Google has done it again.
The web giant has today started to accept donations to aid the relief effort in cyclone-hit Burma.
Google has created a special web page to channel on-line donations direct to Unicef and Direct Relief International.
It has also pledged to match every penny, cent, or yen donated – up to $1million.
While Burma’s military [...]

With the bruising Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America showing no sign of ending either quickly or painlessly, the formidable Republican contender John McCain must be rubbing his hands with glee from the sidelines.
With that in mind, we thought we would share with you this brilliant YouTube insight into the current [...]

A SURVEY from America may give us an insight into the future shape of communications here in Britain.
Despite prophets of doom forecasting that the days of the traditional media are dead – or at least rapidly dying – are US cousins appear more optimistic.
Almost two thirds of the 1200-plus American journalists surveyed by PR Week, [...]

OPINION polls can be notoriously unreliable.
But does the internet now offer an alternative, more sophisticated, more reliable, way of measuring and tracking public opinion?
The race in the United States between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Presidential nomination, provides a fascinating insight into ‘The Google Factor’.
And it may also point the way for [...]

A SOCIAL networking site about a new schools programme has attracted more than 600 friends, mainly young people.
The website – on the giant MySpace system – carries the latest news about the school building project, up-to-the-minute photographs of the buildings under construction, comments and questions from young readers and links to newspaper articles.
It even rejoices [...]

WHO would have thought a map of the world could have been a force for good?
That certainly appears to have happened with Google Earth and its ‘Crisis in Darfur’ project.
And once again technology and the worldwide web have shown how they can raise awareness, promote understanding and increase communication between people.
Google has got together with the [...]

A NEW online network for social entrepreneurs has just been launched – and was attracting considerable attention at the Voice 08 conference in Liverpool this week.
UnLtdWorld aims to provide a network to bring together social entrepreneurs from all over the globe.
They can share on-line conversations, interests and values – and make connections around specific projects or work.
UnLtdWorld is [...]