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WAYN takes a new line…

Social networking site WAYN.com has officially re-launched this week with a new business model to allow members to take full advantage of its communication tools free of charge. Previously, WAYN worked on a subscription model, but flagging growth, tough competition from new arrivals in the social networking...

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The Internet – “Superpower” Season from the BBC

Posted by Happydude | Posted in Advertising, Art, Auto, Business, Eco, Gadget, Gaming, Health, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Money, Music, News, Photo, Politics, Technology, Travel, Video, digital | Posted on 04-03-2010

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This video is to promote a new season from the BBC called “Superpower” which launches on 8 March, in the video “the people of the internet” are portrayed as extraterrestrial figure sending messages to the people of Earth, showing how important the internet has become to civilisation and its impact on how we live.

Robin Hood Tax – Will the Bankers be Worried or Care?

Posted by Happydude | Posted in Business, Celebrity, Eco, Education, Money, Politics | Posted on 10-02-2010

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This video featuring Bill Nighy has been created by the people at Robin Hood Tax which is a group backed by many charities, unions and celebrities including Oxfam, the Salvation Army, Bono & Richard Curtis.

The idea is to call for an international transaction tax on investment banks with the alleged potential to raise as much as £250bn a year to bolster public services and fight climate change and poverty.

Will be interesting to see how it goes I bet a lot of politicians and economists will favour this approach to banking reform ;)

data.gov.uk – New Information Government Website

Posted by Happydude | Posted in Business, Media, Politics | Posted on 21-01-2010

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The new data.gov.uk site which has been develped by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt along with others aims to provide  government data for public use by giving access to the wealth of government data which will include detailed information about crime rates, exam results and even house prices.

They want it to be built with the public in collaborative relationship which on the surfaces sounds very promising will keep watching to see how it develops.

of the public will soon be able to find out detailed information about crime rates, exam results and even house prices in their areas