Tech news links 25/04/08

New SF report Maggie Shields starts at BBC's dot.life blog

Jemima Kiss analysis of Telegraph's online reader stats jump
Web 2.0 conference took place this week. Readwriteweb roundup excellent as always

Future social media stars? From O'Reilly at Web 2.0

How to build an online community, from Newswire via Strange Attractor

And what every company should be monitoring, from Newswire

Stats from Society for New Communications Research on company reputation and social media, from Clickz

China overtook US in terms of internet users this week here's a link to World Internet Use Stats. Remember the majority (80%) of the world don't have internet access!

Developments with iGoogle hint at future for social networks, from Readwriteweb

Favourite article of the week is Vic Keegan's CCTV in our pocket demonstrating real-time video from our phones. Everyone is accountable.

I want you to want me

Fascinating art installation from Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar combining online dating postings, touch screen technology and software to give an amazing insight into people's online relationships. From Danah Boyd's blog.

Tech news links 18/04/08

Twitter hits front page of Guardian

Google ad revenue to overtake ITV, from BBC dot.Life

Twitter saves lives, from Mercury News

News of the World triples web traffic to 3.67 million unique users, from Press Gazette

Daily Mail Group claims it reaches 45 per cent of UK from Press Gazette coinciding with its website facelift this week

Decline of tech stories on Digg with stats, from Readwriteweb

Love this from Readwriteweb - real people don't have time for social media

MyGamma one of the world's biggest social networks, from Vic Keegan

CBS launches citizen journalism site, from paidcontent.org

Sixapart launches Facebook app that may make integrating social media posts easier, from Cnet

Ticketmaster caught out with fake Facebook fans, from Techdirt

Bobbie Johnson on how he uses Twitter

Parting thoughts...

Today’s eForum demonstrated that the Web has exploded to offer at our fingertips all of humanity’s knowledge and creativity as well as its darkness and depravity due to Western governments’ light regulatory touch.

Web 2.0 technologies have given us the ability to communicate and collaborate on a global scale, creating new models of content creation and business as a result of largely unbridled innovation.

The problems associated with the lack of central control over User Generated Content (UGC) have also been driven by Web 2.0 technologies - copyright infringement, abuse and cyberbullying, privacy and internet bandwidth capacity - will continue to dominate (figures listed in today's Twitter postings here) as Web issues.

But a sustained light touch for regulation is needed, so those that have created the greatest internet platforms encouraging the fastest technological, social and cultural developments in the history of the world can solve the problems – and they will.

(For more on eForum visit the chair of the discussion and Ofcom Consumer Panel member, Roger Darlington's blogs where he will likely post his thoughts here)

Westminster eforum 15/04/08

eForum on web 2.0 about to kick off with formerchair of Internet Watch Foundation.

Tech news links 09/04/08

Intruders Web 2.0 TV station acquired by Malhmo founder Jason Calacanis

ABCe Feb figures showed Guardian approaching 20 million unique users and Telegraph growing quickly from Press Gazette

How people use Twitter research from Readwriteweb

BT gets down with the kids and uses social networking for its global workforce from Computing

Corporate blogging article from Roy Cellan-Jones and interesting discussion thread

Trendrr seems interesting evaluation tool for social media multiple datasets from Readwriteweb

BBC’s social networking policy for journos

Over the air conference - food for thought

Over the air with a good atmosphere, gadgets galore and insightful presentations is providing plenty of food for thought.

Bean bags are filling and ideas are starting to buzz around for applications that will be developed over night for entry into the competitions.

Going over to Over the air?

With a great line up of speakers Over the air, which starts here in London on Friday, is the hot tech ticket in town this week - all 400 places have been snapped up by wireless and mobile "developers, designers, hackers and entrepreneurs" and prizes for projects developed at the all night hackathon are expected to be fiercely contested.

Look forward to seeing you there.