technology archive
5 things you shouldn’t miss: cookies, share prices, smart phones and more
Welcome to the latest of my monthly collections for the Engine Group of five links that you shouldn’t miss. Last mintue change to cookie law advice http://bit.ly/KJ0lQe Just before the deadline for implementing new cookie rules for websites the Information Commissioner’s Office has changed its advice, introducing a more relaxed view of ‘implied consent’: “implied [...]
Do you tweet? If so, you should use Buffer
I’m a great fan of Buffer, a simple and free tool that lets you schedule tweets in advance – but which automatically times them for slots when they are likely to get the most response. That is really handy when you want a tweet to be seen or acted on, but it isn’t too time [...]
New research shows the Queen retains the best online reputation of the royals
Over at my day job at MHP Communications, we’ve been using our Online Reputation Audit tool (ORA) to look at the online reputation of the Royals. PR Week reports: Research by MHP Communications has revealed that the Queen’s online reputation score of 75 per cent tops even those of Prince William (72 per cent) and [...]
Ten WordPress plugins to help make your blog shine (2012 version)
Good content produced at the right time is at the heart of any successful blog. Good content often needs a helping hand courtesy of sensible promotion too. All of which is to say that fiddling with the technical details can be a tempting distraction from main business at hand, but it can make a difference [...]
Mark Schaefer’s Return on Influence: charting a revolution or indulging in hype?
Early on in Mark Schaefer’s book Return on Influence there is a graph showing the level of traffic to Quora as it progressed from launch in early 2010 to hot trendy site in early 2011. There is a massive spike in traffic during that transition, triggered by Robert Scoble’s eulogising post “Is Quora the Biggest [...]
TalkTalk’s HomeSafe mysteries, Part 2
In the sequel to Part 1, I can at least bring good news. This time it is about The Rambles of Neil Monnery, blocked by TalkTalk’s HomeSafe for many months as porn but now finally released and viewable. Quite why it took so long since I first reported this is a bit of a mystery, [...]
TalkTalk’s HomeSafe mysteries
Welcome to a new occasional series about the mysteries of TalkTalk’s HomeSafe web filtering service and some of the sites it decides to block. Today it’s the turn of the body that runs much of social housing in Islington: .@TalkTalkCare Why does HomeSafe block as pornography the site for the body that runs social housing [...]
The technology that will defeat the government’s online monitoring plans
Following the Queen’s Speech it is becoming a little clearer – although only a little clearer – what it is that some parts of the Home Office want to achieve by pushing for the Communications Capability Development Programme (CCDP, aka Online Snooping Charter). One scenario is this: the law enforcement authorities start having solid grounds [...]
5 things you shouldn’t miss: clever watches, smart companies and incredible valuations
Welcome to the latest of my monthly collections for the Engine Group of five links that you shouldn’t miss. Google does clever things with your photos http://bit.ly/JIYbxk Going where Google’s Streetview cars cannot reach… By using public photos from the internet, Google is putting together virtual 3-D tours of top tourist locations. Wander around Yosemite [...]
