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The Community Glue

Penny Power, Founder of Ecademy, looks at Community Managers and what they can do to help their Social network survive.

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More Everything - The Ofcom 2008 Report

UK consumers are spending more time on communications than ever before but paying less for the privilege, according to UK telecoms watchdog, Ofcom.

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Parents Fear For Networked Kids

Internet experts have called on social network sites to do more to protect children as a survey reveals that three-quarters (72 per cent) of parents spy on their children.

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Social Bookmarking Explained

The good people at Common Craft have a new addition to their series of short videos explaining Web 2.0 phenomena in plain English. This time around, the topic is social bookmarking. Ideal for those occasions when you’ve already explained it ten times today.

You may recall the company’s earlier videos on the subjects of wikis and RSS - well worth adding to your social bookmarks.