mash-ups in news
RSS mash-ups in newsHughes Electricals automates online enquiries
News Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups Hughes Electricals has added an automated customer enquiries service to its website, halving the staff resource needed to answer customers questions over the crucial... [16 Nov 2007]
Web 2.0 portals open doors for businesses
News Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups According to Phifer, companies could use portals to allow users to access locally stored corporate data, such as email and in-house applications, as well as enterprise... [09 Nov 2007]
BlackBerry: And the next killer mobile app is...
News According to McDowell, a more realistic killer app for BlackBerry devices is mapping tools, including a variety of mash-ups with applications such as Google Maps. TV could be the next big thing for... [02 Nov 2007]
Yahoo! pockets Zimbra for $350m
News What differentiates Zimbra are the "Zimlet": web service mash-ups that offer richer functionality in email. Yahoo! is buying email software provider Zimbra for about $350m, the companies announced.... [18 Sep 2007]
Serena launches business mash-up exchange
News Mashup Composer is a web 2.0 tool that enables users to visually design mash-ups that automate business activities. Mash-ups, which have previously been the sole domain... [11 Sep 2007]
BBC iPlayer row: The government speaks
News Cheat Sheets ¦ Web 2.0 ¦ Mash-ups The government has responded to an e-petition protesting against the way in which the BBC's iPlayer has been developed. The 10 Downing Street e-petition, signed by... [07 Sep 2007]
Employers crack down on Facebook "addicts"
News Cheat Sheets ¦ Web 2.0 ¦ Mash-ups Employers are being forced to crack down on staff accessing social networking website Facebook at work because of the high levels of usage, security risks and the... [31 Aug 2007]
Facebook banned by half of employers
News Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups Half of businesses are restricting employees' access to social networking site Facebook, due to concerns about productivity and security. According to research by... [21 Aug 2007]
16,000 back iPlayer petition
News Cheat Sheets ¦ Web 2.0 ¦ Mash-ups More than 16,000 people have now signed an e-petition protesting about the way the BBC has rolled out its on-demand TV service, iPlayer. The deadline for the... [20 Aug 2007]
Web watchdog warns of social network perils
News Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups The European watchdog for web and information security, Enisa, has warned of the dangers of social networking sites. Academics and industry experts discussed the risks... [17 Aug 2007]
Beware web 2.0 security risks, companies warned
News Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups The use of web 2.0 technology in business is creating significant security risks which need to be addressed. The adoption of the web 2.0 technologies - such as blogs,... [14 Aug 2007]
MoD trailblazes travel-booking service
News Cheat Sheets ¦ Web 2.0 ¦ Mash-ups The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed up Capgemini to deliver an electronic travel-booking service. The department has already achieved 10 per cent yearly savings... [07 Aug 2007]
MySpace vs Facebook: The race is on...
News Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups MySpace attracts the largest number of social network users in the UK but Facebook is catching up fast. According to figures from digital research group ComScore,... [01 Aug 2007]
London 2012 embraces web 2.0 and green IT
News Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups The London 2012 Olympic Games organisers are exploring energy-saving green IT initiatives and embracing web 2.0 technologies such as social networking for the event. [01 Aug 2007]
One-fifth of the world online by 2011
News Cheat Sheets Web 2.0 Mash-ups One-fifth (22 per cent) of the world's population will be online by 2011 - with around 1.5 billion users expected to be surfing the web. The expected growth represents... [26 Jul 2007]
