Posts tagged with 'Broadband'
Ben Hunt at webdesignfromscratch has posted an excellent article on current Web 2.0 design trends, giving some recommendations on features that make a website appealing and easy to use.
Ben gives some examples of good Web 2.0 sites, including LinkedIn, Mozilla.org, and Protolize, as well as some tips which we list after the jump...
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by Graham Charlton
10 November 2006 09:52am
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A new Nielsen//NetRatings report has revealed that young people are the biggest spenders when it comes to online content, with the 16-24 year old age group leading the way.
Overall, UK internet users currently spend an average of £3 a month on downloading content, with videos taking 43% of the market.
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by Graham Charlton
09 November 2006 13:11pm
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NTL Telewest has announced that it will change its name to Virgin Media early next year, after acquiring Virgin Mobile for £1 billion in April.
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by Graham Charlton
08 November 2006 13:48pm
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BSkyB today announced a strong rise in subscribers to its pay-TV services, though profits have been hit by the cost of launching a new broadband service.
The company had its best Q1 performance in three years, adding 82,000 digital satellite customers up to September 30th. BSkyB now has 8.25 million subscribers in total.
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by Graham Charlton
03 November 2006 12:42pm
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Web developers and businesses continue to develop Flash based websites, despite the well-documented drawbacks in terms of SEO and usability.
When used well, Flash can be a great tool for the presentation of rich content, but pure flash websites, though they may look good, can annoy the hell out of visitors.
After the jump, some reasons why...
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by Graham Charlton
30 October 2006 10:47am
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New research once again proves the influence of the internet on both online and offline sales. A study has shown that 77% of electronics purchases are researched online before customers head to a store.
The results of the US-focused study indicates that online research time increases in line with product prices.
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by Graham Charlton
27 October 2006 11:42am
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A flaw in Internet Explorer 7 has been found which could mask phishing scams, exposing surfers to the kind of risk that the browser was meant to have dealt with.
Security monitoring company Secunia discovered that IE7 allows a website to display a pop-up window which can contain a spoofed web address, which may trick users into accessing malicious pages.
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by Graham Charlton
26 October 2006 15:27pm
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According to new research from Point Topic, resistance to the internet is growing among the portion of the population currently without access.
By early 2006, an estimated 11.2 million households in the UK (44%) had no internet access at home. Of those households, 74.6% don’t think it is important to, a rise from 51.7% in the same survey last year.
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by Graham Charlton
26 October 2006 12:15pm
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Launched six months ago in the UK, Sling Media’s ‘place-shifting’ devices have shaken up the TV value chain to such an extent that broadcasters, ISPs and mobile operators are all seeking deals with the firm.
They use a disruptive technology that allows people to watch TV content remotely from PCs, laptops or mobiles.
We asked Stuart Collingwood, the company’s VP of Europe, how mobile, web and IPTV developers can make sure they're not left out of the action.
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by Richard Maven
24 October 2006 12:27pm
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BT has entered the online data storage market with an offering that gives crash-conscious consumers up to 20Gb of remote backup space for documents, media and other files.
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by Robert Andrews
23 October 2006 17:33pm
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