A new survey has just been released that shows how companies approachsocial media in the workplacewith some pretty surprising findings. When you work in a more open and flexible company, it’s easy to forget that many people, particularly in larger organisations, are subject to fairly intense monitoring or policing of access to social networks. And, somewhat worryingly, the policies adopted towards use of social media don’t just apply to the workplace, but outside of it as well....

While Google+ might be taking off (with over 20 million users and counting) the service is mainly dominated by only a few names. Asthis visualization shows, most of the activity is centered around only a few people, with tenuous links to the “other half”. The brain behind the mining, Matthew Hurst, is quick to point out that this is not an in-depth crawl of the site, but rather a broad overview of links into and out from Google+....

Opera Software just released a report detailing the mobile Internet in India and one of the interesting findings is that 49% of Indians are Mobile Only Internet Users (MOIUs), meaning people who never or infrequently use the desktop for Internet. According to a cover story published by Indian tech news siteaFaqs, the number of active mobile Internet users in India sprung from 8 million to 25 million in just one year and interestingly, it is not a phenomenon exclusive to the metro....

The first UK trials of superfast 4G mobile broadband have beenannounced, with South Newquay in Cornwall the chosen location for the pilot project. Everything, Everywhere – owners for Orange and T-Mobile – has teamed up with BT to test out the new technology, which is hoped will bring fast Internet to rural areas that are difficult to reach by traditional networking methods. Volunteers are currently beingsoughtin St. Newlyn East and the surrounding area, and the trial will run from September through to December 2011....

Back in May, wereportedthat the first UK trials of ‘superfast 4G mobile broadband’ were to begin this year, with Cornwall the chosen location for the pilot project. And EverythingEverywhere, owners of Orange and T-Mobile, hasannouncedthat the trial has now kicked-off. 200 triallists in the St. Newlyn East and surrounding South Newquay area of Cornwall are now testing the country’s first mobile and fixed line broadband network collaboration, which will look at the potential of 4G LTEi technology in so-called broadband ‘not-spots’ – rural areas which have thus far been unable to access high-speed Internet....