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Red Herring Of The Day: Social Media Are Like A Train Station

By Ingrid Lunden Aug. 12, 2011, 4:04am 2 Comments

The starring role of social media services like Twitter and BlackBerry Messenger in the recent riots in England has been much-debated: today… Read More »

England Riots Boost Local Newspaper Sales And Traffic

By Josh Halliday, MediaGuardian Aug. 12, 2011, 3:38am Comments Off

As civil unrest engulfed the streets of English cities from Birmingham to Manchester, news-hungry readers flocked to the websites of local n… Read More »

What I Learned Mapping The London Riots

By James Cridland, Media UK Aug. 9, 2011, 10:21pm 2 Comments

“Wouldn’t it be interesting”, I thought, “if I did a little map of where the riots are?” So, at 6 o’clock or so last night, I started to put… Read More »

UK Riots: BlackBerry Hacked, Sony Burned, eBay On Alert

By Ingrid Lunden Aug. 9, 2011, 7:08pm Comments Off

Four days in, and more tech company fallout from the riots in the UK: RIM (NSDQ: RIMM), which has found itself in the story because rioters… Read More »

In London Riots, Content Burns, Twitter Heaves

By Robert Andrews Aug. 9, 2011, 3:45pm Comments Off

Sony DADC disc distribution warehouse burned down: “(It) housed the entire inventory of PIAS UK, the primary distribution hub for more than… Read More »

As Riots Spread In London, RIM Will ‘Assist Police’. PS3 Also Playing Role?

By Ingrid Lunden Aug. 9, 2011, 2:00am Comments Off

As the sun goes down on London, the riots that started in the north of the city a few days ago in response to a shooting have spread to a nu… Read More »

The Role Of BlackBerry In London’s Street Riots

By Josh Halliday, MediaGuardian Aug. 8, 2011, 7:40pm 3 Comments

In October 1985, on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham where the death of Cynthia Jarrett sparked riots that culminated in the brutal m… Read More »