The majority of people now have a Facebook or twitter or my space account set up (and if you haven’t then you must have been living under a rock) so on Facebook you want to make friends with everybody you know to make yourself look more popular. But what happens if one of your colleagues [...]
I work in the technology industry and I also use Google everyday and it just makes me wonder; where would we be without Google? People use Google to complete everyday tasks such as using the search engine to find something out. Google Product Base allows people to buy online and you can also see what [...]
In this day and age there are a vast many way to keep in touch with friends and the people you care about. There are the old fashioned ways like face to face, telephone, or by letter. However, there are also lots of ways to communicate online through social networking websites. The most popular of [...]
Depending on how old you are, you might remember a time when the wealth of information was not just available at the touch of a button or the click of a mouse. What did we do before the internet was invented? It is scary to think that before the internet we had books and libraries [...]
In my previous post I mentioned about the importance of being wary of what you post online because people can read that information and use this against you. To overcome this problem, Facebook have given you the ability to set your privacy settings so that you can be friends with people (ie. your boss) but [...]
The cyber age brings with it its own set of problems. Being Googled before you start at a new job is the least of your worries. There has been a sharp rise in the amount of reported Cyber stalking and bullying cases. Although from an outside point of view it must seem quite easy to [...]
Does anyone else think the recent spate of sport celebrities grumbling about their jobs and managers on Twitter is slightly dumb! I don’t think it’s possible to get a more public forum than social media sites (especially when you are famous and probably being followed by thousands of people!!) to slag off your boss! Silly [...]
With the recent increase in the use of social media, and the increase in mobile phone technology since the last election, the question has been asked many time – was the recent general election an Internet election? For me, the answer has to be an overwhelming no. Although there was great fervor around the use [...]
Well, who would have though it? Google has recently changed the structure of its search results by including its search options in a bar on the left hand side of the screen. This has annoyed many people (see how many results you get by searching for “remove Google sidebar”!) and is even more annoying for [...]
The austere and antiquated approach by the organisers of the US Masters Golf tournament means that most viewers cannot watch any coverage of the event until well into the day’s play. The restriction has been annoying me immensely for many years, with my excitement for one of the greatest tournaments in the world (most American’s [...]
