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Preview Pane for Google Apps – gMail

Google Labs have released a preview pane for Google Apps gMail, it allows you to have an eMail preview pane open on your inbox screen that shows any email you click on (very similar to the preview pane in Outlook). To enable it: - Click on the ‘Options’ cog at the top right of your... [more]

Newsletter – July 2011 (Vol 2)

Click Here to view full size. Inside our 2nd edition we have: Product Pricing – What’s best for SME’s? Can Google+ Compete? Microsoft Windows 8 OpenSource and Cloud Applications Domains, Websites, SEO and Social Networking – How does it help your business? Special points of interest: Google+[more]

OpenSource/Cloud Software – A Better Alternative?

There’s been a revolution in the applications industry over the past few years, OpenSource and Cloud based applications are providing viable alternatives to established commercial software. One of the main reasons why so many people are still use commercial software such as Microsoft Office, is th[more]

Domains, Websites, SEO and Social Networking – How does it help my business?

I’ve been asked this question many times now, I’ll go through the usual culprits and misconceptions and try to explain them in relation to improving customer acquisition. I don’t need a domain name Whether you’re a limited company or not, your company name is important. It[more]

Google+ Networking for Business

For those of you that haven’t read anything about it, Google+ is Google’s foray into the social networking realm. There was a lot of fuss about it last week when Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) registered an account and started using it. It entered ‘invite only’ beta testing last [more]

HP TouchPad – Good for Business?

HP bought Palm back in April 2010 with the sole purpose of getting its hand on WebOS, Palm’s mobile operating system. The HP TouchPad goes on sale in the UK on 15th July with a primary target audience of business users. WebOS is renowned for having good multi-tasking which can be a little want[more]