Who influences the influencers? Visualising Twitter
22nd February 2012

Visualising Twitter networks is one way to help verify social media sources and pull presentable data out of the noise. But how do you go about doing it? Sam Martin has written up a great case study to help you learn.

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Rating the raters? Follow the meerkat!
21st February 2012

There’s a wildly popular advertising campaign in Britain at the moment featuring talking Russian meerkats (no – really!) encouraging consumers to compare financial services. Now the European Commission seems to be taking a leaf from the meerkats’ book by setting up its own comparison site for credit rating agencies – which currently seem to be harried on every side.

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One all in NLA/Meltwater copyright battle
21st February 2012

The battle continues over whether commercial customers should pay for online news, with news aggregator Meltwater taking the latest ruling to the Supreme Court. In a new twist, Meltwater itself may face charges over content.

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Opfine: "Real-time" financial, company and market sentiment: Part 2
21st February 2012

In Part 1 of this article, I provided a general overview of Opfine (http://www.opfine.com) and its features. In this part, I look at product highlights and sentiment capabilities.

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The social intranet - white paper, case study, webinar and a PR stunt
21st February 2012

The so-called "social intranet" has been the next-big-thing for years. Over the last few days a white paper, a case study, a webinar and a PR stunt on the topic have all caught my eye.

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SharePoint 2010 do's and don'ts
21st February 2012

According to a recent webinar I took part in, 70% of organisations in the Western world have adopted SharePoint. Is the organisation you work in one of those, or are you one of the 30% who are still considering whether SharePoint is a tool that you could use?

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The VIP LiveWire has moved
20th February 2012

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Opfine: "Real-time" financial, company and market sentiment: Part 1
20th February 2012

Opfine or “Opinionated financial news”, provides two views of financial news sentiment. One is an overall view of sentiment over the past year for commodities markets, companies, countries and the housing market. It also provides access to a selection of recent articles contributing to current sentiment for a selected market, company or country.

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Tablet Civil Wars?
20th February 2012

The tablet market continues to flourish with competition fierce among rival companies. The exception is Apple where loyal customers are choosing the new iPhone over the old iPad. However, all may change with the iPad3 out soon.

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Collaborative learning through coding
17th February 2012

Information professionals never have been a group to shy away from professional development. This year, the library and information community is taking on, in large numbers, the challenge of learning to code.

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