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 [...]
Japan ignores Facebook and MySpace
Although Japan has an online advertising market of some £3 billion per year, but it seems their different way of life and idea of what is good is affected some of the west’s more popular money making machines, but why would that be?
It is not that social networking is not a happening over there, they [...]
It is all about skills
When we are in a credit crunch type of scenario like we are now, it is necessary to try and get all the help that you can to get an advantage over the competition who could be fellow employees or people from other companies, whatever the situation now is the time to become the best [...]
July 22, 2008Bloggers 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 [...]
Google in trouble over parked domains
If you have ever found a parked domain, have you noticed the Google Adwords on the page?
This has become the basis of an accusation from a law firm in California; they have been paying the site to be promoted through the search engines scheme. Only to find that instead of the adverts appearing on [...]
Adsense referrals RIP
For users of Adsense who have not updated their accounts recently, may wish to pay the account pages a visit, especially before the end of August as this will be the time when Adsense referrals will be closed for good.
Google said that this part of their continuing work to improve the services that they provide [...]
What online newspapers need to know?
Newspapers work on paper, but when they put their newspapers online all of the skills and know how seem to all fly out of the window. This leaves their online presence looking a bit of a disaster and for what ever that is, this actually costs the newspapers visitors and in time money.
Their main problems [...]
The right PR at the right time
PR has been around for many years, it encompasses almost everything in our daily lives, and yet when we start a business it is one of the last things that we ever think of. Yet with good PR your business can very quickly begin to make up ground on the competition.
The problem with PR is [...]
Forget the Apprentice, entry level jobs are harder
If you think that the Apprentice is hard enough then you may wish to view the top ten of the worst entry level jobs that there are. These jobs are the ones which the new graduates will be trying to get in order to get a foot on the corporate ladder.
But sometimes these jobs may [...]
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 [...]
April 25, 200880% of bandwidth used by 10% of users
For long time we were told and believed that the majority of the bandwidth was being sucked up by people who selfishly engaged in peer to peer usage, but recent evidence proves that this may not be case.
As with many resources the internet has changed over the years and has now evolved into an entertainment [...]
Google is top of the brands
It seems that it is not only search that Google is dominating these days, as far as a brand names go it seems that apart from all of those famous brands out there like Coke Cola, McDonalds, Marlboro and so on, it would seem that Google takes the number one spot.
But being on the top [...]
Internet is the future for TV
TV execs in the US have been conducting a few experiments recently in order to find a new audience for their programming. They have noticed that viewing figures from the traditional source the television, are falling and in some cases are worrying low.
The problem that faces commercial TV is the fact that it is driven [...]
Torrent Spy closes down
It was not that long when Torrent Spy was the most visited Bit Torrent site in the world. But all that changed a little over a year ago when the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) obtained a ruling from a Federal Judge. This ruling would have meant that Torrent Spy would have to have [...]
March 14, 2008AOL to buy BeBo
America’s favourite internet service provider AOL is looking to buy the social networking site, Bebo for a figure of $850 million. This will give AOL access to the forty million or so members of the site. But Bebo is one of the largest social networking sites in the UK and will offer a buyer a [...]
March 12, 2008Google’s and Doubleclick get Euro approval
The merger between Google and the online advertising business Double Click has been given the all clear by the European regulators, stating that there would be no harmful effects on consumers. Originally the proposed merger had been opposed by Google’s rivals Microsoft and Yahoo, as they were concerned about the advertising.
However it was decided that [...]
No site is safe, is bad for business
Chinese hackers are claiming that no site is safe, which is not very good for businesses that use the internet for a good part of the revenues. These hackers are very quiet and shy people who are organised in groups with the sole purpose of the getting into secure websites.
The fact that these groups are [...]
The world’s youngest billionaire
We all knew that as soon as the social networking site Facebook, got a huge infusion of cash that the founder Mark Zuckerberg was made for life. But quite where he stood in the league of the world’s richest people was not known until the publication of the Forbes magazine’s list of the World’s Billionaires.
The [...]
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 [...]
EU puts $22 million into filesharing
Peer to peer filesharing has been given the thumbs up by the European Union as a new project named P2P-Next has been given $22 million from the EU and another $6 million from other European partners to develop the new system.
Surprisingly one of the more famous names who will be taking part in the project [...]