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Internet Explorer Browser Usage drops below 50% market share for the first time

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The latest Ars Technica browser usage figures show that Internet Explorer has dropped below 50% market share for the first time - for combined browsing platforms (Desktop + Mobile)

 

Combined Browser Market Share October 2011

 

Internet Explorer 49.59%
Firefox 21.20%
Chrome 16.60%
Safari 8.72%
Opera 2.55%
Android Browser 0.76%

 

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Irish Books Direct is officially launched

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The new Irish Books Direct website, is the epitome of a modern family business; it’s also a great example of proper Social Commerce. Affino and Comrz have always been great enablers, but nothing is achieved without a sound business vision and the right people behind it.

Alasdair Verschoyle has long been involved in book retail and distribution, and always had the goal of one day creating a community-centric book store focused on his Irish roots, and underlined by a passion for championing ...


Amazon teams up with 7-Eleven to eliminate missed deliveries

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As reported by various online Tech journals and blogs, Amazon has announced that it is teaming up with 7-Eleven to give its customers 24/7 access to parcel collection. One of the biggest issues with online retail is ensuring that there is someone home to receive the package at the time of delivery. The cost of pin-point delivery, where you choose the exact time-slot is cost-prohibitive for most. Some people work very long hours, and have long commutes on top of their working hours, meaning that...


Gateshead Libraries modernise and enhance their website presence

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The Gateshead Libraries team, headed up by Rachel Peacock and Gail Holmes, has significantly upgraded their community-centric website.

A key resource on the project was designer Mark Foster from Urban Platform. Mark was also responsible for Rotherham’s ’Ask My CommunityAffino Website - which has long been admired for its clean lines and elegant usability.

The main consideration for the site update was to give ever greater and easier access to resources, and to more readily ...


Gamification of mundane tasks is set to become as important as usability and learnability online

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There has been a significant amount in the press recently about Finnish National Library microsite - ’Digitalkoot’ which has managed to combine the best elements of gamification and crowdsourcing to get members of the public to willingly participate in menial data entry.

Hundreds of thousands of documents have been scanned into the national library archives, but a lot of the printed material is too fuzzy for automatic text recognition to work. This is where games ’Mole Bridge&...


Nordic Walking is My Fitness Heaven

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Past Exercise

The peak of my gym attendance occurred some years ago now, I managed to go 3-4 times a week for nearly 3 years straight, since then a lot less frequently. That favourite Gym was the North Devon Leisure Centre - and was situated on the top level with large windows overlooking a lovely, constantly changing river scene. I showered at home, and as such did not have to face up to my usual changing room hygiene phobia. In Iceland - they make you take your shoes off before entering such an...


The New Industrial Revolution

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The entry level 3D Printer - CupCake CDC from MakerBot

Affordable, empowering technology - which can be used at and from the home is fuelling a new kind of industrial revolution...


We at Comrz marshall a small, global workforce using numerous key Internet-based technologies. At the centre of everything is our own Social Commerce Platform - Affino, which handles most forms of our formal communications, sign-in and project logging, as well as the marketing, sales and support for our services and solutions - via our own integrated and fully-featured ...

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