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If you get a call saying they’ve seen a virus on your PC & you need their anti-virus software ignore it.
July 6, 2010 – 9:31 am
It’s a scam : see this story.
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Win a free web site audit at the Harlow Business Exhibition
June 14, 2010 – 8:01 am
Come along to the Harlow Business Exhibition and you can win a free Web Site Audit. read more »
Every web page is now a Facebook page.
April 28, 2010 – 11:50 am
It’s not often that a technical change like an API upgrade creates a stir, but Facebook’s announcement last week has generated a vast amount of interest. read more »
European Court says Google can carry on advertising against trademarks
March 23, 2010 – 12:26 pm
Google lets advertises target their adverts against specific search terms. That’s why searching for “Gordon Brown” gets an advert for David Cameron, and why searching for “Interflora” used to get an advert for Marks & Spencer’s online flower service.
This upset Interflora so much they took M&S to court. In France, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) got so upset at adverts for knock-off copies appearing against their trade marks that they took all the way to the Google to the European Court. They lost. read more »
Do you really own your domain ?
March 19, 2010 – 3:44 pm
Your domain is key to your online brand identity. It’s essential to getting the emails your company relies on. So it’s worthwhile taking a few minutes to make sure you really do own it. read more »
How tweeting can put your home at risk.
February 22, 2010 – 9:14 am
Telling the world you’re on holiday via Twitter & Facebook is great – as long as you remember that bad guys read Facebook, too. A new website PleaseRobMe.com is warning social media users that posting their whereabouts can, in fact, advertise their home to burglars- at the same time as highlighting empty homes.
Confused.com’s response to the issue, plus some common-sense advice, is here.
A Smart use for Smart phones : take Chip & Pin payments
February 17, 2010 – 11:17 am
Mobile businesses will soon have a new, smart way to take payments. Barclaycard has unveiled a system that turns smart phones into chip and PIN card payment terminals. The system will be piloted during the second half of this year and launched before Christmas. read more »
It’s new, good for business, and boring : The Bank of Cambridge
February 2, 2010 – 12:18 pm
A group of Cambridge businessmen are setting up their own bank, and emphasising it will be ‘boring’. They are raising £50 million to provide good old-fashioned commercial banking – loans to small businesses. read more »
“Businesses of the future won’t have a web department or online strategy. It will just be the strategy of the business.” Dan Cobley, Director, Google UK
January 20, 2010 – 9:32 am
Partly he’s wrong. His google-centric world view means he overstates the case. Some businesses will never move online. We’ll never buy our petrol on the web.
But mostly he’s right. Businesses that see web sales and marketing as peripheral not core, as bolt-on not built-in, will struggle in the future.
Web Shoppers Get Protection : But What About The Shop Keepers ?
January 8, 2010 – 8:33 pm
Recently 1,219 web sites were closed down by Nominet, the body that runs .co.uk domains, on the instructions of the Metropolitan police. The Met were investigating the sites because the goods they sold were counterfeit or just plain non-existent. That’s great : web criminals should be caught, and web shoppers should be protected. But web shopkeepers need a little more protection from the law.