Archives

SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCE CONFERENCE – 13TH JUNE 2013   Social media has gone from a simple way to connect with others to a full-fledged strategic resource for business. On the 13th of June 2013, the Cavendish Conference Centre in London will host ‘Social Media Influence’, a dynamic one-day conference to discuss this further with some …

Web summit 2013: Crowd funding   The 2013 Web Summit that recently took place on the 1st of March in London was a great channel for the growing importance of crowd funding, which it put forward through one of its key panels. Crowd funding refers to the collective cooperation of individuals who each make a …

WEB SUMMIT 2013 –  CROWD SOURCING Crowd sourcing was one of key topics covered during the 2013 Web Summit, which took place on the 1st of March in London. Live-mapping and navigation application, Waze, was at the center of the crowd sourcing discussion. The idea of crowd sourcing refers to the solicitation of ideas, services …

The interconnectivity of social media   Would Facebook be as successful without YouTube? Perhaps. Would YouTube be as successful without Facebook? Perhaps. But the fact that both coexist on the social media landscape allows them to reinforce and support each other in an unprecedented way. Facebook uses the advantage that YouTube gives – the opportunity …

WEB SUMMIT 2013 – THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION   During the 2013 Web Summit that took place on the 1st of March in London, one of society’s core pillars was tackled during its discussions panels: education and its future. Technology is bound to – and has already started – impacting on education. Papers are slowly …