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.christian or .catholic?

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has attempted to block a Vatican bid to create new web addresses ending in .catholic, arguing that it cannot demonstrate that it possesses a monopoly over the term...

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The Dangers of Over Sharing

Are you sharing too much online? Could the information you share be enough for an outsider to track you down?uKnowKids, a company offering online monitoring software for parents, have produced an...

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Our Father in Heaven, tweeted be thy name…

Has Twitter made it ok to pray?Social media’s impact on the power of prayer is just one of the hot topics at this year’s Christian New Media Conference hosted by blogger and worship leader, Vicky...

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7 things about church website design Pt.1

I’ve been designing websites for churches for over 7 years, three of them as my main source of income and a way of putting food on the table. I love my job and I love the challenge of discovering new...

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Social Media and the Christian Bookshop

More people are signing up to Social Media websites like Twitter and Facebook every day; there are currently 800 million active users on Facebook and 100 million active users on Twitter and these...

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The Olympics & Story

I have scanned the memory banks but I honestly can’t think of a month in which I have ever been in such a heightened state of emotion. It started with my older son getting ‘Achiever of the Term’ award...

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Free Cyberbullying eBook

In light of the recent tragic news about Amanda Todd, the Canadian teen that ended her life because of relentless cyberbullying, uknowkids.com have released a new ebook “10 Essential Things Parents...

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Life Online - Resources

With so many Christian resources now available on the web it can be a hard job sorting the wheat from the chaff. That’s why here at Christianity we’ve gone out into the fields, scythes in hand, and...

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Unleashing Technology: Websites

A young girl sat with her mother in the front row of church one Sunday morning. The preacher was an energetic chap who prowled around delivering his message with verve and gusto. Due to his wanderings,...

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Politics and the Church

In the light of high use of new media during campaigning for the recent US elections, Gillan Scott looks at how politicians and churches in the UK need to embrace new media with similar enthusiasm.Do...

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Specificity in Blogging

I love reading blogs, and I have found that the blogs I most often return to are ones with a specific theme. More general blogs (“Just a few thoughts from...”) tend to get lost in the welter of the...

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Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web 3.0: What does it all mean and where is it all going?

I recently forced myself to get my head around some of the jargon and the ideas surrounding the Web. Here is my summary of what these terms mean and where the digital world is going.Web 1.0: The first...

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Five Things the Church Can Learn from Steve Jobs

Apple guru Steve Jobs’ death in 2011 held more significance than that of the average CEO, says Krish Kandiah, and the Church could learn a lot from him1. Technology matters As one of those schoolkids...

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Twitter pictures put in spotlight following London helicopter crash

Last Wednesday's helicopter crash was just half a mile from our offices, and the first that we heard about it was on Twitter. The rolling news coverage from Sky and the BBC showed loops of videos that...

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Pope Assesses Social Media Positively

Pope Benedict XVI has presented his message for the 47th World Communications Day. The Day, which will take place this year on Sunday 12th May, has the theme of "Social Networks: Portals of Truth and...

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Community in the 21st Century?

For many, the idea of community is limited by geography, with the online world defined as a ‘virtual world’. ‘Virtual’ however, can be somewhat of a misnomer, as online we have real people partaking in...

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Papal Visit in a Digital Age (Archive)

From the Archive: September 2010. Click here to view the latest on Pope Benedict XVI's resignationWhen Pope John Paul II kissed the ground at Gatwick airport on Friday 28th May 1982 it was a very...

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2013 UK Digital Future in Focus

"comScore presents the 2013 UK Digital Future in Focus, its report on prevailing trends in changing digital behaviour, online video, mobile and search, including a special review of social, shopping...

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Get Started: Skype

Skype is an incredible free tool that allows you to have face-to-face video conversations with other Skype users all over the world. You don’t need to pay a penny in call charges as long as both of you...

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It's Time To Get Your Sermons Online

Each week pastors across the world are creating valuable content. They work hard studying, praying and seeking the wisdom of others. They then polish of this all into a sermon that’s (typically)...

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