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Online privacy, child safety and security threats could mean the end of the internet commonwealth

Tim Greenhalgh — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:21:09 +0000

Online privacy, child safety and security threats are a triple whammy that could lead to the end of the commonwealth of the internet. Our internet, as I see it, is a global network free from constraint on ideas, products and services. The benefits of this freedom are self-evident and are embodied in the brilliance of knowledge [...]

The end for social reader apps?

Lucy Brandt — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:28:09 +0000

Like lots of people, I initially liked the idea of reading and sharing news articles on Facebook. It seemed like a civilised way to exchange thoughts and see who reads and likes the same kind of media sources. But the novelty quickly wore off as my newsfeed was bombarded with endless spammy updates and I [...]

MIT and Harvard offer a glimpse of future opportunities for higher education with edX

Lloyd Gofton — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:51:47 +0000

Earlier this week, Harvard and MIT joined forces to launch the edX platform, which will offer educational courses and content for free online. The platform, which was originally developed by MIT, will include video lessons quizzes, immediate feedback, student-ranked questions and answers, online laboratories and student-paced learning. EdX has also made the decision to release its learning [...]

Can social media work with IT security?

Lloyd Gofton — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:44:34 +0000

For the last three days I have been at the InfoSec and Internet World shows. Fear not this won’t be a rambling post about the joys of trade shows or living in the airless atmospheres contained within Earls Court. This post touches on the world of Information Security and its parallels with trade show partner Internet [...]

Battle for the internet – how does UK copyright law stack up?

Lloyd Gofton — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:44:53 +0000

The Guardian’s seven-day special series on the Battle for the internet has been fascinating so far. It has covered a wide range of subjects from states stifling dissent to the new cyberwar front line, and focuses on the challenges facing the dream of an open internet. We are currently on day five (Friday), but already the [...]

Apple does not care about fund-raising, disrupts online donation processes

Tim Greenhalgh — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:06:52 +0000

Apple, the richest company in the world – at the last count, it’s worth $600bn (£379bn). Yet it sells devices, specifically the iPad2, that users cannot connect with online fund-raising processes to give their money to make children’s lives better. Is this an iPad2 feature, function or FAIL? My bet is on the latter. You know [...]

Social CRM: Stop thinking about ownership and start thinking about culture change

Lloyd Gofton — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:49:29 +0000

This post was originally published as a guest post on Monty’s Outlook Who owns Social CRM? This debate continues to divide opinion, but I believe it is the wrong question. Ownership is not the issue, and only echoes the ‘who owns social media’ tedium, which I have ranted about for longer than I care to remember. The [...]

Instagram Facebook buy adds little to ‘My Life in Pixels’ market

Tim Greenhalgh — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:49:48 +0000

Nothing happens without a cause. So we can be assured that there are many hands at work to raise awareness of content-sharing sites. Facebook buying Instagram is surely a function of this process. Instagram gains with its excellent immediacy but it does not, to my mind, add value to the new cultural currency of personal life [...]

Girls Around Me - a wake-up call

Lucy Brandt — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:18:32 +0000

It’s been a week of controversy around cyber-snooping. First the Government announced draft plans to extend its online surveillance powers, and then Russian app developer i-Free was forced to withdraw its Girls Around Me app following a media outcry. The app, which was downloaded 70,000 times before being voluntarily withdrawn, is a tool which uses Facebook [...]

A guide to defining and developing Social CRM

Lloyd Gofton — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:51:35 +0000

We have developed a guide to defining and developing Social CRM which is summarised below. If you would like a copy of the full guide, please send an email to hello@liberatemedia.com titled: ‘request for SCRM guide‘ and we’ll pass it on. You may also be interested in the Social Customer session summaries that can be found [...]