20th Aug 2019

Having recently watched a BBC Horizon program exploring Facebook, from the inside of the organisation, what I found particularly interesting was not their assessment of the challenges they face, but the BIG issues that were not touched on at all or very minimally, either by the program makers or Facebook itself. 

13th Oct 2013

Cloud computing services that work to organise files and documents between various devices are fast rising to become a major market force. Dropbox is the first major market leader of the sector. Since 2010, when its users numbered a reasonably impressive 5m, the industry has boomed, and Dropbox now has 175m users.

11th Oct 2013

‘Omni-channel’ retailers perform best when they put their customers in control of shaping their e-commerce operations, according to a report from Aberdeen Group.

9th Oct 2013

Google’s Chrome browser – which turns 5 years old as of next month – has captured a substantial share of the market from its older competitors. It can now lay claim to 43% of the internet traffic generated by desktop computers worldwide. When Chrome was , Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) was the market leader with a share of 68%—it is has now fallen to only 25%.

4th Oct 2013

Ecommerce and selling products online can bring numerous advantages.

27th Feb 2013

One of our Directors recently found this write up by the Information Technology Telecommunications and
Electronics Association on their website

15th Feb 2013

Apple is being forced to pay compensation to eight writers and two publishing companies in China.

5th Feb 2013

There used to many ways for people to have their 15
minutes of fame, but the days of tabloid kiss and tells or an embarrassing  X Factor style audition are over as we are
introduced to new internet stars daily.

25th Jan 2013

The number of music, film and game downloads reached £1bn last year, making 2012 the most profitable year for the digital entertainment industry.

28th Nov 2012

Global information services company Experian predicts that Monday 3rd December 2012 will be the busiest online shopping day pre-Christmas.
UK consumers are likely to spend 375 million hours shopping online in December 2012.  Furthermore, Experian predict that Christmas 2012 will be the biggest and busiest ever for online retailers in the UK.

22nd Nov 2012

A meeting of the International Telecommunication Union on 3rd December has motivated Google to create its ‘Take Action’ microsite www.google.com/takeaction to protest against and educate web users about the dangers of a government-regulated web.

15th Nov 2012

Nearly a year after initial plans were submitted for a £530m project to bring faster internet to the UK countryside, the European Commission has finally approved the scheme. The plan to improve rural connections was part of the coalition government’s goal to give the UK the best broadband network in Europe.

10th Nov 2012

The annual festive holiday survey by Nielsen has revealed that the iPad has risen in popularity by 17% since 2010, allowing Apple to claim four out of the top five most wanted Christmas presents.

5th Nov 2012

Microsoft’s latest foray into the smartphone market begins as the Windows Phone 8 goes on sale. Whilst reviewers and the relative few who bought the Windows Phone 7 praised the product, sales were slow despite the fast-growing market.  Even with more features and improvements on the original, it would seem that many people are reluctant to stray from their iPhone or Android counterparts.

30th Oct 2012

The long awaited new 4G service has gone live in cities across the country including London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Glasgow with Southampton to have access to network EE’s 4G from next week. Belfast, Derby, Hull, Newcastle and Nottingham will be active by Christmas.

15th Oct 2012

Despite 4G mobile technology, only just being launched in the UK (on Tuesday 30th October) experts at Surrey University are already working towards developing 5G, which they believe will be available in 2020.

12th Oct 2012

The OFT has found that more than a third of UK online retailers could be breaking consumer laws by adding unexpected charges to orders. They have warned retailers to change their websites before Christmas.

10th Oct 2012

The BBC has launched a separate iPlayer app for radio; using audio content from the existing BBC iPlayer to offer a separate service from its TV service.

5th Oct 2012

Hackers have targeted the online adventure game, World of Warcraft (WoW) this month. The hackers were able to create a character that could destroy all other characters- including those controlled by the game.

24th Sep 2012

Economic development in rural communities cannot happen without proper access to the Internet the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) warned recently. Currently 1/5 of people in rural areas do not have access to broadband which is adequate for business needs.

19th Sep 2012

Following recommendations from the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland, facebook has suspended the facial recognition feature on the website.  The feature recognised faces in the background of images and allowed people to be tagged.

15th Sep 2012

The xx, who became a word of mouth phenomenon when they produced their first album in 2009, recreated their past viral triumph by releasing a stream to their second album Coexist to one superfan on Facebook days before its official release date.

12th Sep 2012

Investigations into Conservative chairman Grant Shapps’ Twitter account reveals that he regularly follows large numbers of accounts and unfollows them if they do not follow back in order to have a perceived large following.