BankSimple is a US based startup who are hoping to shake up the personal banking world by applying User Centre Design to the classic banking model. The project is not live at this point, but the whole venture is gaining a great deal of attention already. You can follo ...

Social media has all but transformed word-of-mouth, the difference being words are now visible as text.  As with other forms of social communication, businesses stand ready to profit—think of how ads pop up beside your web-based mail or in Facebook.  As mentioned in a previous post, Virgin is one of the companies leading the pack in marketing via social media.  They recently ...

As with any addition to its services, Facebook Places has received a flood of publicity and commentary. With this new app, Facebook will join a host of other companies offering location-based services (LBS). The feature will allow users to “check in” to locations, to inform others in their social network of their whereabouts, and also to tag who’s with them. Privacy issues aside, t ...