The Iranian election issue has been fascinating to watch unfold. Twitter has shown itself to be more than just a place where people announce what they had for breakfast or drunkenly send updates from night buses as they meander home. Twitter has gained real importance in the eyes of many – where firsthand updates [...]

Last week saw Google introducing the world to Wave at almost exactly the right time to steal the thunder from Microsoft’s launch of its new search engine, Bing.
Google Wave might revolutionize the way we communicate online – a single application combining email, instant messaging, commenting and realtime collaboration in a form which [...]

It’s been almost impossible to miss the news leaking out about the launch of Google’s new OpenSocial platform this week, as the names of those networks involved continued to grow. OpenSocial aims to mimic the success of Facebook’s developer platform (although no-one at Google is likely to admit as much) by allowing developers access to [...]