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A week on the tech scene

Sara Rizk and Nicole Farrell give a round up of some of the best tech companies emerging in the UK

By admin2 24/04/09 16:56

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Entrepreneurism is ‘the antithesis of monopoly’

As the anti-capitalist protestors march on London, Google announces a commitment to start-ups

Recent comment by Neilho - "Yeah, Google are becoming a kind of hidden regulator of the net with anything such as 'lacking a privacy policy' to 'using intext ads' (Start-Ups?) rumoured to attract disfavour with the search engine..." [read]

By admin2 01/04/09 12:43

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Start-ups get a leg-up

Nicole Farrell on a new tech offering for start-ups

Recent comment by Sharmee - "Intel is also going after the SME market - The Intel BX portal provides a unique single destination for small and medium businesses (SMBs) to learn about how to address business problems, evaluate dif..." [read]

By admin2 19/11/08 16:19

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World of Warcraft?

The Startups forum is a popular resource for more than 100,000 new and aspiring business owners in the UK. Posts range from recommendations for web designers to venomous rants when HMRC’s website cracks under the pressure of deadline filing day. Tax doesn’t have to be taxing eh? Someone should pass the message on to whoever designed the HMRC site.

I digress. My point was about the Startups forum a...

Recent comment by Ian J - "It's actually only one member and he keeps posting spam that is fairly quickly deleted" [read]

By admin2 05/08/08 16:33

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Not quite dead yet

Steve Adams dismisses claims that the fax has no place in modern business

By admin2 16/06/08 15:48

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Pearly kings

Startups was lucky enough to attend the launch of the brand new BlackBerry Pearl 8110 the other day, and it's hard to be sure whether it’s because we were press or because a waiter managed to unceremoniously dump a tray of strawberry bellinis over half the team, but either way, we are now the proud owners of shiny new BlackBerrys.

Dear reader, after years in mobile limbo, I'm living the dream: I ca...

By admin2 06/03/08 10:08

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Running a business outside the office

Julie White, founder of Truly Madly Baby, on staying connected without being deskbound

By admin2 21/02/08 10:41

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The future of the mobile phone

Ray Anderson, founder of mobile web company Bango, shares his predictions on how we’ll be using our phones in 2008

Recent comment by MattA - "Would say these predictions for 2008 was pretty spot-on. What would the predictions for 2009 be? I would put a bet on GPS and location based targeting really kicking off. Cheers" [read]

By admin2 24/01/08 09:57

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The language barrier

Kerry Ritz, managing director of Vonage UK, on avoiding confusion while taking advantage of the global market technology has created

Recent comment by eagles - "I agree that we should try to understand needs of others, but it is important not to overdo it. People from different UK regions don’t always understand each other due to accents or dialects, but as l..." [read]

By admin2 07/01/08 09:49

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Modern communications, old fashioned etiquette

Kerry Ritz, managing director of Vonage UK, on maintaining politeness while using new technology

Recent comment by JedFin - "Yes Yes Yes We must recognize that good use of etiquette is a central business need. Especially when SNSs is so poorly understood. I check in with Dr Maz Hardey's blog 'A Guide to Proper Facebook ..." [read]

By admin2 17/12/07 14:37

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