Goodbye Safari, hello Chrome
by Martin Dower Devoted as I am to Safari it’s finally time to say goodbye and move over to the latest shiny toy in the box, Google Chrome. I’m not sure how I am feeling at the moment as I do love Safari for it’s integration into OSX but it’s just losing too much ground [...]
We are updating our privacy policy. This is important.
Respecting visitor privacy is core to what Connected are about and in a rapidly changing field we’re adapting our own internal policies to make privacy more robust, clearer and in-line with the industry. You might have seen Google and others currently reviewing their privacy policies at the moment. We are no different. Key headlines We [...]
Countdown to new EU regulations
On the 25th of May this year, new EU regulations come into force regarding the use of cookies. It is, potentially, one of the biggest changes to affect how web-sites operate in over a decade. Since the last privacy ruling in 2003 the key change is: OLD : You must provide the option for users [...]
PHONE SYSTEM DOWN
Due to circumstances beyond our control our entire VOIP phone system has gone down and our service supplier, Spitfire Communications, are looking into the problem. We are aware that the outages are too frequent and we are taking this up with our supplier. Thankfully, we’re not too reliant on inbound calls these days as all existing [...]
End of Microsoft and the death of Google
Roger McNamee is a pretty interesting character in the digital world and a rare sight in a world filled with 18-year kids on caffeine. Over the years he seems to have got pretty wise to emerging trends and has advised a great many companies successfully. Now in his mid-fifties you might have thought he would [...]
Interns needed
The long summer holiday now looms for recent school and university leavers complete with parents whining about their kid’s job prospects. What an ideal time to consider joining Connected for a few months on our Summer of 2011 Intern Project. We’re looking for a couple of bright, keen and hardworking peeps who have a basic [...]
Google Plus Tips
I have shamefully re-posted this from Robert Scoble, of blogging and Building43 fame. It’s a pretty useful quick guide to getting started in Google Plus as there are no really useful guides out there yet and whilst it shares a lot of similarity to the look of Facebook that can be distracting and misleading as [...]
UPDATE: PHONE SYSTEM DOWN
Due to circumstances beyond our control our entire VOIP phone system went down at 10:32am BST. As of 11:18 it is still down for all locations and our service supplier, Spitfire Communications, are looking into the problem which appears to be network wide across a number of businesses. Thankfully, we’re not too reliant on inbound [...]
Recruiting TWO Freelancers
We are actively growing and need a pair of bright and energetic front-end web monkeys with skills in XHTML, CSS and some Javascript hackery. Rates are highly competitive. We’ve got a busy summer coming up delivering some clever applications for a number of customers so if you are interested send Andy an email with examples of [...]
A movie weekend
As part of our commitment to all-things Yorkshire we sponsor Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra and last weekend saw their excellent Family Movie Matinee, hosted by the (according to my wife) “dreamy” Robert Powell. The event was great fun for all and was a lovely way to wile away a Sunday afternoon listening to the best from [...]
