It seems that following the recent spate of privacy issues with Facebook a number of alternatives are coming to light with the media touting these as Facebook alternatives.
The BBC recently reported that Diaspora, a US startup had raised $200,000 in an effort to create a more open and “privacy-aware, personally-controlled” social network.
Peter Bouvier takes a brief look at another...
Posted by Rachel Pictor on Aug 25, 2010
Rachel Pictor is a UK based copywriter and blogger with a special interest in social media. She advises clients on matters of Search Engine Optimisation and using social media for public relations and customer services.
In her spare time she runs...
Posted by Kristofor Lawson on Aug 23, 2010
Photo by Ian Lamont.
Kristofor Lawson is a young, Melbourne-based freelance journalist who is trying to change the way people think about media.
During 2010, Kristofor has been researching ways to try and re-invent the journalism industry using...
Posted by media140 on Aug 11, 2010
Ironically the first Old Spice fragrance was originally designed for women and was only introduced for men in 1937, yet the fragrance has been a prominent male American brand for over 70 years.
Dominated by a nautical theme of sailing ships,...
Posted by media140 on Aug 3, 2010
Paul Adams, a senior user experience researcher at Google created an extremely rich and insightful presentation looking at the challenges that real-life social networks bring to web design.
When it comes to reflecting our real life social networks...
Posted by Paul Wallbank on Jul 26, 2010
media140 is proud of its global network of writers and contributors. Paul Wallbank is one of them. Paul is a Sydney writer and speaker, who charts the changes technology is making to society and business.
He hosts three regular radio...
Posted by Valerio Veo on Jul 12, 2010
Over the past six weeks media140 has been fortunate to have access to Valerio Veo, Head of SBS News and Current Affairs Online as he covered the World Cup in South Africa.
Filing a number of posts with media140, Valerio has captured some of his...