PublicationsArticles / Resources"Smartphones - Draw Your Own Conclusions" - by Heather Maloney, written for Women's Network Australia, December 2011 What will happen to Skype now that Microsoft is buying it? This article from TechRepublic shares some interesting thoughts. TechRepublic, 10.05.2011 Web Shopping Haunts Retail Giants - Herald Sun, 05.01.2011. You've probably heard Gerry Harvey's view on internet shopping; this article gives the consumer viewpoint very succinctly. The five hottest business technology trends to watch in 2011 - Jason Hiner, TechRepublic. 02.01.2011 "Liking, Tweeting, Re-tweeting and more ..." - Heather Maloney. 28.09.2010. "How to Use Webinars in Your Business" - Heather Maloney. 23.08.2010. Pakistan Court orders government to block Facebook - 20.05.2010. "Trying to stop citizens from accessing the Internet is increasingly becoming like a little kid trying to stop the tide with a toy shovel and a bucket"... Free Software can have a catch - The Age 23.02.2010. Balanced look at the pros and cons of open-source software. Apple unveils the iPad - The Age 28.01.2010. Sounds like reading books via your computer will soon be a lot more likely. [Update added 19.05.2010 - Apple iPad: The Five Biggest Annoyances] Open Source Vendor offers Oracle 1 Euro for mySQL - TechWorld 15.12.2009 Researchers close in on Twitter suspects - TechWorld 10.08.2009 Putting Twitter in Perspective - WebProNews 12.07.2009 "esubscribers Finders Keepers" - article by Heather Maloney, in Working Women Summer 2008/2009 edition Digital Reproduction magazine launches new website for the indoor graphics sector December, 2008 Irked by eBay, Some Sellers Trade Elsewhere - 14.08.2008 The Wall Street Journal Website Content: It's All About the Why - Site Pro News 28.03.2008 UK banks hit by phishing assault - Techworld 18.02.2008 How to Integrate Twitter into Your Online Marketing Strategy [as a follow up from our recent Contact Point News, here's how Twitter can be used for business!] - Bold Interactive 19.11.2007 Paid-for 'zero footprint' browser launches. A web browser that uses little memory using various methods to ensure secure, private browsing - Techworld 02.10.2007 'Digital Natives' Will Drive Web 2.0 into Your Business - Extreme Nano 20.09.2007 Display CPMs [online display ads] dropping? [interesting discussion about the online display ad marketplace] - MediaPost 16.08.2007 Browser holes worse than thought [interesting article explaining how any browser can be potentially misused when launching a new application from it] - Techworld 16.08.2007 UK Companies ignoring customer emails - Techworld 10.07.2007 Swiss trial first biometrics-only bank - ITNews.com.au 08.05.2007 Going overseas? Language translation spoken to you on your mobile! - ITNews.com.au 02.05.2007 City of London goes WiFi "...the network is available in a lot of their boardrooms, so we think there will be a corporate use for it as well..." - ITNews.com.au 17.04.2007 Clash over serving VoIP to [SMEs] [both Microsoft and Cisco have launched new products targeting SMEs] - 05.04.2007 Visual Technology - is your business communicating visually? 30.03.2007 Cheesemaker Shows the Whey with Chedder-cam - [a novel way to drive traffic to your website - see the web cam here: http://cheddarvision.tv/] ITNews.com.au 30.03.2007 Calvin Klein uses SMS with Digital Billboards to Create an Interactive Buzz - [example of using user-generated content to launch a new product] ITWire 23.03.2007 Solid State Drives - no moving parts makes for longer life, though you pay a premium. 