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Technology moving into range
15th March 2012

The UK Office for National Statistics measures inflation via a basket of everyday goods which also acts as a social barometer. Recently mobile content and technology show an increase in demand along with a growing trend for internet and 3D TVs.

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Prepare to be targeted - if I can find your data
14th March 2012

Most people are not happy that their search data is being used to target advertising. However, they might worry less if they realised that the data companies acquire about them is lost almost at once – although, of course, this creates opportunities for information professionals.

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Grovo's fresh approach to video tutorials
14th March 2012

Video site Grovo is taking a new approach to providing tutorial content about the web - promising that their up-to-date content makes Google searches for similar topics look stale by comparison. But does it come at too high a price?

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Making email more like Twitter
14th March 2012

We all understand how important email is in our working and personal lives. Yet at the same time we're presented with more and more ways with which to communicate and collaborate with colleagues and friends. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ all offer alternative ways to communicate with friends and colleagues, so are we seeing the end of email?

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An app for every occasion
14th March 2012

Get on a train almost anywhere in the world and look around. What’s half the carriage doing? They’re fiddling with their phones, faces lit up with a yellowy glow. The no. 1 business requirement I hear is "Can I get that on my phone?" Organisational forays into mobile access thus far range between the all out and the tentative.

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Are you following me?
13th March 2012

Whenever you use Google your clicks are followed and recommendations are made based on what you've been looking at. Nothing new here, but remember, although it appears free, Google is a business and the trade is your personal information.

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Panjiva mini review: Part 1
13th March 2012

Panjiva sounds so much more interesting than “GlobalReferenceCheck”, the original name for this product. So just what does Panjiva offer? It’s a research tool that aims to connect suppliers with buyers and make finding and qualifying potential suppliers a less painful process.

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Big data - too clever for end-users?
13th March 2012

Using big data analytics can help empower organisations to make better and faster contextualised decisions in response to business opportunities or threats. However, despite the range of products available to help with this, many companies still lack the requisite skills to use them.

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Who's following who?
12th March 2012

Last month LinkedIn announced that they were launching a "Follow company" button. Designed for companies to use on their website, the LinkedIn "Follow company" button allows LinkedIn users to follow updates and activities associated with a company via their LinkedIn account.

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Misspellings, gibberish, sarcasm and slang - welcome to the world of sentiment analytics
12th March 2012

New on the sentiment analysis scene is Thomson Reuters News Analytics which claims to offer hard, actionable data. Scale is key for success in this field, as offered by LinkedIn, but be warned, the science is still in its infancy with serious limitations.

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