Student writes blog to document going Facebook Free for Lent
Lauren Percival is recording her experiences of giving up Facebook for lent in a blog diary, which has begun to attract a sympathetic and supportive following
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More flexibility with 1&1 dynamic cloud servers
1&1 Internet Ltd., www.1and1.co.uk, a global leader amongst Web hosting providers, has made its Dynamic Cloud Server now even more flexible. From now on, configurations for all essential features such as CPU or RAM can be scaled hourly as needed. For small and medium businesses, the innovation of such flexibility …
Plusnet Reveals Smart Internet Will Help Manage Homes and Lives by 2027
Plusnet, the home phone and broadband specialist, has published a new report revealing that the Internet will become ubiquitous in many people’s lives, transforming the way people shop, eat and run their homes. The award-winning super-fast broadband [http://community.plus.net/blog/2012/02/23/the-future-of-the-internet-an-exclusive-with-dr-frank-shaw ] provider renowned for bringing value to its customers, commissioned the research …
TripAdvisor App Downloaded 25 Times a Minute
TripAdvisor the world’s largest travel site, today announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that it is, after Google Earth, the world’s most downloaded travel app, according to download data for 2011 provided by app research company Distimo. The TripAdvisor app was downloaded an average of 25 times per minute …
HostReview Announces the Winners of the 6th Annual Web Hosting Awards
HostReview (http://hostreview.com), a top-rated online resource for the web hosting industry since 1998, is thrilled to present the winners of its 6th Annual Web Hosting Awards. The site’s editorial team and visitors selected the companies who performed best over the past year. They are also the companies to keep an …
Fasthosts Urges Small Firms to Work More Closely With Their Tech Suppliers
Fasthosts has revealed that 48 per cent of firms regularly make substantial purchases of new technology without being certain they fully need them. According to the new research from the UK web hosting [http://www.fasthosts.co.uk/web-hosting ] provider, data from 788 UK small firms* found a huge divide in terms of success …
Combining on-site and Social Media Marketing Will Develop The Strongest Customer Relationships
Brand marketers that are evolving their approach to develop a strategy that encompasses engaging content on both their own-brand website and social media, stand to develop the strongest possible relationship with their customers, according to integrated social media, PR and SEO agency, Punch Communications. Whilst customer relationships clearly work differently …
Bedtime Social Networking Causes Sleep Deprivation Epidemic
Millions of Britons are losing valuable sleep each night because they are addicted to social networking according to findings from a new sleep report. Gone are the days when Britons liked nothing better then to be tucked up in bed with a mug of cocoa and a good book. In …
Facebook Timeline; What it Means for Candidates, Guardian Jobs Gives Advice and Tips
The imminent reformatting of Facebook looks set to further expose the private lives of its users. The standard layout will be transformed into a timeline of events, a collated year by year account of user’s movements on Facebook since their birth, or Facebook sign-up date. It has, understandably, caused a …
Immortum – An App for Using Social Media After Death
Maxelerator Ltd, a venture firm announces the launch of Immortum (http://www.immortum.com), a social media site that allows continued social media interactions even after people have died. Immortum allows people especially those near end of life due to age or illness to store their memories or messages and publish them later …
New Social Media Analytics Technology Measures ROI for Retailers
Now retailers can put a dollar amount to all types of social sharing. It’s simple to identify which social networks are driving the most sales. In addition you can analyze demographics at a product level. For example, Product A might be more popular among males aged 25-34 on Twitter while …
Entrepreneurs Utilise Social Media to Increase Their Brand Awareness
There has never been a better time for SMEs to grab the web by its digital horns and see how it could benefit their business. According to research* by specialist business insurer Hiscox entrepreneurs that have incorporated social media into their business models claim they use it to not only …
Half of Brits Surf the Web Before Hitting the Beach
With the cold weather finally arriving, it comes as little surprise that Brits are dreaming of warmer climes. So much so that over half (54 per cent) of all Brits have started planning their main summer break, according to new research of 5,000 British adults from TravelSupermarket. But the research …
Kitemark for Child Online Safety Should Be Compulsory says iomart
iomart Group plc, one of the UK’s leading Web hosting companies, is today calling on the UK Government to insist that all public sector organisations with a duty of care to children should only purchase software products that have been awarded the BSI Kitemark for Child Online Safety. iomart Group’s …
BlueCava Releases “Cookie-less” Device Identification Technology for Online Advertisers
BlueCava (http://www.bluecava.com), the leading provider of device identification technology that enables businesses to improve online advertising effectiveness and reduce fraud risk, today announced the latest version of its device identification platform. The new release provides an immediate solution for companies doing business in the European Union affected by the EU’s …