20.03.2007 Windows Vista's 90-Day Report Card [Two large govt. agencies shun Vista] 12.03.2007 Microsoft's new HD photo format could be JPEG killer - IT News.com.au 09.03.2007 Internet use up 10% Worldwide [despite China's ban on new internet cafes due to fears of widespread internet addictions] ITNews.com.au 07.03.2007 Dow Jones facing lawsuit over computer glitch - ITNews.com.au 02.03.2007 Flash enhanced hybrid drives to bring > 200GB hard disk capacity to Laptops - APCMag 01.03.2007 Hack attacks costing enterprises US$30m a year - ITNews.com.au 28.02.2007 HP introduces low-cost backup system for SMBs ITNews.com.au 27.02.2007 Here how APC faired when opening their own Online Store - APCMag.com 24.02.2007 What do Search Engines Value in 2007? by Heather Maloney 12.01.2007 Online Retail Spending in the US up 24% in 2006 - various statistics from ComScore showing retail spending up by around 24% year on year. Sumsung cuts deal with Google for Mobile Searching "...blurring the lines between mobile devices and PCs when it comes to accessing content and communicating with others on the Internet" - ITNews.com.au 10.01.2007 E-paper heralds computing revolution - ITNews.com.au 10.01.2007 Domino's [Pizzas] Harnesses eBay for New Promotion - Online Media Daily 28.12.2006 Crowd Wisdom vs. Google's Genius - in the Wikopedia model, a new search engine to start in 2007 to challenge Google; predicted to take 3 years. BusinessWeek.com 27.12.2006 How to stop spam being delivered to your Blackberry / Smart Phone - Computerworld 26.12.2006 Jewelry, Video Games Propel Online Retail Past $21B - Online Media Daily 26.12.2006 Online Chat is a Grapevine that Yields Precious Fruit - New York Times 25.12.2006. Very interesting article on how email marketing and word of mouth have been used to generate thousands of new customers for small businesses. Ad Costs on the Web are Rising... "but their effectiveness is going up too". The New York Times 25.12.2006 IBM develops technology to check drug authenticity IT News 15.12.2006 Cyber Shopping in U.K., France and Germany Accelerates as Christmas Approaches - 14.12.2006 100GB HDD size of sliced cheddar - APC 08.12.2006 VeriSign wins .com control until 2012 - IT News 07.12.2006 Big media sees opportunities in Web user content - IT News 02.12.2006 PCA survey: Telstra Australia's worst tech company - 30.11.2006 Fantasy Games, Real Numbers - Seth Elkin, November 2006 "...'an advertiser's dream.' SportsLine game advertisers include GMC, McDonald's, Anheuser-Busch, Coke, and Toyota" Collaboration tools raise staff morale - IT News 27.11.2006 Destra to sell off webhosting business- IT News 09.11.2006 Google to broker print ads in US newspapers - "test of how the Web search leader can extend its business into offline media". IT News Australia 06.11.2006 Database Cleansing: the what, why and how - Heather Maloney. 01.11.2006. US Census puts Melbourne developer on the map - Sholto Macpherson, 18.08.2006 Let the Buyer Beware: email lists for sale! - Heather Maloney. 10.08.2006. Responsible Email Marketing - Heather Maloney. 30.06.2006. Australian Community & Media Authority on SPAM (new Internet Industry Spam Code of Practice comes into force on 16 July 2006). Also download a tool to easily notify the Federal Government of incoming spam. "Start Collecting": and manage your business relationships more effectively. - Heather Maloney. 23.05.2006. Seven Offline Viral Marketing Ideas - tips on marketing your URL offline, Matt DeAngelis. 17.05.2006 Search Engine Optimisation - a Case Study for an Entertainment Service Provider. "What to Make of It": a guide to the analysis of you web log. - Heather Maloney. 30.04.2006. "Would you believe... we submit to 700,000 search engines?" - Heather Maloney. 07.03.2006. "Build it and they will come?" - Heather Maloney. 30.01.2006. What's the MOST effective SEO Tactic for 2006? - Hosted Marketing Pages. - Brad Callen. 07.09.2005 "Maximising your Internet Presence" - Heather Maloney. 01.08.2005. Main Features of the Australian Spam Act National Privacy Principles - (Extracted from Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000). Current Browser usage statistics and Current Search Engine usage statistics |
Past NewslettersVol. 9, 2011 - Contact Point appointed to Federal Government Creative Design panel (Website Design and Development, and Graphic Design) Vol. 8, 2011 - customised Facebook Business pages, and global positioning algorithm Vol. 7, 2011 - iPhone App built for Henry Langdon Vol. 6, 2011 - Making your website mobile device friendly, and SEO boost for the Contact Point Shopping Cart System Vol. 5, 2011 - Our first Facebook Shop, Recent changes to Google Rank, Warning to Travellers using their iPhone Whilst Overseas |
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