Category: Trends

  • Adapting to a new mobile connection

    Good news for mobile phone users in EU countries – a voluntary agreement by the major mobile phone manufacturers came into force in the EU on January 1 where all new phones announced for sale in the EU in the…

  • YouTube’s water cooler for web video

    If visual information can improve understanding of spoken words as much as sixfold according to research, it shouldn’t be a surprise that use of video as a means to communicate an idea or aid learning is shooting through the roof.…

  • Royal Mail at a loss

    The cost of sending a first class letter in the UK will rise by a record 5p from April as stamp prices are hiked to 46p, reports the Telegraph. Moya Greene, Royal Mail‘s chief executive, said she regretted having to…

  • Six top trends for business in 2011

    What will 2011 bring for business? What are the significant trends that may influence the fortunes of companies during the coming year, for better or worse? Two questions on many people’s lips; whether you call it ‘predictions’ or ‘trend spotting,’…

  • Facebook dominates globally

    Facebook is the dominant social network around the world according to the latest analysis by Vincenzo Cosenza, director at Digital PR in Rome, Italy, who has been tracking its growth over the past eighteen months or so. Even a cursory…