Social media pioneer Friends Reunited, a website created in 2000 with the aim of connecting people to old school friends and others from their past, has been relaunched with a heavy focus on nostalgia. Despite early success, amassing over 15 million members by December 2005, it faltered due to the success...

In the contemporary world of business, the value of good communication should never be underestimated. To some extent that has always been the case, as people have always appreciated good customer service and reliable delivery of their expectations – whether in the Middle Ages, the Victorian Era or...

Another week, another accusation that Facebook is mistreating our personal data. UK newspaper the Sunday Times has claimed that Facebook ‘admitted reading text messages’ through its Android application, thereby invading the privacy of smartphone users. Facebook has denied this, however, responding...

Workplaces come in all kinds of shapes, sizes… and atmospheres. There are a variety of features which people consider essential to their daily professional exsistence – and, of course, several wishful thinking items which some companies have made a reality. Location How people feel about the...

Research by car insurer Aviva has suggested that ‘normal’ patterns in family car ownership have begun to change, with the man of the house becoming less likely to be in charge of the larger vehicle. The stereotype – and, indeed, the reality – has long been that the father figure drives...

Telecommunications giant BT has announced that its total number of wireless internet hotspots has reached 3.5m – a statistic which makes it hard to remember the days when an awkward dial-up connection was such a unique and valuable lifeline. It isn’t just dial-up that it surpasses, however, but...

Only a fifth of car owners put their vehicles away in a garage each night, according to research by the RAC Foundation – despite around two fifths having access to one. The study revealed that 25 per cent are parked on the street, while 53 per cent reside on driveways and 3 per cent are left in other...

Software company Caphyon has recently released version 8.6 of its popular all-in-one SEO software Advanced Web Ranking (AWR), which is designed to help website owners and professional developers track and improve their search engine rankings. Advanced Web Ranking has a wide range of features to help...

This month has seen the issue of internet freedom raised by the government at the London Conference On Cyberspace, just as further arrests were made in Manchester as a result of August 2011′s riots. Despite burgeoning public anger at various perceived injustices in society, the riots in London,...

Despite having been around for several years, smartphones are still regarded by many as exciting products to own – and yet, does it ever seem as though almost everyone has one? Well, you’re not far wrong, as half of them probably do. That’s one conclusion of a new study by international...

With any business it is paramount that risk assessment be undertaken, particularly fire risk assessment. As many businesses have large numbers of staff it is of utmost importance that a fire risk assessment be carried out in order to protect the firm against legal action if a fire were to take place....