Francois Gossieaux, Co-founder and Partner of Human 1.0 wrote a detailed article yesterday as to why social buying sites are actually hurting businesses in the long run. Read More

Social Commerce is one of the biggest things to happen in digital this year and certainly the biggest thing to happen to e-commerce. "If the first phase of e-commerce was the utilitarian hunt for staples, the next phase of e-commerce is about recreational shopping where the merger of social and interest graphs would drive buying decisions" says Om Malik, editor of GigaOm. Read More

When I arrived at the office yesterday morning and logged on to Twitter, I was inundated by articles, tributes and mentions of Steve Jobs resignation as Apple CEO. As one of the most influential members of the technology industry, Steve Jobs leaves a tremendous legacy behind him as well as very big shoes for Tim Cook (Apple's newly appointed CEO) to fill. Read More

Yesterday Econsultancy published a very interesting article about the power struggle between WikiLeaks and the Guardian newspaper. It seems that WikiLeaks has signed an agreement with the Guardian whereby the Guardian is privy to their information but only for review, it is forbidden from publishing any content without the consent of Julian Assange or an authorised WikiLeaks representative. Read More

Social Media has become all of the digital marketing rage over the past couple of years - brands have built profiles on every available platform and are tickled pink when they see that their fan/follower numbers have gone up. Moreover, they are completely turned on by the fact that every time someone reacts to the content they publish, all their friends see it. Social Media is Word of Mouth marketing on steroids. Read More