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The 12 most destructive technologies

McKinsey have released a new report on what they believe will be the most disruptive technologies, and the economic impact they will have.  The report,...

0 replies - 242 views - 05/26/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

Collaborate.org aims to revolutionise GIS

Google have gone an awfully long way to changing how we view geographic information.  Google Maps and Google Earth have allowed us to digitally explore...

0 replies - 203 views - 05/25/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

Is 10,000 hours really all you need to perfect something?

Noted Nazi propogandaist Joseph Goebbels famously said that if you repeat a lie often enough, sooner or later people will come to regard it as the...

0 replies - 412 views - 05/24/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

New York failure on Air BnB

In Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist, the character Mr Bumble is informed that “the law supposes that your wife acts under your direction”. It...

0 replies - 175 views - 05/24/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

Webcast: Win Business Faster with Social Business

With clients’ expecting "real-time" responses to RFPs, marketing agencies have to act fast to find experts and develop innovative solutions that win...

0 replies - 360 views - 05/23/13 by Jive Community in Articles

Studies reveal the benefits of ‘pro-social’ benefits

Earlier this month I wrote about a new service called Bonus.ly.  The idea behind the site is quite simple.  Each month employees are allocated a...

0 replies - 95 views - 05/23/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

Nesta Launches Crowdfunding Directory

Crowdfunding is undoubtedly in the midst of a wave of publicity at the moment, be it through commercial sites such as Kickstarter, or the increasing number...

0 replies - 105 views - 05/23/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

How to achieve social business success by IBM

Social business has massive potential to change how your organisation operates.  As with many social based work however, the failure rate remains...

0 replies - 268 views - 05/22/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

How much is an engaged social customer worth?

Last year an employee was sued for taking the Twitter followers he’d amassed with him when he left his company.  The case focused attention on just...

0 replies - 366 views - 05/21/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

Does location matter on Twitter?

Last week I shared research that can predict the movements of people within a disaster area by analysing their mobile phone usage in the months prior to...

0 replies - 181 views - 05/21/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

Are social media users better citizens?

The role of social media in civic engagement has been a hot topic ever since the Arab Spring brought the role it can play to the attention of the...

0 replies - 427 views - 05/20/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

Georgia Tech offer degree ala MOOC

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year you’ll have no doubt come across MOOCs.  Sites like Coursera, edX and Udacity have made...

0 replies - 151 views - 05/20/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

The eHarmony school of recruitment

As a dating brand eHarmony are one of the best.  Whilst others seem to take the shotgun approach to matching you up with a dream partner, eHarmony...

0 replies - 548 views - 05/19/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

Deloitte, xPrize and Singularity University team up on innovation

Organisations around the world are striving to become more innovative, whether that’s in producing new products, improving processes, or simply doing...

0 replies - 345 views - 05/19/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles

The role of social media during disasters

The role of social media during disasters seems to be growing ever larger.  The obvious recent example is during the Boston bombings, where social...

0 replies - 724 views - 05/17/13 by Adi Gaskell in Articles