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The shame of Russia (courtesy of Facebook)
ShareShare on Tumblr At the weekend, 40,000 to 50,000 took to the streets of Moskva—Moscow—to protest their government’s actions in the Ukraine, at the Peace and Freedom March. I understand that media...
View ArticleIkea tries to shut down its biggest fan site, showing us how the company...
ShareShare on Tumblr In an age of social media, you would think it was the most stupid thing to try to shut down the biggest online community you have. Ikea has done just that, on IP grounds,...
View ArticleGoogle Plus is about to turn three: will media remember the hype?
ShareShare on Tumblr As Google Plus nears yet another anniversary—I believe it’s its third next week—it’s interesting to reflect back on the much-hyped launch. Or, more accurately, on the number of...
View ArticleWhen it comes to mass surveillance, forget specificity
ShareShare on Tumblr Be careful what you say on social media in Britain. English law permits mass surveillance of the big social media platforms, according to Charles Farr, the director-general of...
View ArticleThe Wikipedia game
ShareShare on Tumblr The contributors or editors of Wikipedia are often quick to make changes after errors are pointed out. A recent funny one was for the suburb of Cannons Creek, in Porirua, when...
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Does Google advertising continue to track you after opting out?
ShareShare on Tumblr Consistently, for the last several weeks, the ads I would see on YouTube have been for Hyundai. I didn’t think much of it, other than Hyundai going through an advertising blitz....
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‘Planet Key’ is good old-fashioned Kiwi satire
ShareShare on Tumblr Fed up with the Electoral Commission barring Darren Watson from expressing his valid view with his satirical song ‘Planet Key’, I made a spoken-word version of it for my Tumblr a...
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Reacting to AJE’s Broken Dreams: are there parallels between GM and Boeing’s...
ShareShare on Tumblr Simpsons fans should be able to connect the above scene with the post below. I’m sure some of you watched the al-Jazeera English documentary this week on the Boeing 787, and how...
View ArticleBrand Kim Dotcom: what has changed?
ShareShare on Tumblr Equal access: an audio recording of this blog post can be found here. It’s disturbing to see so many Kim Dotcom jokes post-General Election, with plenty of Kiwis happy to ridicule...
View ArticleAn expatriate’s view of Occupy Central and what Hong Kong wants
ShareShare on Tumblr Equal access: an audio recording of this blog post can be found here. I know I’m not alone among expats watching the Occupy Central movements in Hong Kong. More than the handover...
View ArticleEverything’s perfect with those Auckland systems, nothing to see here
ShareShare on Tumblr I contacted Auckland Airport through its Facebook on Tuesday over the matter in my previous post, and got an immediate reply from someone monitoring its social media. She tells me...
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Je suis Charlie
ShareShare on Tumblr I was watching France 24 about half an hour after the Charlie Hebdo attack and made the above graphic a few hours later, in support of press freedoms and the victims’ families, and...
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FCC rules in favour of ’net neutrality (at least we think it has)
ShareShare on Tumblr I’ve gone into the reasons I support ’net neutrality elsewhere, but it was nice to hear about this on the wireless: even though we still don’t know the specifics, as the FCC has...
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There can be only one, unless you forget to register your design: the Range...
ShareShare on Tumblr The stunning original: the Range Rover Evoque. There has been a lot of ongoing press about Landwind’s copy of the Range Rover Evoque (a road test of the Evoque comes next week in...
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YouTube switches on my search history again, all in the quest to get more...
Share Check your YouTube settings: even if you switch off your search history, Google may turn it on again Here I was, telling friends that 2014 marked the first year in which I didn’t have to call...
View ArticleVolkswagen’s scandal won’t spread to other German car groups
Share If you want a humorous take on what happened at Volkswagen this week, the above video sums it all up. During my 2010 mayoral campaign, I noted that if New Zealand did not diversify its economy to...
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When mistrust brings us together
Share I can be staunch on IP protection in a lot of cases—but in the case of Martin Shkreli of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG hiking the price of an Aids drug from $13·50 to $750 per pill, not so much (for...
View ArticleThe fall and rise and fall of Kim Dotcom, and why, according to the US,...
Share In response to a friend’s Facebook post applauding the possibility that Kim Dotcom would get extradited, two days ago. It’s unedited, other than the inclusion of a link and a note, and I...
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It’s all going fines at Volkswagen
Share General Motors’ fine in 1995 for 470,000 cars using defeat devices against EPA testing: US$11 million. Volkswagen’s fine in 2016 for 580,000 cars using defeat devices against EPA testing:...
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Google and Facebook should not head “top brands” lists when consumers do not...
Share I’ve always been surprised when I see Google or Facebook appear on any “top brands” lists. It’s branding 101 that a strong brand must have loyalty, awareness, positive associations, perceived...
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