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What Happens to Newspapers?
How can newspapers survive falling circulation figures and spiralling ad revenues? Has new media led to their destruction or can it help to reinvent and rejuvenate the format? Join the debate to learn more.
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More Web 2.0 Needed In Schools
An influential think-tank calling for more Web 2.0 use in school and technology experts agree, arguing that children should get used to collaborative tools before they enter the workplace.
moreUK Council for Child Internet Safety Launches
The UK Government launched its programme to help protect children from exposure to potentially harmful content on the Internet, including some forms of advertising. New Media Knowledge spoke to AOL, one of the companies involved, to see what real impact the new group would have.
morei-design 08 - Brendan Dawes, My Interactive
Brendan Dawes, creative director of MacneticNorth, talked about the ways in which his early experience of technology has affected his approach to interactive media and of the seismic shift that has taken place in recent years in how people use technology.
morei-design 08 - Simon Waterfall
Simon Waterfall, creative director at Poke and former digital chair of D&AD, began the day with a series of questions and observations about the aspects of online media he found frightening and disturbing.
moreGoldfarming for Fun and Profit
Virtual worlds are still perceived as unsociable and pointless to a large number of people. Despite the hype surrounding Second Life and how its residents can profit from the virtual space, the amount of money changing hands is often underestimated.
moreThe Community Glue
Penny Power, Founder of Ecademy, looks at Community Managers and what they can do to help their Social network survive.
moreParents 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.
moreThe Cleverest Thing That Never Existed
Semantic search is poorly understood and leading to claims for its powers that lie beyond the bounds of what computers are able to do, says Charlie Hull, MD of Lemur Consulting.
moreBook Review: Bringing Nothing to the Party
On Amazon, this book is tagged 'liar', 'alcohol', 'sociopath' and 'jail'. But also with 'entrepreneur', 'web 2.0' and 'dotcom'. It should probably also be tagged 'genius raconteur'.
moreBrief encounter: Steve Pammenter, MD, WhiteLabelDating.com
According to dating software company, WhiteLabelDating.com, having a relevant web site will always encourage relevant people to dip their hands into their pockets. We speak to Steve, Pammenter, managing director about profiting from niche.
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