Join me as I ponder the latest news from Google, shutting down the interwebs, micro-donations at festivals as well as mourning the loss of Cotweet…

DudaMobile DudaMobile has recently launched a new self-serve platform that allows existing website owners create a mobile version of their site by simply typing in the website’s URL. This is a simple and brilliant offering for small organisations, who haven’t got the time or resources to make sure their site is mobile friendly. The service [...]

This week’s beautiful bytes looks at how the launch of JustTextGiving, Likester and Unity could impact the sector and looks at an innovative use of Groupon for clever crowdsourcing.

Social media have been around for years now, so it might be reasonable to assume that our attitudes to them, and the way they’re used, should be reaching some kind of maturity. But they still feel very much like the new kids on the block in the media mix and they still seem to be much misunderstood, not entirely trusted and certainly not proven in the eyes of many.

Swipegood makes donating even easier, Google updates offering to non-profits, check-in to Facebook events and Twitter may be soon to roll out brand pages

In those situations where a punchy encapsulation of your situation floods over you and you think “I’m going to tweet about that funny character on the bus/free coffee from random coffee chain” which Twitter client does your smartphone thumb instinctively reach for first? Is it Echofon? TweetDeck?

This week: Biz Stone launches new Non-Profit, our obsession with Facebook grows and a look at how we engage with Facebook Pages.

Over the last week, I don’t think there has been a day go by without someone in the office, or online, mentioning mobile marketing.

Happy New Year everyone – welcome to 2011! I hope you all had a great break full of overindulgence – I think my Christmas dinner has just about settled. Time for some tech news I think!

Who do you go to when your PC or printer stops working? If you’re lucky, it’s the tech person in your office, whether that’s their job title or they just seem to know lots more about tech than you do. If not, it’s your tech friend or neighbour.