Search::

I am unable to replicate this on the Google.com site – key words from a search phrase on the (google.com.hk) Hong Kong website are highlighted in red. I’ve checked to see if thse are blacklisted and they aren’t, so it this a  new search feature?

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Social Media::

Well, I’ve set up my Menshn account and profile.

The new microblogging site – started by Louise Mensch and Luke Bozier launched last week and is currently accessible to US users only – so after a little bit of sidestepping the filter, I managed to get in and register.

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Innovation::

I was snooping around the Co-op and see that Amazon has an in-store collection point about to become operational.

I could see this, with free delivery or discounted delivery combined with the security of knowing that the item is safe in transit – for high value purchases, being a really interesting service extension.

However this is both the revenue stream and the service extension that the Post Office should have embraced a decade ago – and had they then, their business model would not be where it is today.

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