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View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list Yahoo fail with invitation to 'get the look' of an Afghan massacre survivor @gordonmacmillan 26 June 2012, 2:45PM Tweet The continued rise of automated content that is shovelled out without any human eye ever casting a look at it before it is published has its down sides as Yahoo is finding out. Once technology takes the driving out of the car, what's left to brand? Nic Howell 26 June 2012, 12:37PM Tweet Volvo recently announced that a squad of its self-drive cars had safely finished a 125-mile journey in Spain. Led by a professional driver, a convoy of robot cars used wireless technology to follow each other exactly six metres apart. According to Volvo, this means that human beings “can now work on their laptops, read a book or sit back and enjoy a relaxed lunch” while driving. History of Computers; From the Abacus to the iPad [Infographic] Sean Walsh 26 June 2012, 11:36AM Tweet Saturday (23rd June) would have been the 100th birthday of English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist, Alan Turing. Without Turing's contribution to the advancement of computer science most of us would be sat at empty desks, just day-dreaming about a tool that could change the world of business and leisure forever. Euro 2012: Twitter predicts England penalty heartbreak déjà vu [infographic] Scott Thompson 26 June 2012, 10:19AM Tweet Whilst an estimated 23 million people tuned in to witness England lose 4-2 to Italy on penalties in the agonising Euro 2012 quarter final, over 900,000 tweets were sent out during the live game which contributed to the 1.6 million made from 7pm to midnight according to Starcom Mediavest’s ECHOscreeen research. Twitter user forced to change her name after angry NatWest customers swamp her account Charlotte Henry 26 June 2012, 9:56AM Tweet The questionable practice of buying web domains that a company may want, aka domain name squatting, and selling them back to firms at an inflated price might be long established, but accidentally parking yourself on a corporate Twitter handle? That’s all a bit newer. EC tries to fix offensive #sciencegirlthing campaign with #realwomeninscience fix Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith 26 June 2012, 7:44AM Tweet Oh dear. On the same day that Femfresh’s Facebook account took a consumer battering for its childish euphemisms, instead of using the word vagina, the European Commission committed its own social media crimes with an online ad - completely doused in pink - designed to get young women into science. Stars of the web and royalty star in Code Club video Polly Becker 25 June 2012, 3:14PM Tweet This is very funny. Great job by ad agency Albion here in producing this Code Club video with the likes of Tim Berners-Lee, Facebook’s Joanna Shields and Martha Lane Fox all making an appearance before an interview committee of kids. Blur to debut two new songs via Twitter @gordonmacmillan 25 June 2012, 3:08PM Tweet The newly reformed and back touring band Blur are to debut two new songs live on Twitter via a worldwide video stream on Monday July 2. The two tracks, one called ‘Under The Westway’ and the other ‘The Puritan’, have been written for the band’s upcoming sold-out Hyde Park gig on August 12. Femfresh pulls Facebook page after social media vagina backlash @gordonmacmillan 25 June 2012, 1:57PM Tweet That didn’t take long. Less than a week after Femfresh’s Facebook page came under attack for its use of euphemistic, or infantile words, that women supposedly use instead of the word vagina it has pulled its page from the social network. Financial Times is the biggest newspaper on Google+ as it passes one million followers @gordonmacmillan 25 June 2012, 11:36AM Tweet Someone is doing well on Google+. The Financial Times has quietly become the biggest newspaper brand on Google+ as it passed the one million follower mark. That easily makes it the biggest and fastest growing newspaper on the Google social platform and puts it well ahead of the rest of the international newspaper market. BR Insight Facebook's 4 Simple Steps To Unlock Your Full Business Value (Webcast) - Fully leverage your Facebook business page and ad products to connect ... Getting Personal: 5 Steps To Create Lasting, Lucrative Customer Connections (Expert Reports) We are dealing with a growing media landscape that’s becoming nois... What Could Affiliates Do For You? Top Tips To Up Your Traffic And Sales (Expert Reports) So, affiliate marketing, it's been around for a while and has driven gre... 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