Powerful Communication Podcast

Pinterest must be the nicest social network, free from much of the bullying, abuse and vanity to be found on certain other sites.   And it has a much smaller but very loyal user base.   Now it's holding a virtual event, the 'Pinterest Presents' conference on March 10th where it'll show off some of its latest work around shopping - social commerce - where people buy things direct from within social...

Why are some media outlets suggesting Facebook and Instagram might shut down across Europe?   I have to say I can't see this ever happening and I'm convinced a compromise will be reached but   there does seem to be some substance to the stories.   Meta is the new name for Facebook's parent company and it's determined to overcome a ruling that prevents it from processing data from users in based in...

Have you ever visited someone else's website and wondered how they built it?   If it's built using the Wordpress system, it should be easy to find out.   Visit whatwpthemeisthat.com and type in the address for the website you're interested in.   It should tell you what theme the website was built with and sometimes additional details including some extra plug ins and features it has.   That's what...

2022 looks certain to be the year of the cost of living squeeze and as we look for ways to save some money, technology will be top of many people's lists.   Look across the video streaming services and music platforms you pay and consider if you're paying for the same thing twice.   For example, some mobile phone contracts come with access to Apple Music or Spotify already bundled in.   There can...

The smart light bulb market is expected to quadruple by the end of this decade. Experts believe it could be worth 11 billion US dollars by 2030.   The latest products have a range of features - letting you choose colours, patterns and setting up schedules.   You can control the lighting from a smartphone app or via your voice.   It's around £20 for a pack of 2 smart lightbulbs.   That's a fair bit...

Just days after the release of research showing Facebook's continued social media dominance we now have numbers from Facebook itself showing the first drop in the number of people using it every day for 18 years.   It's a small drop, from 1.930 billion to 1.929 billion but it's sent shares in the parent company tumbling and boss Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged the impact of rivals such as TikTok and...

How would you fancy attending a Jennifer Lopez concert, dancing along with the rest of the crowd and even releasing a dove when she sings a love song? You could even control the laser light show.   Well now you can, or at least, a virtual, digital avatar version of you can.   It's all part of Snapchat's new promotion to promote J-Lo's latest film, 'Marry Me'.   Check it out for yourself at marryme...

It's award season and entries are open until a week on Friday, that's 11th February for the Webby Awards.   The Webbys have been honouring the best of the internet since 1996 and celebrates all things digital including websites, video, social media, apps and games, podcasts and more.   Winners will be announced in May and there's a public vote for the prestigious 'People's Voice' award.   For now,...

If you're one of the few people who has a video instead of a static image on their Facebook profile picture, it's about to disappear.   The social network has announced it'll start removing them from the 7th of February - when they'll be replaced by the cover image.   Users affected will see a message from Facebook asking them to choose a new profile picture if they'd prefer not to have their cove...

Joe Rogan is promising to do better and to have 'more balance and research' on his podcast. In short, he's going to try to be more like the BBC. Doesn't this embarassing episode highlight the importance of the BBC and why we should be protecting it from the shadowy elites who want rid of it? Far from being 'the establishment', I argue the BBC is counter culture here in 2022. And Joe Rogan/Spotify?...

I told you 2022 might be the year of the puzzle…well one nasty internet user tried to spoil the fun by setting up a Twitter account that spoiled word game 'Wordle' by posting the next day's answer.   Twitter quickly shut it down saying it broke the rules by sending unsolicited replies to high numbers of users.   Some of TikTok's most popular creators are demanding more money from the video sharing...

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