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Digital Economy Bill and Clause 17

Absolutely — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:27:23 +0000

What is it?

The Digital Economy Bill is a Government Bill sponsored by Lord Mandelson (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills). It implements aspects of Government policy on digital media set out in the ‘Digital Britain’ White Paper published in June 2009.

The Bill and Clause 17 have attracted controversy and criticism. More details on the Digital Economy Bill and Clause 17 here.

iPad review

Absolutely — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:34:46 +0000

Summary

The Apple tablet is real and it’s called the Apple iPad.
Earlier today Steve Jobs, the Apple CEO, launched the iPad. There have been rumours about its appearance and functionality. Jobs and the Apple team are starting to reveal details.

What does it look like?

Full iPad Review.

Wave hello to Google Wave

Absolutely — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:41:51 +0000

Yesterday (30th September 2009), Google launched its newest tool – Google Wave, which it described as “a personal communication and collaboration tool” (reference: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-drips-with-ambition-can-it-fulfill-googles-grand-web-vision/).

The Guardian describes Wave as a “browser-based tool that combines email, instant messaging and real-time collaboration [which] could have impact on journalism”. The article then goes on to explain how Wave could impact journalism: “Google Wave could speed up the collaborative journalistic process from research to writing, including quotes, enriching articles with pictures and videos. Stories could be corrected by subeditors using Google Wave, while readers could suggest changes and use the tool to discuss the article”.

Taking its name from the name for communication in Joss Whedon’s Firefly (reference: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/146353,opinion-googles-wave-drowns-the-bling-in-microsofts-bing.aspx) and with error messages being quotes from the TV series, Google is truly showing its geekiness with its latest product.

10:10 Digital Agency

Absolutely — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:07:55 +0000

What is 10:10?
10:10 is an ambitious project to unite every sector of British society behind one simple idea: that by working together we can achieve a 10% cut in the UK’s carbon emissions in 2010. We’re committed to the project and doing our bit to achieve that 10% cut.

So, why are we a 10:10 digital agency?

Search Content

Absolutely — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:17:12 +0000

Fresh content is crucial in ensuring your search optimisation campaign is successful. If your content stands out from the rest of the web by being well thought out and compelling, it will help increase your position in the search engine results page.

However, this content needs to be carefully thought out.

Read more on how to create great Search Content for your site.

Facebook Lite

Absolutely — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:45:06 +0000

Just two days after Facebook’s announcement that it had acquired FriendFeed, when many users logged into Facebook this morning, they were offered the chance to be a beta tester for a new version of Facebook, called Facebook Lite (http://lite.facebook.com).

Facebook and FriendFeed unite

Absolutely — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:22:30 +0000

With news that Facebook has bought FriendFeed, we take a closer look at the union.

Niche Content Management Systems (or why WordPress is not always the answer)

Absolutely — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:25:08 +0000

With most articles discussing content management systems (CMSs) falling into two categories (either a discussion of WordPress as a CMS or a comparison of common CMSs such as WordPress, Drupal and Joomla), I felt there was a niche in the market for an article on, aptly enough, niche CMSs!

WordPress and other CMSs are very useful, but sometimes there are other, more suitable, CMSs for the situation at hand. The major disadvantage to niche CMSs is that because so few people know about them, many people cannot effectively implement them. However, I aim to change that, and in this article I’m going to focus on three types of niche CMS: small CMSs, wedding CMSs and church CMSs.

Read the rest of the article here

Facebook and Twitter DDoS – Cyxymu

Absolutely — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:02:09 +0000

Who on Earth is Cyxymu and what’s the connection between his blog and recent Facebook and Twitter outages?

On Thursday August 6th Twitter posted an “extended downtime”, a 30 minute outage that was the longest in recent months. It used to have problems with its service in 2007 and 2008 but upgraded part of its infrastructure so this was a surprise to all.

The problem turned out to be a DDoS that affected Facebook as well as Twitter.

Read more on the Facebook, Twitter DDoS and Cyxymu.

Google Support Start Up Donut

Absolutely — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:47:14 +0000

Sponsors Google have are supporting a great online resource that has launched to help entrepreneurs start up.