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RE:Fresh

POSTED 23rd September 09, by Nathalie Aucutt.

It’s a really nice sunny day today, not one that makes you want to spend time in the office!

However, it does lighten your day when you think of all the exciting new work that we’ve got on at the moment.

The team have got numerous clients that they’re working with at present and once those tasks are completed, they can get stuck into some fresh blood and get the portfolio expanded. We’ve also been grateful for new work from existing...

TAGS: NEW SITE, WEB DESIGN CHESTER

Twitter… Can it make you money?

POSTED 23rd September 09, by Callum Reckless.

The simple answer is yes! Computer company Dell says that the company's Twitter activity has brought in revenues of at least $2 million!

Dell started Tweeting back in '07 and uses Twitter to communicate latest offers, coupons, clearance events and releases of new technology. It seems that consumers are using this social media format to inform their decision making processes when purchasing such products. As an added bonus, not only do you enjo...

TAGS: DELL, SOCIAL MEDIA, TWEETS, TWITTER

The High Street is Dying but Online is Booming!

POSTED 23rd September 09, by Callum Reckless.

A brief walk up the high street can be a gloomy experience at the moment. High street brands missing - names you have grown up with are no longer around, shops are empty and stores are trying anything to increase sales. Yet research, last month, shows that online spend is on the increase and online businesses are feeling ever more confident about the future - a stark contrast to traditional commerce!

In August alone, UK consumers spent £3.8 b...

TAGS: BOOMING E-COMMERCE, E-COMMERCE, RESEARCH, SEO, WEB MARKETING

Programming Popularity

POSTED 22nd September 09, by Mike Griffiths.

When undertaking a new web development project one of the first things we do during the planning stages is decide which programming language(s) would be best suited for the job. All of the different languages have different advantages and disadvantages. C, for example, is extremely stable and will run on nearly any machine natively (without anything needed to be installed), but it requires the programmer to be far more strict in their coding an...

TAGS: PHP, PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Googles New OS - Chrome OS

POSTED 11th September 09, by Mike Griffiths.

You might think of Google as your doorway to the Internet. Google is the search engine most people use to find what they're looking for on the Internet. But the fact is, Google is a brand and the search is simply their flag ship product. Google releases new products regularly, they have well over 50 products; some of them are used every day by millions of users (Google Mail) and others are used occassionally by a few thousand users (Google Cod...

TAGS: CHROME, CHROME OS, GOOGLE