Simple but credible tips and tricks. UK focus, too, a nice change.

Snapshot of small businesses in the US. Some interesting metrics, eg:

• 2011 survey of small business leaders and using social media for business, of the 53% who did, only 4% use Twitter
• 1 in 3 marketers say measuring ROI is among their top questions about social media.
• 88% of brands says exposure is the biggest benefit.
• 62% of marketers say improved search rank was the biggest benefit.

The new Samsung Galaxy SIII, launched yesterday, ticks a lot of the boxes.

The face of modern policing: This picture shows the specialist combat gear worn by the armed police units responding to the siege in central London yesterday

Bristling with guns, his face masked, a police officer moves in on a suspected suicide bomber.

Just 91 days away from the start of the Olympics, the dramatic scene gave a foretaste of what can be expected this summer after a man threatened to blow himself up in a busy office block.

Thousands were evacuated, Tube stations were closed and streets locked down over a wide area of London's West End.

Snipers, bomb disposal squads, nuclear biological and chemical warfare specialists and dozens of armed police were scrambled to the building on Tottenham scrambled to an office block on Tottenham Court Road, one of the city's busiest shopping streets. [...]

Great analysis, credible and good presentation.

Coincidentally, I've posted on this issue recently on my primary blog:

• A cure for hotel wifi frustrations with Connectify - April 15
• The value of free internet - April 4

Nicely done presentation of some terrific data.

[...] UK are the most prolific online shoppers, but a relatively small proportion of British businesses are set up to take advantage of online trade.

Good progress but still a long road to walk.

Customers are social (who knew? :)

Nice tie-in to The Social Customer 2012 conference in London on March 29.

Nicely done, good questions and answers.

(Via Guy Kawasaki on G+)

So, content is king?