Where ISN’T social media ubiquitous?
With pretty much everyone you know on at least nine social networks these days, it's sometimes easy to forget that there are parts of the world where joining …
read moreThe Best of Both Worlds: Drupal 8 to Incorporate Symfony Components
Here at EtonDigital we eagerly welcomed the recent announcement that the new version of Drupal would incorporate various major Symfony components. Now, as the August release date for …
read moreDigg: a perfect example of the fantasy economics of web & …
Digg, a company founded only a few weeks after Facebook and one of the first websites to introduce a social element to online news, has this week been …
read moreAcademic social networking: Why isn’t Academia.edu better?
As a young research student at a UK university, I'm frequently both excited and frustrated by Academia.edu - the web's biggest social network designed specifically for academics. Launched …
read moreFinally! Google Maps UK gets Cycle route planner – and it’s …
Cyclists in the UK have been improvising with Google maps for a good few years now, planning routes using the directions tool designed for drivers and, more recently, …
read moreCan crowdfunding save the cash-strapped arts?
It's not exactly a secret that the current economic climate is 'harsh/unforgiving/bleak' (delete as appropriate) and that much of the brunt is being felt by those who previously …
read moreGoogle Knowledge Graph: Quick Summary
For those who haven't yet seen it in action, Google introduced a pretty significant change to how its search function works which should directly impact upon user experience …
read moreEU Cookie law flops into ‘force’
What was all that fuss about the EU Cookie law? Remember the outcry from businesses and retailers who claimed it'd cripple their essential online operations? Remember the apocalyptic …
read moreNoble IT companies (and the small matter of complicity in murder …
There's a thought-provoking and very interesting piece over at Techcrunch today about the complicity of various Western software and hardware companies in helping brutal regimes spy on or …
read moreFacebook IPO: A sobering reminder that users ≠ revenues?
Facebook's IPO last week didn't exactly go according to plan did it? From embarrassing small-scale technical difficulties right through to question marks over breach of US IPO regulations, …
read moreApple’s tax bill – and the real issue at stake
Last week a New York Times article reporting that Apple's tax rate was effectively 9.8% sparked a deluge of debate and discussion. The basic gist was that since …
read more3 SEO articles worth reading this week
This week I've come across not one, but a whopping three, excellent articles about various important SEO topics. They're all certainly worth a few minutes of your time …
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