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Has social media revolutionised charity donations? - 20-12-2009
Social media has helped influence the way we donate to charity. It has made the experience more interesting, and makes it easier to get your friends involved. Sites like JustGiving make it easy to co-ordinate sponsored activities (and in the UK, integrates ‘GiftAid’; something many individuals would not bother with when organising such events) and [...]
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Why is OpenID not more popular? - 07-10-2009
Something I love is OpenID. I love having a portable online identity, not being tied to an email provider or something like Facebook Connect or Twitter OAuth. Better yet, I don’t have to rely on someone else keeping their servers up – I can change my OpenID provider whenever I like and keep the same [...]
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Software pricing: finally becoming reasonable? - 22-09-2009
When OS X Leopard was released, my Mac was fortunately new enough to qualify for a special £5 upgrade, but the vast majority of users had to pay about $129. Snow Leopard was different; for an upgrade, Apple only charged about $30 (£25). £25 for a piece of software, even one as important as an operating [...]
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Why aren?t social networks co-operatives? - 21-08-2009
The primary aim of a social networking site should be to satisfy of its members. Members do not control such sites; their wants are often slow to be fulfilled or unpopular features introduced. Facebook fails to have a network for my urban area. If I want to join a geographic network, I have to join that [...]
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Living off a smartphone - 31-07-2009
I have been without my MacBook Pro for nearly a fortnight, following the failure of its graphics card. Whilst I am assured by an Apple Authorised Service Point that it is on its way back to me, I have found it fascinating that for 75% of my usual computer-related tasks, I didn’t need a computer! A [...]
