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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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An internet manifesto for the business world of today

Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Fifteen popular German bloggers have pinned their theses to the proverbial cathedral door with a declaration entitled How Journalism Works Today.
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Twitter on the high seas as ferry firm links up

Tuesday, 15 September 2009

A ferry service has been rigged up with the latest technology to keep passengers and transport companies informed of sailing timings through the micro-blogging site Twitter.
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Is web 2.0 the future of our children’s education?

Tuesday, 8 September 2009

For those who are unaware Web 2.0 is a term which came to fruition around 2004.
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Should your business be on ‘facetube’ because it’s cool?

Tuesday, 1 September 2009

I’m sure you’ve all been there. Your MD breezes in and demands to be on ‘Facetube’ because his kids think it’s cool. Beware, social networks are not always the safest place for a business to go; just because it’s ‘cool’ doesn’t mean YOU HAVE to be there. There have been plenty of horror stories.
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