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Google boss says something will happen in China 'soon'
Seven weeks and counting

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has reiterated that the company is currently in negotiations with the Chinese government over its future in the country - despite the Chinese government's claims to the contrary - and he expects some sort of development "soon."?

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work


Google flips switch on mobile YouTube banner ads
Phone vid traffic up '160%'

Google is now serving ads on the mobile incarnation of YouTube.?

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work


Zero* welcome for 200 Welsh TV shows - in Wales
Nid wyf yn deall gair rydych chi'n dweud

Almost 200 Welsh language programmes broadcast by S4C last month attracted precisely zero viewers, leaked audience figures show.?

The power of collaboration within unified communications


Samsung to bundle glasses with 3D TVs
Tackles hidden cost of 3D TV viewing

In a bid to become the leading supplier of 3D TVs, Samsung will bundle every one of its 3D tellies and Blu-ray Disc players with two pairs of active-shutter specs and a copy of Monsters vs Aliens, the company announced last night.?

The power of collaboration within unified communications


Freesat BBC iPlayer beta gets red button access
Code-only entry ended

Humax and the BBC have extended their iPlayer trial to all of the manufacturers' Freesat set-top boxes, making the catch-up service available through remotes' red buttons.?

What is your recession sales strategy?


R.I.P. News Section

We've decided it's time to say goodbye to our news section. We've become very active bloggers since the conception of the site and the static news section just doesn't cut the mustard compared with the level of social interaction that blogging invites.

So it just remains to say, Rest In Peace News Section you will probably not be missed at all.

July 2006 | Roy Wilding
Shortlisted For "Best Commercial Website" Award

We're delighted to have been shortlisted for "Best Commercial Website" at this years Big Chip Awards for the Heaven SPA website.

We've been to the Big Chip Awards a couple of times now and always enjoyed the evening as a chance to mix with our peers and celebrate some of the great work that happens here in the North West. After enthusiastically celebrating everyone else's success last year we decided we would set ourselves the goal of getting one of our projects in the shortlist for this year.

Having succeeded we're under no great illusion that we might win given the class of opposition but it's certainly nice to think we're being considered.

The Big Chip Awards take place on Wednesday 24th May 2006 at New Century Hall, Manchester.

Well Done Us!

April 2006 | Roy Wilding
Two New Sites Launched

We've launched two new sites for Salutions a small Didsbury based publishing company.

Didsbury Magazine

The Didsbury Magazine website is a slimmed down online version of the magazine and a portal to lots of great information and services for people in the Didsbury area.

Salutions Limited

The Salutions Limited website is a supporting site for the business and includes media information and copy deadlines for the full range of magazines published by Salutions.

March 2006 | Roy Wilding
Restore Foam Website Launch

Restore Foam make Visco Elastic Memory Foam Mattresses and other related products like orthopaedic posture aids. We've built them a site to allow them to sell those products online.

Within 2 days of launching the site it was ranked number 1 in Google for a handfull of key phrases if you want to know why they read my article about building websites for SEO success.

There are 2 elements that make up the Restore Foam site, the first is a W3C standards based informative site and the second is an implementation of Actinic to handle the e-commerce backend.

March 2006 | Roy Wilding