Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Spending on television advertising in the US grew by 4.5% year-on-year, despite predictions the growth of the internet would erode television spending, according to a new Nielsen survey. ...
Facebook divides hearts and heads
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
It’s hard to believe, but the Facebook bubble machine officially found another gear last night when the company confirmed it was raising the price of shares in its IPO and increasing the amount of money it is raising. ...
Goodbye CMS, hello online communications platform
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Top attributes for a what? Yes, it's yet another new term for increasingly befuddled smaller business operators, but an important one. ...
Intel wants Apple iPhone and iPad to switch from ARM to Medfield
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Intel is trying to convince Apple to abandon ARM CPUs in the iPad and iPhone in favour of its x86-based Medfield CPUs, according to new reports. ...
Will the Facebook phone be based on Windows RT?
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Microsoft is keen to convince Facebook to develop a phone based on Windows Phone 8 or Windows RT, rather than Android, according to new reports. ...
Microsoft banning Firefox and Chrome on Windows RT, say Mozilla and Google
Monday, 14 May 2012
Mozilla Foundation, developers of the Firefox web browser, and Google have accused Microsoft of effectively banning competing browsers on its forthcoming Windows RT operating system. ...
10% of all internet access now from mobile devices, higher in Asia Pacific: Study
Monday, 14 May 2012
More than 10% of internet traffic worldwide now originates from mobile devices, nearly triple the percentage in 2010, new research has revealed. ...
Things I learned this week about the state of eCommerce in Australia
Thursday, 10 May 2012
I attended an eBusiness roundtable this week at which I learnt quite a few interesting things. ...
The change maker: 10 keys to a project-by-project world
Thursday, 10 May 2012
For many smart companies, the next six months will require radical change in order to adapt to a project-by-project world. ...
Facebook launches new App Centre
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Facebook has just launched a new app centre where developers will be able to sell their wares, while the company also confirmed it will start selling paid apps for the first time. ...
Google’s driverless car gets licence in Nevada
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Google has received a driverless car licence for its autonomous self-driving smart car project, following an approval from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (NDMV). ...
Your web developer should make themselves redundant
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
There’s a truism almost unique to the software and web industries: If a web developer is any good, they will put themselves out of a job. ...
Apple and Samsung claim 74% of phone industry revenue: Analysts
Thursday, 03 May 2012
Apple and Samsung collectively accounted for 74% of all phone industry revenue for the first quarter of the year, according to industry analysts. ...
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: Watch your web rankings constantly
Thursday, 03 May 2012
Google often changes the way its algorithm works – several times a week, in fact – and businesses don’t always pay attention. But last week the company made some pretty drastic changes to its ranking system. ...
Social media isn't free
Thursday, 03 May 2012
One of the biggest dangers to businesses is the belief that something is “free”. ...
Web rankings shift as Google makes yet another change to search algorithm
Friday, 27 April 2012
Google has made yet another change to its algorithm that has left some webmasters cheering, and others fuming, after thousands of sites were punished for using a technique known as “webspam”. ...
Launch of Google Drive will kill competition in cloud storage market: Expert
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Experts say the cloud storage market will be even more tightly-held after Google announced its long-awaited Google Drive product yesterday, attempting to undercut competitors with a promise of 5GB of free storage for all users as an entry point. ...
Google’s Dropbox competitor to launch next week
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Google is set to launch its Google Drive cloud storage service next week, according to a leaked press release. ...
Google’s SEO warning: We’ll start cracking down on overuse of SEO
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Google is preparing to crack down on websites that are “overusing” search engine optimisation techniques, in order to level the playing field between sites that use these methods and others that rely on using fresh, relevant content. ...
Casio announces Android-based Point of Sale system
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Casio has announced retail Point Of Sale (POS) system based on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which it intends to launch in the middle of this year. ...






