
On the web, you have about two seconds to engage any given visitor, so getting right to the point is crucial. One way to accomplish this is to skip the excess footage at the beginning of an embedded YouTube video to start with the most relevant "scene." Here's how it's done
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BBC News – Mobile boom fuels health work in developing …

Last Wednesday, I was invited by the team at Splendid to attend a Tequila Party on behalf of their client José Cuervo.
The soirée, aimed at raising visibility of the brand’s current Tequila Face campaign brought together some of London’s finest bloggers (and me) at über-trendy Hoxton’s Cargo bar. The context of the event was an open audition to help enlist bloggers to spread the word about the following José Cuervo competition:
Vince Frank, Cuervo’s very own casting Director, has been working closely with Señor José Cuervo to scour Facebook, Twitter and our fair nation’s …

TED.com – always inspiring, never fails to drop my jaw. But this time, it has surpassed itself with the following performance from the LXD (The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers). The group’s coordinator is Hollywood Director Jon M Chu. Chu explains his fascination with the relationship between the Internet and Dance:
“Online videos and social networking … dancers have created a whole global laboratory online for dance, where kids In Japan are taking moves from a YouTube video created in Detroit, building on it within days and releasing a new video, while …

Turn a Hoodie into a Laptop Bag – nice!
If you like getting the most use out of your possessions as possible, this guide will help you turn a hooded sweatshirt into a laptop bag, baby carrier, and more.
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Use Google Reader as Your PR Monitoring Tool – great tip
RSS and Google Reader can combine to be one of the few PR monitoring tools you ever need. The Google Reader does a great job of aggregating and organizing all of your RSS monitoring feeds. However, if …

Big Brands Unconvinced Twitter's New Search Ads Are Worth It
Barclaycard's Global Head of Advertising and Content, Paul Troy, has said, "Advertising on Twitter will feel like your social media strategy has failed. I think we'll only see lazy advertisers queuing up for this. It doesn't feel like something leading brands will do."
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ASOS Follows Fashion and launches new Twitter site. A must for all fashion tweeters/bloggers
fashionable thoughts from ASOS' favourite tweeters
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LED ‘badge’ for smart textile clothing
A new accessory …

5 Ways to Use Google Wave for Business
Remember Google Wave? Clearly, Google Buzz has recently overshadowed Google’s other hotly anticipated social communication platform, but before you ditch your Wave account, give it a second try. There are many useful business applications for Wave, especially in situations that call for collaboration with a group or managing a project.
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What happens when YouTube closes down at night…
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BBC will prioritise live news video online, says newsroom head
The BBC will experiment with more livestreaming and short-form video on its …

I have a Love/Hate relationship going on with London. Whilst the Capital’s lifeblood flows through my veins there are times when I just need to break out of the claustrophobic confines of the city and find a bit of greenery in which I can pause momentarily and breathe.
Finding a little oasis of peace in London is one of life’s little pleasures and something which is to become easier to do thanks to the new Mapping Forgotten Spaces website which is a joint collaboration between the Space Makers Agency and RIBA (the …

Google Maps and Street View launched Google Best Streets Awards a while ago, showcasing virtual walks through the streets of Britain. Users helped decide the Best Foodie, Best Fashion and Most Picturesque street.
The votes have been counted, and  he winners have now been announced:
Britain’s Best Foodie Street
Winner: Stockbridge High Street, Hampshire
The winning street should offer a unique mix of mouth-watering options which could include fine dining, cafés, market stalls and delicatessens, all covering a diverse mix of food types and price points.
Britain’s Best Fashion Street
Winner: Milsom Street, Bath
The winning street …

As featured in this month’s Wired magazine, Papa Sangre is forging a whole new genre of gaming: the world’s first audio-only, 3D audio no less, video game for mobile.
The game (commissioned by 4iP) has been in development since mid-last year, and is set for release later this year.
Now I’m no gamer, but this project really excites me as creates a fully immersive environment which incorporates cutting edge audio technology with a very dark and sinister narrative.
Papa Sangre describes itself as a video game with no video. It’s a first-person thriller, …

BBC cease and desist order puts paid to iPhone iPlayer download app
A promising and potentially useful iPhone application that would have allowed users to browse, view and even download content from the BBC was blocked by the corporation.
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How to market an iPhone app – great spot by @Jed Hallam
Watch this EveryDay Looper video, and tell me that you don’t want it
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Unseen technology is shaping the UK poll
On Monday, the BBC’s Richard Bacon invited a group of experts to talk about technology …