According to the Official Google Blog, over 100,000 people will today receive their invitations to preview Google Wave. If you haven’t yet heard of Google Wave, it’s a mix of email, instant messaging, twitter and more. You can see it in action in Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009. So what is it? To be honest I don’t … Read More

Google have announced their new DoubleClick Ad Exchange, yet are somehow managing to drown the pertinent facts with an overwhelming quantity of waffle. The Official Google Blog published a post entitled The DoubleClick Ad Exchange: growing the display advertising pie for everyone last Friday, yet the first nine paragraphs of the entry are little more than lengthy yabbering. A total … Read More

From Mark Zuckerberg’s blog: “As of today, Facebook now serves 300 million people across the world. It’s a large number, but the way we think about this is that we’re just getting started on our goal of connecting everyone. We’re also succeeding at building Facebook in a sustainable way. Earlier this year, we said we expected to be cash flow … Read More

I’m sure you’re already familiar with the concept of an elevator pitch. You’re in an elevator, someone asks you what you do, and you have 15-20 seconds to tell them. It often surprises me how many people can’t describe their business in such a short time span, and of those who do, it’s incredible how many get it wrong. Let’s … Read More

From the UK’s SC Magazine: “Barclays Capital Securities and Barclays Bank have been fined £2.45 million by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failing to provide accurate transaction reports and for serious weaknesses in its systems and controls in relation to transaction reporting.” Barclays fined £2.45 million by the Financial Services Authority for failures in transaction reporting. ‘Serious weaknesses in … Read More

I personally find Google Trends, in particular the Hot Trends, fascinating. It’s a real insight into what really interests the US at any given time. And a quick check this morning shows the top five listings dominated by the American “sportsman” LeGarrette Blount violently losing his temper. Whatever’s left of LeGarrette Blount’s career and credibility will be forever tainted by … Read More

To the best of my knowledge, I’ve been a customer of Barclays Bank for more than 25 years. And when I moved our company back to the UK, I set-up our business bank account with them. We have many years of history, and for a long time the adage of ‘better the devil you know’ has kept me with them. … Read More

According to the Silicon Alley Insider, kids used to hate Twitter, but don’t anymore. Actually, Kids Don’t Hate Twitter Anymore! “While Twitter’s user base historically favored older users, people between ages 12-24 have been Twitter’s fastest growing age group of late. And now that age group is actually disproportionately visiting Twitter, according to comScore.” It might just be that it’s … Read More