Leading tech editor tips North East start-up ScreenReach as one to watch for 2012
December 9, 2011 in News Roundup
Martin Bryant, European editor at The Next Web, shared his thoughts about emerging technologies and start-ups to watch in 2012 with ViadeoTV at the LeWeb conference in Paris.
Reflecting on this year’s themes in the technology world – social, local and mobile – Martin has been especially impressed by the development of location service Foursquare.
“The potential there is finally coming to the fore through things like Google Offers, mobile payments and things like Square”, he said.
Barack Obama has again turned to social media at a key time in his bid for re-election.
Social media and PR agency Umpf is celebrating its move to new offices and a successful last year with a generous 
The location-based service Foursquare has teamed up with US space agency Nasa to enable check-ins from outer space.
Brian Kelly, from UKOLN at University of Bath, is planning on using geo-location services to provide an easy way for people to meet and network in an event in July.
Facebook and Twitter have allowed people to share details of their private lives on a completely different level to what we knew before.
