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In social media everybody could hear you scream… not any longer

May 4th, 2012
by Monty.
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It was when the Library of Congress in the US announced two years ago that it would archive every single tweet that people became serious about social media… and more to the point their data. The idea of all that data being saved made many people more reticent when posting their 140 characters on Twitter. [...]

Nokia doesn’t just beat a tattoo… it also wants you to call one

Mar 22nd, 2012
by Monty.
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I have been on holiday for a week in the north of Tenerife with my wife and little boy. I’ve been swimming in the pool, playing tennis, driving in search of an English newspaper and enjoying peace before the inevitable return to the world of stress and anger. Such early summers feel dream-like at times [...]

Sometimes losing a mobile phone can be a very good thing

Sep 23rd, 2011
by Monty.
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My love of the mobile phone has extended to the bathroom. Like most married men, I love to sit in there for a while with a newspaper but at other times I’m likely to be tapping my touchscreen rather than turning over pages. The mobile phone is ubiquitous. We sleep with them, we keep them [...]

American Idol gave it life, but the mobile web has killed the US text messaging star

Sep 2nd, 2011
by Monty.
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I don’t know about you, but I don’t text as much as I used to. In fact, the list of contacts on my mobile is becoming less important than the chosen people I DM on Twitter. It’s a cultural movement I wasn’t expecting as I used to text like a demon. Maybe I don’t have [...]