Skill Zone News issue 50
A survey this month revealed that two thirds of Britons suffer from anxiety caused by being out of mobile phone coverage, that the battery is flat, or worst of all, that you've lost it. The name for that irrational fear of losing your mobile phone is Nomophobia,... but why isn't there a word for the fear that the damned thing will ring?
27th February 2012
When ticking a box is not enough
The Advertising Standards Authority has told travel site TripAdvisor that asking reviewers to tick a declaration stating that their review was "genuine" is not enough.
Getting your Snickers in a twist
Katie Price (aka Jordan) has 1.57 million followers on Twitter, and Rio Ferdinand, the Manchester United footballer, has 2.22 million followers. Both are in hot water with the Advertising Standards Authority.
Woody Woodpecker on the way out
ICANN is in talks with registrars about finally implementing the requirement for true contact details in domain registrations. If this goes ahead, no longer will people be able to use made up addresses and register in the names of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse.
Tweeting about the big birds
Two Britons have been unceremoniously deported from America after authority figures once again showed they have a sense of humour failure.
The power of colour and song
"Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen" (You forgot the colour film) released in 1974 was one of East Germany's famous protest songs. Yes, there was political protest pre-Twitter.