Google Base; a move towards e-commerce According to a recent article in the Financial Times, Google is planning to move closer towards providing e-commerce solutions targetting small business owners. Seen as an add-on to their current set of tools, Google plans to create an online market for traditional retailers via it’s recently unveiled “Google Base” service. The “virtual supermarket” by developing […]
Are micro-chunks the next big thing? CNN has a great article on micro-chunks, which are starting to take off in America. What are micro-chunks? Well, in short, they are short video clips and animation clips designed to be shared with friends and used as either a marketing tool or a way of making money. So what makes micro-chunks (also spelt “microchunks”) […]
Should website designers be worried about Googlepages? Google recently launched Googlepages, a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) web application which allows the creation of very, very simple websites that will (at some stage) integrate with other Google APIs. Googlepages (or Google Page Creator) is a free tool that allows you to create web pages right in your browser and […]
Windows Vista to come in 6 flavours Microsoft recently announced that Microsoft Vista, due for launch later this year, will arrive in 6 different flavours. Vista is Microsoft’s newest computer operating system designed to replace the Windows XP family. In addition to Vista, Microsoft will also launch Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7. Internet Explorer 7 will have tabs, be more secure and […]
More video viral examples Video Virals as found on kontraband may be the in thing for big name companies wishing to hawk their products, but are they any good examples of video virals that capture the audience, stir the imagination, and create buzz or impact? Although Video virals can be expensive to make, and as over-glorified e-mail mailing lists, […]
AJAX, latency and the web On lastcraft’s blog, Marcus Baker argues that Ajax is not cool because of the lack of respect AJAX developers give to usability on web GUI form login’s, not allowing them to re-type their entry and validate it within enough time. And recently on sitepoint, Harry Fuecks published his presentation PDF on ajax@localhost where he describes […]
28 great mailing list promotion ideas Utilised properly, e-mail marketing can be a potent addition to your overall web marketing. It’s a great way of keeping your customers, subscribers and users informed about the latest news on your site and it can directly market to them the latest products and services. Whilst more and more companies are turning to developing and […]
Urban myths in 80’s cartoons As a child of the 80s, I often watched many cartoons – one of them was Inspector Gadget which was made into a rather poor movie. But that aside, I often wondered who was Dr Claw really. Even as a kid I always had my suspicions that Dr Claw was really Chief Quimby in disguise. […]
AJAX – Wonder drug AJAX (or Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) is one of the many new web technologies used for creating interactive web applications. Despite the hype, the technology has been around for some time, but its only recently that the technology is becoming mainstream. This is mainly due to Google maps (maps.google.com) which uses AJAX to the fullest. […]
Why would anyone want to manage England? News of the World gets its pound of flesh So Sven’s leaving after the 2006 World Cup and, if you believe the News of the World or other newspapers of the kind, it wasn’t too soon. In my mind the English press always had it out for Sven since the get-go. He wasn’t English they […]
