And as an avid Facebook user these things really get on my nerves. I think the points should become part of acceptable internet behaviour on social-networking platforms. Listed in no particular order.
1) Avoid attention-seeking posts
I’m real...
Disclosure: Tim Britz, the brand manager at Clarins who kindly gave me this interview is a personal friend, and is probably on Foursquare because of my incessant hounding. I have no current commercial ties to Clarins South Africa.
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Mybroadband reports on how the ratio of mobile broadband in the UK has exceeded that of even Wifi:
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