I have to say that one of Google’s unsung heroes within its rapidly shrinking portfolio of products (thanks to the cannibalistic personality of Google+) is undoubtedly Google Goggles – the completely genius image recognition service for mobile phones.
Launched just under two years ago, Google Goggles has gone from strength to strength and is available across multiple mobile platforms including iPhone and (obviously) Android handsets.
I have to say that I prefer using Goggles’ image recognition capabilities to secure further web info than having to rely on often gimmicky QR codes to …

Many years after I closed my agency Flux PR, I still used to receive the odd email now and again destined for another company which had a very similar name (and also happened to be a PR company).
Instead of ignoring the emails, I always made a point of forwarding them on or letting the sender know that they had made a mistake.
It’s all about serendipity, I guess. Which is why the following story is completely amazing:
In January 2007, Rachel P. Salazar and Ruben P. Salazar were living 9,000 miles apart and completely …

The 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer examines trust in four key institutions — government, business, media, and NGOs – as well as communications channels and sources, and has been doing so since 2000.
2012 Edelman Trust Barometer infographic

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The 2012  survey was produced by research firm StrategyOne and consisted of 20-minute online interviews conducted from October 10 – November 30, 2011. The online survey sampled 25,000 general population respondents with an over-sample of 5,600 informed publics in two age groups (25-34 and 35-64) across 25 countries.

To see …

I just spotted a great new messaging app (courtesy of PSFK) called Duet that encourages you to “do things with people you love.”
Heard it all before? Perhaps. But what I like about this new service is that you have the ability to pair yourself with another individual (spouse, colleague, sibling, friend…) and then share activities with them. You get the option to store messages and share photos with your significant other
Duet goes beyond Facebook and Google+ by focusing purely on circles of two which makes sense for people who don’t …

Facebook: what’s not to LIKE? Quite a lot if you consider this list of Zucker-balls-ups created by WordStream.com:

© 2011 WordStream, Inc.

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Did you know that last week was National Chocolate Week? NO?!!!*
*(neither did I…)
Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending a very special evening courtesy of @GBchefs at which I learnt how to make the most delicious chocolate truffles in the world!
Great British Chefs is a relatively new venture that celebrates and champions the best in home-grown chefs across the UK. These are chefs who cook in their restaurants on a regular basis and whose food is distinctive and cooked with love. As somebody who has a French wife, I have …

This video that I StumbledUpon via the wonderful @shinykatie really moved me. It takes me back to the days when I used to be a volunteer for The Samaritans. This story was unfortunately all too familiar.
Please take a few minutes to watch it. The poet who goes under the handle of ScroobiusPip delivers a message to YouTube from the heart.
If you cannot view the embedded video below, click here to visit it on YouTube.
 

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Hello everyone. My name is Rax… and I’m a Twitterholic. I’ve also had dependence issues with Facebook, YouTube, FourSquare and more recently G+. I don’t know where to turn to for answers (Quora, Yahoo Questions, AskJeeves…?).
Thanks to Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein of Ohr Naava,* my cries/silent-pokes for help may well be answered this Sunday as the world prepares for Day to Disconnect: October 2nd, 2011.
According to the Day to Disconnect website:
On that day thousands of people will voluntarily unplug their gadgets for some time – an hour, two or even all day. …

http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b0150p90/
First in a series of specially commissioned short stories from Radio4 inspired by the social networking phenomenon, Twitter.
A daytime TV star’s reputation hangs in the balance when an anonymous woman accuses him on Twitter of having an affair with her. Who is the mysterious tweeter and why is she so determined to destroy the celebrity’s career? ‘Reputation manager’ Bella is called in to handle the situation and, using her I.T. contacts, makes a surprising discovery.
Jojo Moyes is an award-winning author, former newspaper journalist and a regular Tweeter (@jojomoyes). Her story …

Guided Collective has created the world’s first live Twitter book signing to launch Lord Sugar’s new book The Way I See It: Rants, Revelations and Rules for Life.
Creative agency Guided Collective devised the Twitter-centric strategy alongside Pan Macmillan to marry the launch activity to the theme of the book – a candid take on modern life from the nation’s favourite straight-talking businessman containing his rants and revelations about key topics of the day.
 

Launching today, Lord Sugar will engage his million-plus Twitter followers by inviting them to tune in to www.lordsugar.tv at 1pm. He will …