GeorgeHopkin.com » bbc http://www.georgehopkin.com "What's next? New new media?" Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:11:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Facebook is corporate crack cocaine http://www.georgehopkin.com/2007/09/11/15/facebook-is-corporate-crack-cocaine/ http://www.georgehopkin.com/2007/09/11/15/facebook-is-corporate-crack-cocaine/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:35:11 +0000 George http://www.georgehopkin.com/?p=5 The Beeb reports on what everyone in the world must realise:

Workers who spend time on sites such as Facebook could be costing firms over £130m a day, a study has calculated.

According to employment law firm Peninsula, 233 million hours are lost every month as a result of employees “wasting time” on social networking.

The study – based on a survey of 3,500 UK companies – concluded that businesses need to take firm action on the use of social networks at work.

Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6989100.stm

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