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  • At least embrace the mobile web

    Mobile commerce is ahead of its time, says a report by eMarketer published on September 4. […] mobile commerce is still in its infancy. Web-enabled mobile phone users are much more likely to employ their devices to get weather forecasts,…

  • Why you should upgrade your WordPress blog

    If you use self-hosted WordPress for your blog and you’re not using the latest version, 2.8.4, you’re running a severe risk of your site security being compromised and even hacked. So do these three things right now: 1. Log in…

  • The cloud is still not reliable enough

    Much gnashing of teeth yesterday as Gmail (Googlemail in the UK and Germany) was out for the count for some hours following what Google called ‘routine upgrades’ to some of their servers. In a post on the Official Gmail Blog,…

  • PayPal and SMS: a reassuring combination

    I bought my early-bird ticket for Reading Twestival this morning,  paying for it via PayPal. The simple purchase transaction I completed in a couple of minutes reminded me how much I place trust in PayPal, partly because of its neat…

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  • Pay attention to augmented reality

    Is augmented reality going to be the Next Big Thing? A lot of people think so, as all the increasing talk is helping the topic rapidly ascend the Technology Trigger in Gartner’s 2009 hype cycle for emerging technologies published last…