Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Uphill struggle against real and fake voices of dissent / outrage
There has been a lot of outrage in the news recently over various events whether it be Jeremy Clarkson’s rant about strikers on the ONE show or the recent outcry regarding comments on the Wright Stuff. The internet and especially Social Media has been used to highlight peoples’ outrage or otherwise. We have become a nation of armchair critics and it is affecting business. So can we protect ourselves both in our business and personal lives from attacks on our reputation.
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Tags: brand, business relationships, emotional behaviour, social media
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
Web development seems to rely more and more on frameworks and the underlying source code seems to be getting heavier as a result. Having worked along side website designers for a number of years I have noticed how they use pre-built kits like jQuery more and more and regularly see this listed on their Curriculum Vitae. Is this a good thing or not?
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
A number of people, who are of a certain age, or older (my age) have said that youngsters seem to live their lives in a fish bowl; they question the need for people to tweet what they are doing at any given time. Perhaps this is why marketing directors – in their forties and over – struggle to understand social media and the role it plays these days. Facebook announced their new time line that will be launched over the next couple of weeks, that will encourage users to fill in the gaps, so is this a step to far and are the older generation right to be sceptically (phew, managed to pull that one together)!
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Tags: facebook, google, Privacy, social media, twitter
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
The internet is an ever changing landscape and it is a constant battle to keep up with the changes without the feeling you are getting left behind. For many businesses, who have better things to do – such as running their businesses – it is often the case that they become targets for some unscrupulous companies / individuals looking to make a fast buck through fear and uncertainty.
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Tags: domains, gTLD, Top Level Domains
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Thursday, July 28th, 2011
A couple of months ago we were having a discussion in the office about the ability for people to work totally in the cloud. When I say “the cloud” I don’t mean the fluffy white things in the sky but the ability for us to use servers hosted on the internet to store our emails, photos, documents and diaries etc., elsewhere. Whilst using cloud services can be very beneficial, there are a number of dangers as people have discovered recently, when using the services Google offer. (more…)
Tags: business, cloud computing, facebook, google, social media
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
The rise of the internet and in recent years has placed often unknown risks on businesses. The internet is still a bit like the Wild West with no real regulation or order. In the light of this, how do businesses protect themselves from what is being said about them on line. Recently BP Global had a real on-line PR disaster following the Gulf of Mexico oil slick.
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Tags: Arab Spring, Injunctions, Internet Regulation, Ryan Giggs, Super-Injunctions
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
The announcement from the EU that by law website owners will need to get explicit permission from their visitors to add a cookie to their computer has prompted fears of stifled innovation amongst web businesses and hassle from users. It even may send some businesses into a panic and pay for work they don’t need. Here is some practical advice on how to prepare.
Tags: business, Cookies, e-commerce, EU, Legislation, Privacy, web site development
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