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We are not ratings agencies
10th May 2012

Ratings agencies Kroll and Bertelsmann continue their advance in the established sovereign ratings market to try to challenge the big players. However, competition may be strong in Europe and the reputation of sovereign raters compares unfavourably with those assessing the creditworthiness of businesses and individuals.

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Gain research-based perspective
9th May 2012

Research insights on content buyers can provide your sales, marketing, product and strategy teams with useful fodder for fine-tuning campaigns, reviewing planned product enhancements and examining strategy. Get them through quarterly FreePint Vendor Research Briefings.

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Content evolution and the need to stay flexible to survive
9th May 2012

Surprise! People young and old still read print newspapers. Twenty percent of US Adults have read a newspaper in the past month and those 18 to 24 read them as often as other age groups.

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Social media, information overload and careful curation
4th May 2012

The methods by which we create, share and find content have changed significantly in the last 10 years. Whilst there are many opportunities to create and find new content, are we creating more problems then we're actually solving by flooding the internet with content?

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The Phantom: menace or maverick? The psychology of enterprise social media participation
3rd May 2012

How do you get people actively chatting on your newly installed enterprise social media system? Enter the Phantom...

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Be visible when and where customers are considering solutions
2nd May 2012

The marketplace for content and information products gets more complex every month. The FreePint Buyer's Guide was established to help our own editorial team make sense of what we learn all the time about new products, categories of products and how customers use them. Vendors can leverage this resource with enhanced listings.

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Predators snap at LinkedIn's heels
1st May 2012

Online recruiting via social media now looks for passive as well as active candidates. LinkedIn launches Talent Pipeline and Monster announces increased in bookings, but Facebook retains its popularity, with its BranchOut app passing the 25 million user mark.

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The role of RSS and RSS readers
30th April 2012

RSS feeds have been used for many years by information professionals to help manage the flow of information from both internal and external sources. Whilst RSS has provided a vehicle in which information professionals can bring together disparate information sources in one place, RSS technologies haven't changed significantly in the last 10 years. In our information-rich workplaces, what does a feed reader need to do?

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Never mind the clever stuff; what about the fundamentals?
30th April 2012

While huge potential now available for exploiting enormous data masses looks set to go, it seems that proper corporate transparency is far from settled. Regulatory regimes to ensure companies are subject to the same exposure as individuals are not in place, and information professionals should take note.

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Translation tools bring back the human element
29th April 2012

Two new translation services concentrating on quality are announced. Worldcrunch extends its English service to leading French and German newspapers and also international sources. Another new service, Ackuna, lets users submit text to a community of translators covering 15 languages.

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