Plenty of people seem to have been caught out by the latest spam hitting Facebook. The photo ‘See Who’s looking at your Profile’ has swept across Facebook at an incredible pace. So how do you stop it posting on your behalf and taking over your account? First thing to
It seems like a near daily occurrence where news stories break regarding an individuals past coming back to bite them. The availability of social media and the ease at which comments and content can be shared has created a mine field for individuals and businesses alike and it is set
So there has been plenty of chatter across the interweb regarding the latest Botnet attacks on WordPress hosted blogs. This follows on from attacks across numerous high profile networks over the past 12 months including Linkedin and Twitter. The overall aim of the attacks seem to be t
It is with interest this week that I read about the Firefox mobile OS which is due our way in the coming months. They join an already crowded OS market with Apple iOS, Google Android and Microsoft Windows fighting it out for the lions share. Firefox entering the market is of interest
The demise of HMV was not a shock to many, the writing has been on the wall for some time for the struggling high street music store. While tragic for those who lost their jobs, it is just another casualty in a long list of recent of high street music outlets including Virgin Megastor
Some of our favourite artists and tunes as of late are: Silhoutte – One of the most talented singer songe writers to come out of Northern Ireland in the past few years. Black Keys, ‘Lonely Boy’ Mumford & Sons, ‘I will wait’. Another beau
While we have been actively promoting the concept of shopping local for Chirstmas it would be hypocritical of us to be pushing Irish companies if we didn’t actually do the same in our own field. So this blog post will be dedicated to all the Irish companies we work with and reco
When contemplating a new design for your website some thought should go into it. We all want to have something different, something unique and something which makes us stand out from our competitors. However many websites have similar structures for a valid reason: the structures work
Like a brand new relationship, when you first launched your website/blog Google was buzzing around you like an attentive new partner. It seemed promising, you said to yourself, this one is going to last. However it just didn’t materialise or even worse you’ve been downgrad
A few months back I wrote a post about protecting your privacy whilst online and since then I’ve had a number of emails looking for updates and more information, particularly relating to Facebook. Firstly, I am a social media addict. I see the benefit socially for people and com
Back sometime around July Facebook decided to quietly replace email addresses from peoples profile page with unique Facebook email addresses. While this created some noise, it has relatively gone unnoticed by most Facebook users who, unless completely self absorbed and egotistical , w
Web Design is not rocket science. There I said it! But neither is making a good omelette, learning the tin whistle or other instrument. But being able to do something, and doing it right are two different things! If you are doing a DIY job on your website or are currently tendering fo
Social Media advertising is one of the latest avenues with with businesses can promote their business. However caution should be taken when getting involved in it. The following story will explain why. A client rang me earlier today professing he had been offered a deal which he guess
Within the past week I’ve had two separate businesses contact me with concerns regarding their current hosting and domain set up. Both were independent businesses with nothing in common and both had arrangements with separate design companies. Their problems, however, were compl
Advertising has been with us since the dawn of mankind. I recently found an amazing book which contained poster and magazine advertising from the start of the 1900′s all the way up to the present day. Of course we laugh at the silliness and non p.c. manner of these adverts of ol