The ‘M’ in MCommerce does not stand for ‘Me’

More people have mobile phones in the world than toothbrushes, which is a measure of the opportunity presented by MCommerce and welcome considering all those folk with potty breath out there I’d rather not meet in person. 

One should always be careful about assuming personal experience is reflective of general behaviour but it is likely that my MCommerce activity reflects general consumer trends among those with smartphones.  

We are living in a global community but are we all in it together?

Recent figures on demographics and profit avoidance could leave some of us feeling like an excluded kid at a birthday party. While the lucky few get to play pass the parcel with corporate profits, the rest of us have had our goody bags pilfered to pay for it. 

Sense and censorship

Censorship and the Web: On February 8, 2005, The Irish Times published an article referring to single mothers as “mothers of bastards”.

Kevin Myers: Cooking up a storm

It sparked a public outcry and led to death threats against the author, Kevin Myers, that were taken seriously enough for the Garda to provide him with round-the-clock protection for a time.

Deploying his usual Victoriana sarcasm in his Irishman’s Diary column, Myers posed the question: “how many girls consciously embark upon a career of mothering bastards because it seems a good way of getting money and accommodation from the State?”

Global ICT sector 2012 in review video style

SMS celebrates its 20th birthday; mobile telecoms weather a storm together; China accused of m-spying; Apple map app can't find its ass with both hands and Wall Street unlikes Facebook. The year in global ICT reviewed plus the most popular video on Youtube ever. OPPA! 

Hokum, Bunkum, Ordure, Crapola: four words that apply to content marketing advice

The web is drowning in a sea of ill-informed advice on content marketing. Countless websites are updated every day with enumerated hints, tips and pointers on how digital marketers are incomplete until they master a plethora of other professional disciplines.

The guff these self-appointed experts expound is profoundly disrespectful to other professions – and their own.

Germans' search for revenue threatens content marketers

Germany is expected to pass a law that allows newspapers charge search engines and news aggregators for linking to their content, the Financial Times reports this morning. 

The law, which is expected to come into effect in summer 2013, could also have significant implications for content marketers who frequently use copyrighted material as a source or embellishment for their work.