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Facebook group boycotts Nintendo 3DS over human rights abuses

Facebook group boycotts Nintendo 3DS over human rights abuses

A new Facebook group is calling on consumers to boycott Nintendo's 3DS handheld console because it fuels human rights abuses in the Congo. The 3DS is due to hit North America on March 27th, but group creator Ben ... continue
Ku Klux Klan is okay, Wikileaks is bad, says Mastercard and Visa

Ku Klux Klan is okay, Wikileaks is bad, says Mastercard and Visa

In an effort to choke the life out of Wikileaks the obvious target would be to target the cash flow that helps to support the site, and the first up to turn off that cash flow was ... continue
Ubisoft demands positive review for Assassin’s Creed II?

Ubisoft demands positive review for Assassin’s Creed II?

A German magazine has accused mega-publisher Ubisoft of denying it a review copy of Assassin's Creed II because the mag couldn't guarantee a positive review. On the cover of the latest issue of Computer Bild Spiele, a headline ... continue
Demand Media – the Myspace of online content, or blogging by the numbers

Demand Media – the Myspace of online content, or blogging by the numbers

Right from the top I have to own up to the fact that part of the post headline is a direct rip from Robert X Cringely' post the other day about what has to be the scummiest ... continue
Amid their decline newspapers still trying to figure out social media

Amid their decline newspapers still trying to figure out social media

I really don’t envy journalists in today’s tumultuous world of changing media boundaries. One minute they are expected to behave as journalists have have for decades and the next they are have to navigate ... continue
Has hard work gone the way of the Dodo bird?

Has hard work gone the way of the Dodo bird?

When I was growing up hard work was the accepted norm. From the age of eleven I have been working with by first experience of hard work being that of working on a dairy farm every ... continue
The business of Social Media and the new old boy’s network

The business of Social Media and the new old boy’s network

Just to make sure we have the parameters of this discussion straightened out right from the beginning there are two aspect to this whole social media rigmarole. The first aspect is the actual ... continue

Out of the Navels and Into the Mirrors

Marshall Kirkpatrick lights a match to bitchmeme kindling with his poll "Should Tech PR Agents Vote for Their Clients in Polls?" For some reason, public relations representatives and agencies are the scapegoat of the year recently, and ... continue