Posts Tagged ‘communities’

The LG InTouch Series

December 2nd, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
The traditional definition of community has changed as 58 per cent of people agree that the days of sharing a cuppa over the garden fence is gradually being replaced by a new sense of online community spirit, a recent survey from LG has revealed. The research shows that there is a clear shift from how local communities were developed in the past as we are no longer bound by a postcode which the traditional approach to society suggested. It seems that these new, more flexible communities which don’t require you to travel to meet are thriving through the use of social...
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Digg announce ‘Digg Ads’ – giving users a way to feedback

June 4th, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
Props to Rocio from LG Blog ES for spotting this one: Yesterday Digg announced plans for a new advertising platform — Digg Ads. Digg Ads will give you more control over which advertisements are displayed on Digg. The more an ad is Dugg, the less the advertiser will have to pay. Conversely the more an ad is buried, the more the advertiser is charged, pricing it out of the system. ... The goal here is to give advertisers a way to present content related to their brands and get immediate input on whether it’s relevant to the Digg audience, or not. Here’s...
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5 TED talks on collaboration and communities

January 2nd, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
Just a quick link to this collection of 5 TED talks on collaboration and communities from Social Media Trader: What do some of the world’s greatest thinkers and doers think about collaboration and communities? We’ve compiled 5 interesting videos, so grab your popcorn, sit back and enjoy. Some really interesting stuff there including University professor Richard Baraniuk explaining 'Connexions', his open-source education system which allows teachers to share and modify course materials freely, anywhere in the world and Howard Rheingold on Wikipedia as an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group....
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