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Happy 40th Birthday, Internet!

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:23:00 GMT

Yes, 40 years old and powering the world! Not a bad achievement at such a young age, all I'm sure you'll agree! But the internet has certainly ch... more details
Categor(ies): Fun | World Wide Web

The Rise & Fall Of Websites

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:48:00 GMT

Today marks the BBC-proclaimed "end of an era for early websites" as Yahoo! shut down GeoCities. One of the original sites to give web users the abil... more details
Categor(ies): Social Media | Website Analytics | World Wide Web

How Digitally Distinct Are You?

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:35:00 GMT

I bet you have typed in your name into Google before. I think everyone has. I'm the first to admit that I certainly have - loads of times! So, as the... more details
Categor(ies): Fun | Social Media | World Wide Web

What are you Googling?

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:09:00 GMT

This could have been one of the questions Larry or Sergey asked to each other before realising that something was missing from Google’s results pag... more details
Categor(ies): Search Marketing | World Wide Web

Six Degrees of Separation

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:50:00 GMT

We've all heard of the phrase "six degrees of separation" (which was recently hijacked by the game "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" but that's a whol... more details
Categor(ies): Digital PR | Fun | Recruitment | Search Marketing | Social Media | World Wide Web

The Impact Of The Recession : Employment

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:51:00 GMT

Unemployment figures are above 2.5 million in the UK, but rumour has it that the dreaded R word is soon to be replaced with a better R word: recovery... more details
Categor(ies): Recruitment

Will you Go Google?

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:41:00 GMT

The UK advertising scene has changed as of yesterday. Microsoft can no longer sit safe on their laurels, as internet giant Google plans on winning th... more details
Categor(ies): Digital PR | Social Media | World Wide Web

YouTube exceeds one billion views a day!

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:48:00 GMT

The number of video views a day on YouTube has exceeded the one billion mark, according YouTube's co-founder Chad Hurley, on thethird anniversary of... more details
Categor(ies): Fun | Social Media | World Wide Web

It was only a matter of time...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:17:00 GMT

...for twitter to be attacked by apps and games. (You'll note that I kindly saved the dignity of the person who sent us the Mafia family re... more details
Categor(ies): Social Media | World Wide Web

Social media - what impact has it had on you?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:05:00 GMT

Is social media changing the way we work and are influenced in daily life? Below is a very useful video presentation, showing the extent ... more details
Categor(ies): Fun | Social Media | World Wide Web

Those 3 little words we don't want to hear.

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:04:00 GMT

Forget "I love you." What sends techno-addicts into stress mode is seeing a trio like "connectivity is down." Heart rates increase, panic ensues, m... more details
Categor(ies): Social Media | World Wide Web

The advert that made my weekend.

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:03:00 GMT

I must share this quality advert with you all, as it had me in stitches when I saw it on the weekend. It's so relevant to the way technology has chan... more details
Categor(ies): Digital PR | Fun | Search Marketing | Social Media | World Wide Web

Today Is National Poetry Day...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:31:00 GMT

...and what better way to celebrate it than with a poem about technology. Alas I cannot claim this as my own work of genius, but rather that of James... more details
Categor(ies): Fun

Ah content, my old friend.

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:48:00 GMT

Yesterday marked the first edition of "Stylist" magazine. This is Shortlist Media's new women's magazine and operates under the same management team ... more details
Categor(ies): Digital PR | Fun | Social Media

The nominations are in...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:16:00 GMT

On behalf of everyone at 4MAT, congratulations to 2 of our clients for being nominated as finalists for this year's NORA awards. Eden Brown - ... more details
Categor(ies): 4MAT | Digital PR | Recruitment | Website Design | World Wide Web