Tag: Facebook

Social media goes mobile – French bloggers conference part “Un”

Yesterday I attended our second “bloggers” conference in Paris at La Cantine, a unique collaborative workspace and focal point in France for IT 2.0. Luckily, for those who couldn’t attend the event was videoed (link coming soon), unluckily, for most of you, it was all in French, luckily I speak the language of Sartre, Baudelaire […]

Facebook for SIM connects the world – starting with Argentina

As I’m sure you’ve heard and seen, Facebook recently released a new Timeline feature, as reported by Todd Wasserman. This shows just how important a part the social networking site plays in our lives, whether personal or professional. While half the world sleeps, the other half are busy fuelling the internet content servers worldwide, with […]

Risk-appropriate authentication vs machine fingerprinting

A recent Wall Street Journal article on the insecurity of passwords confirmed what many of us have believed for some time – the days of password-only authentication are numbered. As well as highlighting the passwords that no one of sane mind should consider using (‘123456’ or ‘password’, anyone?) it also considers some of the various […]

Which mobile device will rule in future?

Here at Mobile World Congress, plenty of new mobile devices and services for mobile phones are being announced, launched, demoed and discussed. Just see this list of gadget news that Stuart Miles of Pocket-Lint has compiled. That’s not to mention all the service, software and system announcements happening too around NFC, LTE and M2M to […]

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NFC business cards for SXSW attendees

SXSW starts today in Austin, Texas. What started as a local music conference and festival in my hometown has grown into a huge international event covering the latest music, film and interactive technology. To give you a flavour, check out the video at the end of this post. As one of the most rapidly growing […]

What does our future identity look like?

Facebook and Google have been under the spotlight recently for the way they deal with online identities. These are just some of the most high profile examples, but have helped drive heightened awareness of our online identities and privacy settings. This week’s SXSWi is understandably awash with debates about what the future might look like […]