1. BBC News – EU fines Microsoft record $1.4bn
Microsoft is fined for anti-competitive behaviour
2. BBC News – Nokia morphs itself from within
Nokia is looking to change its business strategy
3. EMarketer – Picking the Right Media for the Job
A look at the popularity of different media
4. EMarketer – Mobile Social Network Growth Ahead
Mobile social networking grows in popularity
5. Mashable – MoFuse Launches iPhone Web App Creator
A neat little tool that mobilises web content
1. Digital Inspiration – Popular Social Networking Websites Around The World
A world map of which social network sites are popular throughout the world
2. Mashable – Blogged.com. More than Just Another Blog Search Tool?
A new blog search directory
3. Read/Write Web – How To Manage Your Online Reputation
A few tools that you can use to find out reputations online
4. Techcrunch – LinkedIn Goes Mobile—Finally
LinkedIn, the business social network, goes mobile
5. EMarketer – Online Video: A Changing Picture
Convergence is finally happening
6. EMarketer – UK Mobile Internet Users
16% of mobile users access the internet on the go
7. NMA – FT opens social network for senior execs
FT invests in social networking
8. Neville Hobson – The continuing growth of Twitter
Twitter is growing in popularity
1. Business Week – Social Media Will Change Your Business
A rather long but informative article on the importance of social media
2. EMarketer – The UK Internet Boom
Some research looking into the state of internet usage in the UK
3. Web Strategy – What makes a Successful Marketing Campaign on Social Networks?
A great look at what succeeds in terms of marketing in social media
4. Read/Write Web – The Birth of the Political Long Tail
Barack Obama has been hugely successful in fundraising via the internet
5. Techcrunch UK – Facebook’s UK numbers are down. Meh.
Media reports suggest that Facebook’s audience has reduced. Not so, it is still very much growing
6. Financial Times – Microsoft nears hostile bid for Yahoo
The conclusion of the Microsoft bid for Yahoo! nears
7. The Guardian – Record traffic for UK news websites
More and more people are going to online versions of UK newspapers
1. Mashable – Men are from YouTube, Women are from FOX?
A look at online video trends, men are more likely to look at UGC
2. EConsultancy – Marketers targeting people who don’t exist?
An argument that targeting influencers perhaps doesn’t work
3. BBC News – News Corp ‘in secret Yahoo talks’
News Corp counter bidding Microsoft for Yahoo!
4. EMarketer – Podcasts Aren’t Just for Young Nerds
A look at podcasting listener figures in the US
5. BBC News – Bebo denies ‘up for sale’ report
Bebo is apparently not up for sale
1. EMarketer – Europe’s 350 Million Internet Users
Stats on the internet use in Europe
2. Brand Republic – Dennis launches first techno digital mag
Dennis publishing launches a new consumer technology e-zine
3. Guardian – Yahoo’s new weapon in mobile web war
Yahoo and Google make mobile announcements at Mobile World Congress
4. Comment is Free – Going for a song
The internet has had a dramatic effect on music, people now expect it for free
Twitter
FriendFeed
