Commuting couples will increase due to pressure in job markets

Demographic experts define commuter marriages as couples who spend at least three nights apart each week for a minimum of three months. The number of commuting couples has been increasing over recent years, particularly in the US, where according to the 2006 U.S. Census Bureau, 3.2 million married Americans (including military families) live in different [...]

David Wolf’s Lenovo’s Retreat Blog entry

I just wanted to point you towards a good article on Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM’s PC Division written by David Wolf…link at the bottom of this entry.
There were two key fundamental benefits that Lenovo would gain from the deal – the first was obviously the $53 billion dollars of brand equity that was at their disposal [...]

Police using Facebook to track down and arrest a criminal

There is an article on The Register about New Zealand police using Facebook to track down and arrest a thief.  They posted the pictures on Facebook and someone identified him.  It’s great that the public sector is being so progressive in their use of new media.
You can read the article here
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BBC criticised over Mumbai Twitter coverage

I just read an entry in the Guardian’s PDA Digital Content Blog about the BBC’s use of Twitter, specifically highlighting the criticism the broadcaster has come under for using unsubstantiated citizen reports in its coverage of the Mumbai terror attacks.
Apparently a specific tweet is at the centre of discussion – the comment stated that the [...]

Long gone is the nine to five job, yet companies still seem resistant to remote working

Employees are arguably working longer hours than ever before, commuting costs soared in the first half of the year with fuel for cars reaching £1.40 a litre in the UK in the summer of 2008 up from around £1 six months prior (although fuel prices have now decreased again), and IT managers feel pressured to reduce the [...]