CDG Interactive Blog

BlackBerrys Abroad

If you were enamored with your BlackBerry because it worked everywhere, it may be time to re-think that. According to the Washington Post, Indonesia is also considering banning BlackBerry services (in addition to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.) This is putting pressure on Research in Motion to allow governments greater access to data.

The more interesting question is - do other services already allow that? Keep that in mind the next time you're sending an email from your wireless device while traveling.

Where do we spend our time online?

According to a new Nielsen study, Americans spend 25% of their online time on social networks - up 43% from a year ago. Time spent on email declined 28% (because we're connecting on social networks instead, perhaps?)

Making art from your photos

New technology makes oversizes prints, murals, decals and even custom wallpaper available to everyone instead of just the pros.

Adwords Update - Trademark Usage

Google Adwords advertisers in Canada, UK and Ireland will now be able to use third party trademarks in their ad text - the same policy that's been in affect with U.S. advertisers since last year. For example, retailers can mention and highlight the actual brands they sell by name in their ad text to help make their ads more specific and relevant.

There have been updates to the European trademarks as keywords policy as well.

FourSquare Cyberstalking

Leo Hickman for the Guardian on finding out information about strangers on FourSquare and the importance of understanding who you're sharing your information with.