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The world of computing and technology has taken yet another revolutionary step as Apple have unveiled their ‘iCloud’ online service. The iCloud aims to synchronise all of a users digital Apple products such as Mac, iPad, iPod and iPhone – for example, if a song were to be downloaded on one, it would then become [...]
Prime Minister David Cameron has been urged to put his full backing behind a potential shake-up of Britain’s copyright laws. A report, which the PM announced himself, is expected to suggest that Britain should launch an ‘online copyright shop’, but will warn that it will ‘be very difficult to implement’ and will require full government backing. The [...]
Yahoo! have stated their intentions for increasing their social media presence, by completing the purchase of TV sharing social app ‘IntoNow’. Financial terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed, however Yahoo! plan to use the service to increase their muscle in the mobile marketing and social media sectors. The service allows users to [...]
According to a recent report by the Econsultancy, search marketing is expected to grow by 16% throughout 2011, leaving the total spend at an estimated $19.3billion dollars, which equates to around £11.8billion. The report states that this growth is partially boosted by the increase in both social media and mobile searching, apparently more than 75% [...]
The government have announced that the national minimum wage will once again increase in October, despite the tough economic conditions. The rise, which will be 2.5% was recommended by the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC). The changes which – according to business secretary Vince Cable – will help 890,000 low paid workers will be following: over-20s: up [...]
As reported 2 days ago, the newest government business initiative ‘StartUp Britain’ has been officially launched by Prime Minister David Cameron himself. The intiative, which has been set up to encourage people to set up their own businesses, and offers them £1,500 worth of support in areas such as internet marketing, SEO and broadband costs [...]
Online advertising now makes up a quarter of all advertising money spent in the UK, according to new figures. The value of advertising via the internet reportedly grew by 12.8% in 2010, three times more rapidly than in 2009. The online advertising sector was the largest growing of all platforms, outpacing things such as television, [...]
In a recent study of 1,800 adults throughout the UK, it has emerged that almost half British consumers have decided against spending with a small business after finding their website was of poor quality. 37% of those asked have said they walked away completely, whilst a further 9% said the quality of the website made [...]
Prime Minister David Cameron is set to launch the latest in a string of business initiatives in a bid to get the country back on economic track. ”StartUp Britain’ is aimed at trying to encourage more people into setting up their own business. The scheme, backed by tech giants including Google, Microsoft and O2 will [...]
Following the MPs expenses scandal that rocked the nation in 2009, politicians all over the country gushed with apologies and promises that it should not and would not ever happen again. A watchdog was set up to ‘regulate’ the expenses and the rules were changed so that there were restrictions on what could be claimed for, so [...]