October 2007
BT offers insight for small businesses (31 October 2007)
Information on Small Business Week 2007 and the launch of an exciting new website from BT.
Raising the stakes with eBay's Flash-y new tool (31 October 2007)
eBay's new desktop application shows what can be done with Adobe's new AIR technology. It could herald a beautiful new generation of Flash-based desktop software.
Nominate your online favourites (30 October 2007)
BT's new Online Excellence awards look for the sites you couldn't live without: and there's a chance for you to really go up in the world.
Mapping sites pile on the features (29 October 2007)
Microsoft adds new features to its Live Maps, including greater UK coverage for its 3D 'bird's eye' view. Google, meanwhile, favours the social approach.
Tradespacer of the week: The Goodies Mart (26 October 2007)
No, you can't buy Bill Oddie and co here but you can find some tremendous toys!
Do you have an 'outboard memory'? (26 October 2007)
Don't be ashamed if you can't remember your own mobile number. You won't be alone: more and more of us are outsourcing our memory.
The facts about phishing (25 October 2007)
Efforts by eBay and PayPal to combat phishing - when villains mimic the presentation of familiar sites to prise personal data from unsuspecting visitors - seemed to have paid off.
Clever tricks for your site's RSS feed (24 October 2007)
RSS rocks, but is your audience ready? Probably not... in which case, you might want to use the free tools offered by recent Google acquisition, Feedburner.
Have a virtual office anywhere in the UK with geographic phone numbers (23 October 2007)
It's sometimes better to be perceived as a local.
Google buys Twitter-beater Jaiku (23 October 2007)
Finnish web service Jaiku takes Twitter to a new level. Now Google has snapped them up; why? We could find out as early as next month.
Say goodbye to the paper expenses process! (22 October 2007)
A new on-line service from BT to help you manage your companies expenses.
Advertising comes to YouTube video (22 October 2007)
Google's new 'AdSense video units' bring context-sensitive adverts to YouTube videos: but don't worry, your own clips are safe. For now, at least.
BT Tradespacer of the week: Ethics Trading (19 October 2007)
Get your soap nuts here!
Redesign the office online (19 October 2007)
Shuffling the office furniture is a thankless and often agonising task. But here's a website which could streamline the whole process.
Beyond Notepad: powering up plain text editors (18 October 2007)
Plain text editors are the Cinderella of computing applications. But which of the countless replacements for Windows' Notepad should you be using? It depends what you're doing.
A nation of broadband amateurs (17 October 2007)
New studies show how much the internet, and specifically broadband, have become part of everyday life. But we're all making it up as we go along.
Video helps get your business noticed (16 October 2007)
As broadband fuels the rise in user-generated video, take a look at how some BT Tradespace businesses are using it to promote their services.
Adobe's new online software looks great (16 October 2007)
Adobe's efforts in the ever-expanding field of web-based applications are based on Flash, and will look fantastic - as demonstrated by one of the first projects to emerge.
Online advertising overtakes direct mail (15 October 2007)
Well over £1bn is being spent on online advertising in the UK; and whilst social networking sites aren't yet having a significant impact, they're starting to raise their game.
BT Tradespacer of the week: IT For Business (12 October 2007)
A Tradespacer that's been plugged!
Online whiteboards: the art of communicating (12 October 2007)
Sometimes the only way to communicate an idea is to sketch it out. Fine if we're all in the same room, but what if you're in different locations?
VoIP subscription included on our broadband package (11 October 2007)
Want to start saving money on your phones bills... check out VoIP.
The best £50 you ever spent on IT? (11 October 2007)
Simon opens nominations for the best £50 you can spend on an IT product or service with his Wacom tablet. Suddenly a mouse seems so old-fashioned.
Google's new sharing tool: give it time (10 October 2007)
These days there are better ways to share the stuff you find online than email. Google's new tool is far from the best, but it hasn't even been properly released yet.
Pre-Budget Report: new man, familiar story ( 9 October 2007)
Alastair Darling didn't want to hang around, as he delivered his first pre-budget report to the House of Commons. Small businesses will welcome the promise of simpler tax, but may be hit by other changes.
BT Business support forums launched ( 9 October 2007)
Join the BT Business help and support community to share tips, tricks and advice on getting the most out of BT products and services.
BT joins forces with 'free wifi' network FON ( 9 October 2007)
Like the sound of free wireless internet access, near enough worldwide? The deal announced this week between BT and FON is absolutely huge, in geographic terms, if nothing else.
BT eSignature just got a lot cheaper! ( 8 October 2007)
An online service from BT that allows you to legally sign documents electronically.
Microsoft Office for under forty quid? ( 8 October 2007)
Too good to be true? Microsoft really is offering a 94% discount for students, but it's a new complication in the already tricky world of software licensing.
Pay within 30 days - or else what? ( 7 October 2007)
You're legally entitled to claim interest if a client doesn't pay up on time: but how much, and is it worth the aggro?
Lessons from an unlocked iPhone ( 6 October 2007)
With iPhone unlocking tools already in general circulation, Steve Jobs admits Apple is playing a cat-and-mouse game against the world's hackers. It's not the first time he's used those words this year.
BT Tradespacer of the week: Littlesheep Learning ( 5 October 2007)
A BT Tradespacer making use of the recommendations feature.
Yahoo poised for a comeback? ( 5 October 2007)
Yahoo used to rule the roost, but senior staff admitted last year that it had lost its focus. With its co-founder back at the helm, Yahoo looks to be getting its act together again.
BT brings communications to DIY programming tool ( 4 October 2007)
BT has just announced a partnership with a 'web 2.0' company which makes complex web-based applications as easy as drag-and-drop.
IBM releases free office software ( 3 October 2007)
Symphony is IBM's take on the free OpenOffice software suite; but heed this warning if you plan on experimenting with the beta.
BT Website Creator is moving home ( 2 October 2007)
You're spoilt for website tools in our new Website Centre, including the EasySiteWizard, EasyStoreMaker, Blog Tools, PhotoAlbum to name but a few.
Google releases live online presentation tool ( 2 October 2007)
The new presentation component of Google Docs is still well behind PowerPoint in terms of slideshow editing; but its live chat facility is way ahead.
BT launches CRM tools for small businesses ( 1 October 2007)
To complement BT Tradespace, we've recently launched a set of free and simple to use small business productivity tools, named BT BizBox.
