Government content deal shows BBC the way

What this means in practise is that MSN has deep-linked inside existing government sites to add another Public Services channel to its site. Although eGov implies this is an exclusive deal, I don’t think it will be, as other commercial operates come begging for government content. This is all part of the government’s open ‘gateway’ project to work with public and private partners. This basically means that government will start

Signs point to tech and media recovery

This cautious optimism appears to be reflected in the tech sector, such as at ContractorUK which recently ran an article headlined “Ten pointers to an IT jobs market recovery”. Me? I think it’s all rubbish. The housing market – especiailly in the UK – has gone mad, and interest rates will have to go up. People will slam the brakes on their spending. Advertising will flatline again, and it’ll be

Ringtones and logos to die?

Somehow I think Strand is under-estimating the influences of fashion on the mobile market. Without the vast teenage population on mobile phones that Europe has, they may not have picked up on the buzz that courses through the teenage psyche when you have the latest ringtone from the Sugerbabes on your phone.

Ecademy gets the blues

Could Ecademy now become a competitor to mainstream networking outfits like Business Networking International? Quite possibly. And what’s this? Subscriptions? ” Ecademy Power Networker: Entitles you to privileged access to features on our website and with our partners along with some offline services. The Ecademy Power Networker subscription costs

Bill Thompson proposes new Net

There was the usual ‘heated debate’. For fun, we got to SMS our views onto a screen behind him during the speech (actually a bit off-putting if you were trying to concentrate). Bill argued that since Microsoft is already planning a secure ‘trusted’ computing environment on the PC and the Net (read ‘copyright friendly’ etc) we should wake up to the fact that government has its own regulatory power. At

Bowbrick leaves another.com

Steve writes: “After four years running another.com and nearly ten years in the industry, I am once again closely examining the hedgerows for opportunities. another.com is now making a profit (surely not!) from its subscription business and should have a good 2003 – so I reckon that’s a pretty good cue to move on. I’m still on the board and I retain my equity.” Steve, along with Ivan Pope, founded