An Australian journalist was recently arrested for allegedly being in receipt of photos taken from a breached Facebook account. (more…)
“Stealing” Facebook Photos A Crime
IAB and ANA oppose new gTLD’s
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has added to the call for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to put a stop to its plans to allow for new generic Top Level Domains (gTLD’s). (more…)
Facebook Questions mini-survey feature
If you’re looking to do a little more with your business’s Facebook page, consider Facebook Questions’ mini-survey feature. (more…)
“Microsoft” scammers take to the phones
I know of two people who have been affected by this scam recently, so I thought I’d make mention of it. (more…)
Cart abandonment survey results
The more things change, the more they stay the same as the old saying goes – and it certainly seems to apply to shopping cart and checkout abandonment. (more…)
Twitter’s Indirect Traffic Boosting Power
If you’ve been using Twitter for a while and unimpressed with the amount of traffic you’re receiving; you may be getting more visitors to your site as a result of tweeting than you think. (more…)
Google’s Free Page Speed Service
Google has been encouraging site owners to increase the load time speed of pages for some time. Now the company is offering a free service to speed up our sites without having to rewrite a single line of code. (more…)
Australians To Spend $13.6 Billion Online
According to new research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and Frost & Sullivan, Australians will spend more than $13.6 billion online this year and an increasing amount of online purchases will be made outside our own shores. (more…)
Consumers More Wary About Spending
They say those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it and it looks like the GFC has taught some harsh lessons that aren’t being forgotten too soon – which will make online business a little more challenging. (more…)
Google Effects On Human Memory
Nearly 4 years ago, I mentioned my failing short term memory and questioned if my reliance on the Internet was part of the cause rather than perhaps a case of early onset Alzheimers. A recent study shows the former may be the case. (more…)







