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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Google to Attack Counterfeit Adverts

Posted on 16th March, 2011

Go0gle has finally decided that they shouldn’t let unscrupulous types advertise knock-off or counterfeit goods using their AdWords and AdSense services. In the second half of 2010, the search company suspended over 50 thousand AdWords accounts for attempting to advertise counterfeit products, and they’ve just announced three new initiatives that … Continue Reading

Service Providers to Eschew Obfuscation, Embrace Elucidation

Posted on 15th March, 2011

Are you often confused by the impenetrable, archaic language employed by ISPs to enlighten consumers as to their traffic management practices? Yes? Well, you’re in luck. Internet Service Providers BSkyB, BT, O2, TalkTalk, Three, Virgin Media and Vodafone have signed up to a voluntary code designed to provide customers with … Continue Reading

Google Helps in the Search for Tsunami Survivors

Posted on 14th March, 2011

Following Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Google has launched a website to help victims of the disaster and their families get back in touch. Google’s Person Finder: 2011 Japan Earthquake website has been set up to collate information from a variety of sources in order to help people … Continue Reading

Could Texts Replace Stamps?

Posted on 11th March, 2011

“Snail Mail” has become a thing of the past, as email, texting and social media have provided faster, more efficient ways of communicating. But according to reports from Denmark, SMS text messaging could be about to give traditional letter writing a bit of a boost. Now, instead of having to … Continue Reading

EU Aren’t Happy With The Amount of Cookies We Have

Posted on 10th March, 2011

  If you’re about to work yourself up into a frenzied panic over the EU banning biscuits, you can calm down. Go have a cup of tea or something. If you’ve guessed we’re talking about browser cookies, well done. Have yourself a cookie. European Laws to Affect Website Cookies From … Continue Reading

Google Remove Malware From Android Phones

Posted on 7th March, 2011

Poor Google. When they’re not being accused of spying on customers, they’re having to stop third parties from spying on their customers. Over 50 applications infected with phone monitoring tools were added to Google’s Android Marketplace (their equivalent of Apple’s iPhone App Store). The infected programmes carried a virus called … Continue Reading

Facebook Saves A Boy’s Life

Posted on 4th March, 2011

A 4 year old boy in Bury has been diagnosed with leukemia thanks to his father’s Facebook friend. After young Ted Rice developed a strange rash on his face his father posted a picture on the social networking site to solicit opinions for a doctor friend. Within minutes, he’d received … Continue Reading

World Book Day – Using the Internet to Read for Free

Posted on 3rd March, 2011

March 3 marks World Book Day, a day dedicated tothe joy of reading. And to celebrate, The FirstFound blog is going to show you a few ways that you can read for free using the Internet. Free Downloads As much as we love real, paper books, more and more people … Continue Reading

Watch Out For Booby-Trapped Web Adverts!

Posted on 2nd March, 2011

The BBC are reporting that tens of thousands of UK consumers could’ve been targeted by scam adverts on a number of popular websites. Hackers managed to insert the compromised ads into the computer systems used by a leading online advertiser, causing them to be displayed on high profile websites including … Continue Reading

The ASA Is Watching You…

Posted on 1st March, 2011

Are you making false claims on your website? Fibbing on Facebook or telling tall tales on Twitter? If you’re being economical with the truth when it comes to your online advertising, you could be putting yourself in the sights of the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA). As of March 1 2011, … Continue Reading

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