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Facebook usage snapshot


August 10, 2010

Nielsen has produced some interesting research into social network usage, with particular emphasis on Facebook’s current domination. Click here to see the figures.

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Google Caffeine: search just got quicker


June 30, 2010

Last month saw a subtle but important change in how Google handles the world’s search requests. The company launched a new indexing approach, called Google Caffeine, which is designed to produce far ‘fresher’ search returns than its previous index. Among the benefits of Caffeine (hey, we all love a little caffeine) is that Google indexes new online content far sooner than before. This makes an even stronger argument for companies to keep their online news and content regularly updated. Further details about Caffeine are available on the Official Google Blog.

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Express Yourself: Shame on you, Hugh Grant


A few years ago, Hugh Grant starred in a film called Two Weeks Notice. (In a daring career gamble for Grant, it was a romantic comedy.) (more…)

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The wisdom of T.Boone Pickens


June 25, 2010

Clearly a man for pithy one-liners, oilman T.Boone Pickens has shared his outlook on life with the Financial Times today:

Q: What is your golden rule?

A: Those that have the gold, rule.

Also, tellingly for a highly successful business leader:

Q: Which gadget could you not live without?

A: My private jet. I couldn’t go back to commercial flights.

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Express Yourself: Often less is more, sometimes less is just wrong


June 2, 2010

There are many reasons why people stand in supermarket queues and tut away to themselves. Quite why shops choose to close almost every till at lunchtime, when business people head off en masse to buy their sandwiches, is one of life’s great mysteries (like ‘Does God exist?’, ‘Why do men have nipples?’ and ‘What’s the point of Sarah Ferguson?’). (more…)

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