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History of Instragram

Posted in Statistics, Technical/Gadgets, The web on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Learn more about Instagram’s brief but explosive history, from its conception to its recent $1B purchase by Facebook:

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A Day in the Life of the Internet

Posted in Society, Statistics, The web on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Internet is, by most scientific estimates, absolutely huge. While only about one-third of the world’s population is connected, the amount of data we generate and consume is so large it is near impossible to comprehend.  Perhaps the best way to put all those petabytes in perspective is to look at what goes down in [...]

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Lost Boy Used Google Earth to Find His Mother

Posted in Funny, News, The web on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Twenty five years after he got lost whilst traveling on a train in India, a man found his mother using the unlikeliest of technology, satellite images. Here’s the incredible story of how Saroo Brierly used Google Earth to reunite with his long lost mother: Saroo was only five years old when he got lost. He [...]

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Facebook Acquires Instagram

Posted in Technical/Gadgets, The web on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Right on the heels of the release of its Android app, Instagram was acquired by social media giant Facebook. What does this mean for Instagram users? For now, not much. The creators of Instagram want you to know that the service isn’t going anywhere and this should only mean positive change: It’s important to be [...]

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Help choose the new Archbishop of Canterbury

Posted in Church, The web on April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Church of England have announced they will use twitter and other forms of social media to hear views from as wide a range of people as possible – including people of other faiths and none, for example, including the Chief Rabbi and Professor Richard Dawkins. The process, run by The Crown Nominations Commission, wil begin [...]

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LinkedIn makes it easier to grow your professional network

Posted in Recruitment, The web on April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

LinkedIn is rolling out a fantastic update for the People You May Know feature with a streamlined user experience and improved accuracy and relevance of your recommendations: Today, we’re excited to announce an update to our People You May Know feature that will be rolling out to users over the next few weeks. Since our original launch, [...]

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Digital Kids Initiative

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, The web on March 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Walt Mueller and the team over at the Center for Parent and Youth Understanding have a fantastic new initiative: Digital Kids Initiative. Last week they launched a new website for parents and youth workers to help their teenagers survive the world we live in. Check it out!

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Who uses social media?

Posted in Statistics, The web on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

According to recent research more than 66% of adults are connected to at least one form of social media.  To understand this more fully check out this great infographic based on American research: From Online MBA Resource via Ministry Best Practices

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Why do people use Linkedin?

Posted in Recruitment, The web on March 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Peter Gold asks: “Why do people use LinkedIn?” he received 642 responses, and has published the statistics on LinkedIn. Some interesting observations, especially that so many of the users who replied are male, which was a slight surprise to me.

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Top Church Websites of 2012

Posted in Church, The web on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

churchrelevance.com has posted their Top Church Websites of 2012, as they say: It is stunning how much web design has improved in just a few short years. Click here to see the list of 22 Top Church Websites of 2012.  

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