Twitters get Twitterfall
Twitterfall has been described as one of the most useful Twitter tools on the market, and by accounts that statement could be right. The great thing about this tool is that it has been developed by two students from the University of York.
The growth in the use of Twitter has highlighted that news stories can [...]
Apple takes 10% of browser market
February is always a strange month for most things, it could be that winter is coming to an end or that we are all just recovering from the expense of the festive season, but one thing that stood out last month was the browser sector.
February has been the month of the Beta, for some reason [...]
Impressions count in business
Many people who run small businesses or start-ups often ask the question of how they can drum up some more business. However, without the need for huge investments in advertising.
It is not any easy question to answer, because there is no easy way out. What this needs is time and some good business practices like [...]
Finally, Rick Astley to perform at EMA’s
The singer whose been forced out of retirement by the phenomenon known as “Rickrolling” will finally get back behind the microphone to sing live once more.
After many months of speculation after he was nominated for an award at the MTV European Music Awards (EMA’s) on the 6th November, the singer has finally relented and decided [...]
MTV award for Rickrolling
When the MTV Europe Music Awards open up in Liverpool there is going to be a surprise challenger for the title of best music act. Rick Astley was best known for topping the charts both here and in the US during the eighties, but all of sudden decided that he had enough and gave it [...]
August 25, 2008The business of data
Information has always been a source of power, which is probably why governments used to like to keep files. Not the good thing about files is that it is virtually impossible to lose the whole lot. However, as technology continues to advance data becomes more portable.
The problem now is that portable storage is now so [...]
The cloud changing business
Cloud computing is term that is becoming ever more popular these days, mainly because of the introduction of mobile broadband and Wi-Fi. This has helped employees of companies to work either from home or in the field.
The Cloud are applications which are server based, this means that remote staff are able to login wherever they [...]
Bloggers facing lawsuits
Blogging started around 2004, but then it was mainly a way of ordinary non technically minded people who wanted a piece of the web for themselves to express what they were feeling at that time.
But now blogging has taken on many different forms, these range from pro-bloggers to people who like to just leave the [...]
Apple gets a huge slice of phone market
There is no doubt that Apple has carved out a nice piece of the phone market for touch screen mobile phones and in fact they are expected to become the market leader in the US for this product by the end of the year.
The iPhone will have around thirty five per cent of the touch [...]
Life without Gates
Well its that day, Bill Gates will be turning up at Microsoft HQ for the last time as the Boss, from today he steps down from the day to day management of the company, what’s in store for the company now?
This is what Steve Ballmer and his team could be looking at:
Stop trying to be [...]
Using a messenger helps productivity
There some companies who go out of their way to stop their employees from using all types of social networking and messenger services. This is because it is believed to be detrimental to the ability of the employee to do their jobs efficiently.
But recent research turns all of those concerns on their head as it [...]
Coloured labels
Google are forever moving forward to get more features out on their products and services, this time we are talking about gmail, now this is a service that people either love or hate, fortunately for Google there is a lot of love out there.
In return Google will be looking at beefing up the features and [...]
How to be successful at networking
Networking in business it totally different to social networking, but at the same time the success of your business could depend on how effective you are making the right connections. This could be a trial and error situation, but when you are in business time is money and so there is a need to get [...]
March 6, 2008The business of junk mail
Virtually everyone connected to the internet receives a little bit of junk mail, this is different to spam as these messages are sent to you because you have at some stage subscribed to the company’s list, this authorises them to send you adverts and offers.
Sometimes when you have had enough of them all you need [...]
Email abuse can damage your wealth
It seems that if you are in the habit of accessing your emails or taking a quick peep at what happening on your favourite social networking site while at work, then you could find yourself getting into deep trouble with your employers.
As in a recent survey of over 300 companies of all sizes in [...]