Archive for April, 2008
Advertising slowdown
For the first time in a while more companies have reported advertising budget cuts in UK (21%) than increase (19%). Data as of Q108.
Although the whole advertising market is still expected to grow in UK in 2008, much of the growth will happen in online advertising. Some of the steepest cuts have been reported in […]
Plugin Central
I just wanted to post a quick one on “Plugin Central”. This plugin is amazing. Done with ftps and manual installation. All you need to do is install “Plugin Central”, access your dashboard, write the name of the plugin you want to install and it’s done! Works only with WP 2.5 or higher. It really […]
Mobile social network
A very interesting article from Michael Arrington of TechCrunch on mobile social networking.
UK house prices drop 2.5% in March
Well, it appears that even UK house prices follow the law of gravity. This is not really big news, as anybody that has studied a little bit the history of markets knows that what goes up has eventually to go down. It happened many times before, and it is happening now. Every time, before happening, […]
Europe’s Article 29 Data Protection
Here is the Opinion of EU Article 29 Working Party on data retention for search engines. Quite restrictive I would say. Read the full dock here.
Quicken on steroids
Quicken is an amazing software. Really. It does all sort of things for you -provided you feed it with the right information. It tracks your spend, your portfolio, your credit cards and bank accounts. You can categorize all your expenses, so that you know where and how you spend your hardly earned money. You can […]
3D SatNav
I have rarely seen something as cool as this. These guys work for UK defense and, on top of producing software that is used to control some UK and US airfields, they produce this 3D rendering Satnav software. It works on mobile too! Check it here: AGS.
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Wireless data market
Wirelss data is a 120bn$ business worldwide. Check out the details at GigaOM.
“Nobody will ever pay to show up on search”
A few days ago I was at some sort of networking event in London and met a couple of Italian guys. We started talking about our background, and when I said I was one of the two founders of Godado they came out saying they clearly remembered the search engine and used to use it […]
More of this, please
EMI recruited a Google exec. It’s never too late to shop around for expertise, knowledge and experience. And old media need a lot of this if they want to remain competitive. Here the details.
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