Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced on the official blog that they have now surpassed the 300 million user mark. This is quite astounding news, and it’s quite likely that Facebook now has a user population larger than the United States.
Tag Archives: internet
DataMasher increases our access to government statistics
What I want to focus on now is DataMasher – a fascinating programme that allows users to combine different sets of government statistical data to examine geographical correlations between them.
Future of Journalism Conference begins today at Cardiff University
Today was the first day of the Future of Journalism conference, hosted by the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.
London Bloggers Meetup report
We’ve just returned from our visit foray into the world of real-life blogger meetups and I have to say that our response was a positive one. The overall impression was that blogging is a medium of expression that is here to stay and can make a difference.
Life Recorders – could they lead to widespread invasion of privacy?
Life recorders. Just who, exactly, is going to wear an object that records every moment of their movements? And could they eventually lead to a widespread erosion of our personal privacy?
Augmented Reality: The good, the bad, and the ugly (part two: the bad)
Last week, we explored some of the positive ways that augmented reality will be used in the near future – and today we are going to explore some of the negative, or bad, applications that are on the horizon.