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March 11th, 2011 by Speed Budapest (Matt)

Thoughts on LinkedIn Today

LinkedIn TodayThe launch of LinkedIn Today is an interesting development. It produces a dashboard of popular news stories, based on the articles and blog posts that have been most shared by people on the social networking site.

Articles are filtered into sections, such as Retail, Financial Services, Telecommunications, and IT, based on what news has been most shared by people working in a particular industry. This is handy if you want to find out what the hot topics in a specific sector are at any given moment.

Currently some of the news channels feature articles that aren’t relevant to that specific sector, as general interest stories, such as the earthquake in Japan, are shared by people from all industries. I imagine LinkedIn will develop the service in the coming weeks so that news, which isn’t relevant to a certain industry, is not displayed in that industry’s channel. I also wouldn’t be surprised if LinkedIn added a geographic filter to news channels so that you can view the most shared news in a specific region.

Since launching this morning, many of the channels have already acquired a few thousand followers. This will no doubt have a sizeable impact on the level of traffic that news sites receive when their articles are included on the site. This could see more publications adding LinkedIn’s sharing button to their websites in a bid to encourage people to share news on the social network, and in doing so, drive traffic back to their website.

What’s also interesting, is that you can follow a few select news sources and see which stories have been most shared. I’d love to see how this compares with the likes of Facebook and Twitter. Do people share different types of news on different sites? Considering that the way that I use Facebook, compared to Twitter or LinkedIn, I reckon we’d see some big differences in the news stories that are shared most on each network. What do you think?

June 21st, 2010 by michael.frier

Daily News – 21/06

The Guardian – George Osborne facing budget backlash

Budget plans attacked by unions and business leaders as chancellor warns UK is on ‘road to ruin’

Information Age – Government plans IT ‘skunk works’

Cabinet Office strategy document reveals plan for a flexible task force to improve IT projects, plus increased power for government CIO

The Register – Google’s Wi-Fi snoop nabbed passwords and emails

The Wi-Fi traffic collected by Google’s world-roving Street View cars included passwords and email, according to a report citing a preliminary study from the French data protection authority.

ZDNet – Vodafone joins iPhone 4 pricing fray

Vodafone has announced its pricing for the iPhone 4, with the 16GB version of the handset being available for free on two-year, £50-per-month contracts.

The Daily Telegraph – Facebook users turn their back on virtual friends

A survey by Facebook has revealed a sharp spike in the number of cases of ‘defriending’ – when a person revokes someone else’s friendship status on their social networking site. The surge in defriending appears to be linked to attempts by social network users to control more strictly who has access to their personal pages, updates and photographs online



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June 8th, 2010 by michael.frier

Daily News – 08/06

The Register – Dodgy Doctor Who games may be malwarey

Security experts are warning that “unauthorised copies” of a Doctor Who game released last weekend that have begun circulating on P2P networks are likely to pack a nasty surprise.

CIO – JP Morgan gets £33m FSA fine for system failure

The Financial Services Authority has issued JP Morgan Securities with a record £33.32 million fine, after the firm failed to separate its own money from that of clients for over seven years. The problem marked a failure by the company to maintain the correct banking processes, the FSA noted, following a major system change.

BBC – Apple shows off redesigned iPhone

Apple has unveiled a redesign of its popular iPhone handset. The revamped gadget has a stainless steel case, two cameras, improved display and is 24% thinner than the most recent version.

BBC – Immarsat grabs the MacRobert engineering prize

The UK’s top engineering prize has been won by Immarsat, for its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service.

Computing.co.uk – Gartner identifies the ‘Cool Vendors’ for 2010

Gartner has identified 55 companies that it expects to make a big impact over the coming year. The analyst firm’s Cool Vendors 2010 list includes organisations that offer “impactful and innovative” products and services, including business processes, data, software infrastructure, security, risk management, applications, consulting, outsourcing, green IT and telecoms operations management.

Computing.co.uk – EasyJet trials infrared ash-avoidance technology

EasyJet will use infrared technology to help its aircraft avoid the remains of the ash cloud caused by the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano.

CBR – Sweden may go 100 per cent cashless to fight crime

In another pioneering example from Scandinavia, which became wired-up much quicker than the UK, in a bid to fight crime Sweden may take a very radical move – and do away with cash altogether. According to a report in German news magazine Der Spiegel, lobbyists are pushing for the nation to move to a completely virtual currency basis.

The Daily Telegraph – Michelin ‘reinvents the wheel’

Michelin claims to have “reinvented the wheel”, integrating tyre, braking system, motorisation and suspension all inside one ground-breaking unit. The latest, most advanced version of the firm’s “Active Wheel” was unveiled at “Challenge Bibendum” a symposium dedicated to environment-friendly mobility, held in Rio de Janeiro.

Computer Weekly – UK finance firms spend more on information security

Almost three-quarters of UK financial services firms have increased their security budgets in the past year, with identity and access management and data loss prevention strategies receiving most funds. Increasing numbers of security threats alongside more regulation is driving increased investment, according to Deloitte’s 2010 Financial Services Global Security Study.



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April 9th, 2010 by Steve

Daily News – 09/04

Computing.co.uk – Twitter to host first developer conference

Twitter is to hold its first developer conference next week, in a further sign of the micro-blogging site’s growing ambitions.

IT PRO – Men dominate mobile social networking
Men have the monopoly on using their mobiles for more feature rich applications, according to a new report.

ComputerWorldUK – Security experts argue over iPad enterprise readiness
Whether the iPad is secure enough for enterprise uses is debatable, based on a survey of several analysts and experts. Some analysts say that with tougher data protection laws, the iPad deserves an “F” for security readiness for financial services companies and other federally regulated industries.

CBR – MPs pass Digital Economy Bill

The Digital Economy Bill (DEB) was passed in the House of Commons on Wednesday night after its third reading, following just two hours of debate.

The Daily Telegraph – Apple ‘planning smaller iPad’

A more compact version of the iPad will go on sale early next year, according to an influential analyst. The so-called “iPad mini” will feature a screen somewhere between 5in and 7in, compared to the current iPad’s 9.7in display, said Mingchi Kuo, an analyst with DigiTimes Research.

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March 17th, 2010 by Chris Measures

Where are all the Cambridge innovators?

Cambridge is full of innovative start-ups and the main thing they need is money to help them grow. That’s the perceived wisdom but having attended last night’s Cambridge Network Open Meeting on Growth Capital I think it needs to be challenged.

The whole event, held at Robinson College was about getting money. But despite engaging presentations from the likes of bankers Kleinwort Benson, venture capital companies Amadeus and Atlas Venture as well as economic think tank Z/Yen the audience was dominated, not by hungry start-ups but by lawyers, accountants and PR people (myself included). A back of the envelope calculation was that just 16 per cent of people there were start-ups. Obviously you need an ecosystem to develop any technology cluster, but the balance seems all wrong.

So the question I’m left with was – where are the future Cambridge giants, the next ARM, Autonomy or CSR in embryo? Are they in their sheds busy inventing or simply not worried about gaining the investment they need to grow? Answers on a postcard please……

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