The problem with ‘il brand bologna’ In the Carlino today the minister for tourism, Lepore, stated correctly, that Bologna is only a stop-off point for most tourists on their way to the ‘superstar’ cities of Florence and Venice. He then astonishingly adds later, that we should aim to support the bigger events in those cities [...]
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Bologna: The Brothel Capital
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
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Good PR for Cities
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
If social media is good for ‘Protesting’, why not for a city? Considering the Arab Spring made good use of social media, now it appears that the infectious use of Twitter and Facebook et al is heading north into the colder climes of Russia. International – and some national figures – are commenting that this [...]
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If social media is good for ‘Protesting’, why not for a city? Considering the Arab Spring made good use of social media, now it appears that the infectious use of Twitter and Facebook et al is heading north into the colder climes of Russia. International – and some national figures – are commenting that this [...]
Videos on tablets sky rocket
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Official stats prove video is King on tablets According to a TC article, Ooyala, online video content being watched on: “…tablets are seeing a significantly higher level of engagement in online video viewing, as tablet viewers watch longer than viewers of desktops or mobile devices.” Considering the technological steps that have brought us down to [...]
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Official stats prove video is King on tablets According to a TC article, Ooyala, online video content being watched on: “…tablets are seeing a significantly higher level of engagement in online video viewing, as tablet viewers watch longer than viewers of desktops or mobile devices.” Considering the technological steps that have brought us down to [...]
Google goes indoors
Monday, October 31st, 2011
The last frontier for Google maps has now been crossed. It was only a matter of time before they finally announced what was their next obvious step in their mapping technology concept: going indoors. Privacy concerns aside – because, nearly everyone has the capability to take photos of inside buildings now and publish them on [...]
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The last frontier for Google maps has now been crossed. It was only a matter of time before they finally announced what was their next obvious step in their mapping technology concept: going indoors. Privacy concerns aside – because, nearly everyone has the capability to take photos of inside buildings now and publish them on [...]
Virtual museum tours – for 21st century
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Virtual museum tours are hardly new yet, they still lack that real sense of being there – obviously. Virtual Worlds, on the other hand, are really beginning to entice people from the real world to do business online. In an article by the BBC ‘The Rise of virtual conference’, it’s a wake up call for [...]
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Virtual museum tours are hardly new yet, they still lack that real sense of being there – obviously. Virtual Worlds, on the other hand, are really beginning to entice people from the real world to do business online. In an article by the BBC ‘The Rise of virtual conference’, it’s a wake up call for [...]
Open Geo-database of places for all
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Finally, it has been suggested (in TC tonight), that an open database of places should now be everyone’s priority. Google, Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook et al are all chasing after the exact same thing and thus as TC reported are bound to start replicating the same information sooner or later. It’s madness therefore to continue on [...]
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Finally, it has been suggested (in TC tonight), that an open database of places should now be everyone’s priority. Google, Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook et al are all chasing after the exact same thing and thus as TC reported are bound to start replicating the same information sooner or later. It’s madness therefore to continue on [...]
Free Wifi for English town
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
In a first for an English town, Swindon borough council have sensationally announced they will be introducing free Wifi for the whole town. The news was carried on radio and tv today while the BBC online reports further that the council: “plan for all 186,000 citizens to have blanket “Wi-Fi mesh” coverage by April 2010.” [...]
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In a first for an English town, Swindon borough council have sensationally announced they will be introducing free Wifi for the whole town. The news was carried on radio and tv today while the BBC online reports further that the council: “plan for all 186,000 citizens to have blanket “Wi-Fi mesh” coverage by April 2010.” [...]
5 reasons why TownMe is amazing.
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Here’s an amazing web site that specialises in local information and is probably as close to Wikipedia’s DNA profile as can be imagined. And here are 5 reasons we think that this model is a winner: the design is simple, easy to read, colourful and not jammed with info lots of useful and interesting detail [...]
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Here’s an amazing web site that specialises in local information and is probably as close to Wikipedia’s DNA profile as can be imagined. And here are 5 reasons we think that this model is a winner: the design is simple, easy to read, colourful and not jammed with info lots of useful and interesting detail [...]
Travel info the local way
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
After a difficult year in the Hotel business, it hardly comes as a surprise that travellers – which applies to the whole hog from Backpackers to seasoned holiday-makers – are scouring the planet for more efficient ways to glean as much info from their local environs as possible. The introductory line from an article in [...]
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After a difficult year in the Hotel business, it hardly comes as a surprise that travellers – which applies to the whole hog from Backpackers to seasoned holiday-makers – are scouring the planet for more efficient ways to glean as much info from their local environs as possible. The introductory line from an article in [...]