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Watching the Web
Jobs are scarce, so it's time to go online and make it happen
Analysts are predicting that unemployment will not properly stabilise in the
province until mid 2010.
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Inside Watching the Web
To make a difference, put on your boots and hit the Tweet
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
It is called 'Slacktivism': a mix of activism and slacker, describing how some people support a cause by doing no more than signing an online petition, or joining a Facebook group or taking part in a Twitter-storm.
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2010 and a web of intrigue: it’s a Kindle magic
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
It may only be early November but the holiday-themed ads are already on TV and
the more excitable retailers are dusting off their decorations.
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Life could be Tweet for savvy out of work designers
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The first people to use the internet were academics and then Ham radio and CB
radio enthusiasts.
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During this recession, online hits don't have to hit your profits too
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Google is the world's most popular website, and looking at recent statistics
on Northern Ireland users, it is viewed by 73% of the population.
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More than a popularity contest
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
I am happy to announce that I am the most popular and most influential Twitter
user in Holywood. That I appear to be the only Twitter user in Holywood
makes me slightly sceptical of this result from www.wefollow.com
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Has Windows of opportunity shut for Microsoft?
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
There has long been a degree of distrust on Microsoft's virtual monopoly of the operating space and critics are now predicting a backlash against Windows, driven by a number of factors. Both Apple and Linux are becoming far more popular than before, suddenly presenting Microsoft with credible competition in the space. However, the real threat right now is on how people are beginning to use their computers, moving from desktop based software to the use of 'Cloud' computing where software runs on remote servers.
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Tweeters, tweeters everywhere, but they lack direction
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
The problem with Twitter in Ireland is that there are too many tweets and tweeters. What's needed is a Twitter directory. Northern Ireland already has one... www.TweetNI.com. It's a simple, clear and effective site built by Lee Munroe (@leemunroe), which allows people to register, and be found.
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Where you read it last
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Only occasionally will you find 'breaking news' on Twitter - if you are following the right people and reading at the right time. If you follow any of the newspaper feeds including the Belfast Telegraph, you will get a headline linking to the story online.
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Don't be a twit, be on Twitter...
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
It has been said only 14% of people believe advertisements.
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The media faces doubtful future as internet thrives
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Depending on which side of the fence you sit on, the changes that are taking place in the world of 'the media' could be tremendously good news or tremendously bad.
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Microsoft nears EU truce after decade-long battle
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Microsoft could close the door on a 10-year legal battle with the European
Union, after the regulator backed its moves to open up internet browsing on
Windows to rivals.
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AT&T first on board for US iPhone VoIP
Thursday, 8 October 2009
AT&T will begin allowing iPhone owners to use internet calling services on
its US wireless network.
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E-book reader price slashed for launch
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Amazon is cutting the price of its electronic book reader the Kindle as it
prepares to launch the device in Britain, the company has announced.
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The Stratagem Tweetocracy: a new approach
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
“We do politics,” says Quintin Oliver of Stratagem, “as a public affairs
company, we help people and organisations navigate their way through the
democratic process in Northern Ireland. We also do what we can to help
develop a better understanding of how politics works.
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Our world is mobile and you must be fast just to keep up
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
So most of us working in business have the new fancy smart phones. We have
matured quickly from the clunky Blackberry with its confusing buttons to the
aesthetically beautiful iPhones, N95 and Storm.
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NI is awash with topics
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
What are tweets like? Well, they're mostly news and comment - a smattering of the funny and irrelevant to lighten the mood - and some pretty serious stuff too. Writers are amateur and professional diarists, professional and citizen journalists, and those debating them.
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Getting what you want, even before you know you want it
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
The notion of a 'Digital Valet' has become increasingly popular in recent times. What I mean by this is a move to make the online experience a much more personalised medium for users. The Digital Valet would be extremely knowledgeable about your habits - so much so that, by analysing your history online together with your current behaviour it would be possible for it to predict what you needed next even before you ask for it.
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Invite-only discount sales are hottest ticket in town
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
As the recession continues to bite hard with no real sense of being on the way
up, marketers and company owners spend many a long hour trying to figure out
ways to get us to part with our money
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Linked In to business
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Theres more to social media than Twitter, so let’s look at one of the more
business orientated tools. About six years old with an estimated 43 million
users, LinkedIn is about extending connections through existing connections.
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Newbies on Twitter
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
When you look at those who use Twitter in Northern Ireland, you find they fall
into a few distinct categories.
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