Internet Psychologist
Author: Peter Lauer If you are new to blogging, there are a few strategies that you can use to make your blog the best it can be. With so many free online blogging services available these days, it seems like anyone can do it. What makes the difference is how …
IFA Life today launched its branded page on Foursquare, the leading location-based social networking site. One of just a few hundred brands from around the world including Sony, Gucci, NASA, Red Bull, The Wall Street Journal, Harrods and others – IFA Life’s partnership with Foursquare will enable consumers to locate …
Bankers bonuses do not motivate them to do better. The bankers in receipt of millions, of course, think that the bonuses are incentives. And Governments around the world have bought into this apparent “common sense”. The trouble is, much research on occupational psychology shows us that pay is only a …
Pen-pushing health and safety experts are being blamed for the latest “ban” to afflict children. In another example of “health and safety gone mad” children in in Oxfordshire are being banned from wearing goggles when swimming because there is the “danger” that these protective devices might snap onto a youngster’s …
Facebook is the most blocked website in the world. According to the annual report from OpenDNS, even though pornorgraphy is the most blocked category, Facebook is the single site which is picked out to be blocked more than any other. Indeed, only 1% of users of OpenDNS block Playboy, but …
Last week, J. C. Penney was penalized by Google because they used paid links to advertise their website. This week, Forbes.com has been penalized because they sell links. Is your website in danger? Which search engine optimization methods are safe to use? Paid links and other forms of web spam …
Today our Prime Minister is in Kuwait; yesterday he was in Egypt. It rather looks like he is “on tour”. Of course, his speech today did not have to be made in Kuwait itself. What he said he could have done from the comfort of the Downing Street garden. Yet …
David Cameron is appalled at what Colonel Gaddafi has been doing in Libya. But it appears that what he is actually doing is sealing his own fate – the inevitable end of his regime. New psychological research shows that when people are faced with a choice, they inevitably focus on …
All over Britain – indeed all over the world – you can almost hear parents shouting “Will you turn off that Justin Bieber and get on with your homework..!” For decades parents have believed that music is a distraction, that it puts children off their homework. Your parents probably shouted …
A new crowdfunding website that makes it possible for the general public to buy shares in start-up and growing businesses was launched today. Crowdcube is the first crowdfunding website in the world to offer people equity in exchange for their investment. It aims to make access to finance easier for …
Eight out of ten owners say their cats prefer Whiskas. (Other pet foods are available.) Do you remember this famous advertising slogan? Maybe Pedigree Pet Foods would have done better if they had said “80 per cent of cat owners” instead of “eight out of ten”. The reason, according to …
Did you get any mystery cards today? Or did you know exactly who sent you those flowers or the chocolates? Perhaps you have had a romantic meal for two. On the other hand, it might just have been a normal day, rather like any other Monday. For many people Cupid’s …
Trust me, this is true. Honest. Believe me. But, apparently, there are some things on the Internet which are – there is no easy way of saying this – untrue..! That’s right, some of the pages on the Internet contain material that is made up, fabricated, even a blatant lie. …
I appeared in BBC Radio Tees this morning talking about why people need to think a little differently when having a rant online. If you think socially you might forget the world is listening and that you are not merely chatting to your mates…!
With ambitious targets for both the speed and coverage of next-generation broadband networks, the developed countries of South-east Asia score highest in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s government broadband index (gBBi), the first-ever index to assess countries on the basis of government planning, as opposed to current broadband capability. Greece is …