Windows 8 Preview Available For Download

Windows 8Microsoft has released a preview version of Windows 8 for the public to download and try out on Wednesday, in a bid to rev up excitement for the slick, new-look operating system that it hopes will restore its fading tech supremacy.

Windows 8 will run on tablets as well as desktops and laptops, in an effort to counter the runaway success of Apple’s iPad.

Anyone can download the preview version of Windows, but it will only work on PCs and laptops running standard Intel x86 chips.Consumers will have to wait longer to try out the full experience on their ARM-compatible tablets.

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Posted in News, Technology on February 29th, 2012 with No Comments »

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Hits the Shops

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In a short while, thousands of people across the UK will be excited to pick up their copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The First person shooter is a huge game with a massive following. Many people have already written off the game as a failure, especially the Battlefield 3 fan boys in a way reminiscent of rivalries such as Microsoft Vs Apple etc.

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Posted in News, Technology on November 7th, 2011 with No Comments »

Like No Longer Needed To Comment On Facebook Pages

facebookVisitors to Facebook pages no longer need to like the page in order to have the ability to comment. The recent changes mean that Facebook page owners will have to be much more vigilant in the monitoring of their pages and conscious of their social engagement.

One thing that is now possible is for an unsatisfied customer for example, to leave a negative comment on a page without endorsing the company or product. This is a positive step in many ways that should encourage companies to be much more socially engaging rather than run ‘like’ campaigns. It also means that page owners looking to manage their reputation will have to face the decision of whether to delete negative comments and sweep them under the carpet, or to be seen to solve issues and leave the comments public.

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Posted in News, Social Media on September 22nd, 2011 with No Comments »

BT Openreach Announces More Fibre Broadband Locations

BT OpenreachBT Openreach has announced in a press release the next 114 exchanges that will receive their latest Fibre broadband technology. BT says that these exchanges serve more than 1 million homes and businesses.

These 114 exchanges will be the next phase in BT’s long term programme of “super-fast broadband” provision to 2 thirds of the UK by 2015. This part of the phase should be completed by autumn 2012.

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Posted in News, Technology on September 14th, 2011 with No Comments »

Twitter Web Analytics Announced

TwitterWith Twitter becoming such a driving force of social media, it is great news that Twitter has announced that there is going to be Twitter web analytics available soon. Until now it has been difficult to accurately measure the amount of traffic Twitter is sending to websites. This will provide a great way for people to see how well their twitter button integration is performing and much more.

This will allow people to see an accurate measure of how much engagement their tweets receive and how much traffic is being driven to their websites. This could become one of the most important tools for budding social media fans and SMO’s.

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Posted in News, Social Media on September 13th, 2011 with No Comments »

Talk Web’s New SEO Tool

If you haven’t already noticed a new SEO tool has been added to Talk Web. I have always wanted to make Talk Web and this SEO Tool is one way of doing that.

I have been learning PHP to further my IT skills, especially as I work on more and more websites in my day job. I have always found myself at a loss when trying to read books or watch training videos, often finding myself at a lost when it came to remembering stuff. A work colleague said that the best way to remember was to find something that I wanted to build so I decided to try to build an SEO tool. It has been great fun and is an ongoing project and it is really helping me remember the stuff I have been learning. In my own work as an SEO I often look for information about websites or their pages which has influenced my tool. I hope it is useful for you too.

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Posted in News, SEO on August 23rd, 2011 with No Comments »

SEO Tips For Your Photoblog

When you start a photoblog (photography blog) it can be a bit of a handful to get going, between picking the platform such as PixelPost and WordPress and a suitable theme to go with it, and then deciding on a domain name and blog name. Once this has been done and a blog created it can have the owners sighing with relief that it is finally over and that they can just start posting photos.

Normally many photo-bloggers are keen to get going and post a few photos over the next week or two and then wonder in dismay why that little statistics counter that they have chosen just isn’t moving much at all. This isn’t the case for everyone but it certainly isn’t rare either. Even I did a similar thing at first…

Here are some SEO (search engine optimisation) tips to help get you started. Many of these SEO tips can also be used by photographers or on any website. In another post I will give some tips on how to try to help get some traffic to your new photoblog.

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Posted in Blogging, SEO on July 11th, 2011 with 1 Comment »

HTC Sensation Vs IPhone 3GS

HTC Sensation

I got my HTC sensation Smartphone a few days ago and decided to post my initial impressions about it compared to my IPhone 3GS. Now this might seem an odd and pointless comparison but like me, I suspect lots of people got an IPhone 3GS when it came out. I got mine on a 2 year contract because it was a more affordable monthly cost to me. This is by no means a scientific post so if you are expecting benchmarks or pixel peeping comparisons I suggest you stop reading now.

My IPhone was my first experience of owning a Smartphone and I have to say it’s the first phone I have ever had that I have really got excited about. I love having internet availability along with the ability to tweet and Facebook when bored at work or in a queue or the ability to Google a product while in Dixons looking at Bluray players and the likes is something I wouldn’t like to be without now.

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Posted in Technology on May 25th, 2011 with 2 Comments »