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Cynical cyclist: Google Bike Maps is nice but useless

Bike information doesn't achieve much

Got Twitter clout? New tools rate you

How influential are you on Twitter? That's what several sites are now promising to judge, labelling you by doing everything from calculating your "social capital" to knocking you for a "low Twitter efficiency".

Is that a library in your pocket?

Big changes are coming to the publishing world

Top 10 technology stories of 2009

Windows 7, Chrome, Twitter and Droid make for another busy year in tech

Seven smartphone predictions for 2010

What will happen to iPhones and Android in the new year?

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Facebook and Twitter: Headache or opportunity?

Social networks are exciting, but risky

Life in an online world

The intersection of man and machine

Motorola Droid vs Apple iPhone

Which is the smartest phone of them all?

Create dress codes for online avatars, says Gartner

Professionalism still matters, even in Second Life

ICANN freedom from US control is good news

The Internet may have its roots in the United States, but it is a global entity now. For better, or for worse, the United States can no longer have sole control over an organisation like ICANN which impacts global commerce and productivity.

Google wants to make the web faster. Good news for the enterprise?

Google is offering a recipe for improving web performance but their prescriptions may be too simplistic for many enterprises.

Twitter prepares for Twitter Pro with Terms of Service

Micro-blogging platform decides to get more professional and sort out ownership of tweet issues.

The Case Against Private Clouds

The Case Against Private Clouds

Over the past few weeks, I've examined the role of private clouds in cloud computing. In posts one and two, I discussed the functional services that comprise a private cloud, both from the infrastructure as well as the application management perspective.

Is SOA really dead?

Is SOA really dead?

The people that are burying SOA today are often the same who promoted it a few years ago

Keeping collaboration confidential

Keeping collaboration confidential

Online meetings and web 2.0 collaboration tools can bring many business benefits but care must be taken to ensure all confidential information shared with remote colleagues remains 100 per cent secure.

Global Delivery - The Impact of the Services Cloud

Global Delivery - The Impact of the Services Cloud

Organisations with global reach and outsourced workers spread over different continents need a new set of tools to ensure quality teamworking. New tools inherited from the explosion in collaborative content creation can help out.

Five ways to build a virtual office

Five ways to build a virtual office

When it comes to running a business, our feet are firmly on the ground but our data and software are increasingly in the cloud. My burgeoning media empire consists of two people (my lovely wife and me), but to the outside world we seem a lot bigger, thanks to online applications.

Creating Web 2.0 mashups for business using SOA

Creating Web 2.0 mashups for business using SOA

If you want to capitalise on the web 2.0, it's all in the mix.

It’s better to be saved than sorry

It’s better to be saved than sorry

In the face of regulation and compliance, enterprises of all sizes must adopt an email management strategy that allows companies to store and search through their emails.

Facebook faces the music

Facebook faces the music

Bad news, Facebook fans. It turns out the Internet is full of spammers, scammers, and naughty naughty men. Who knew?

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