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Category Archives: Web Development


New Net Suffixes Draw Closer

What do Wales, Canon and Burger King have in common? It’s that they’re all in the running to purchase one of Icann’s brand specific domain suffixes.
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FirstFound is Hiring – POSITION FILLED

FirstFound need you. If you’re a highly skilled web developer, fluent in everything from PHP to the correct use of Photoshop, then you could have what it takes to join our website design and development team. Continue Reading


Chrome is King (For a Day)

Sunday, March 18th, 2012. A day which will live in infamy. Because for 24 hours, Internet Explorer was knocked from its perch as the world’s most used web browser. Replaced by a challenger that’s only been around for four years. Google Chrome. Continue Reading


Google Wants Your Business on the Mobile Web

Google have decided that British businesses are lacking when it comes to taking advantage of the mobile internet, and they’re about to help you all do something about it. The GetMo initiative (short for ‘Get Mobilised’) is an extension of the US-based GoMo (‘Google Mobilize’) scheme that’s been running in … Continue Reading


Google Chrome Defeated in Hacking Contest (Twice)

It looks like Google Chrome isn’t as secure as was previously claimed, as the browser is hacked twice in the 2012 Pwn2own contest. Continue Reading


Mobile App Downloads Pass the One Billion per Week Mark

It looks like lots of people received a brand new smartphone or tablet computer for Christmas, because the last week of December 2011 saw over 1.2 billion mobile apps downloaded in just 7 days. Continue Reading


50% of UK Population Owns a Smartphone

The way the population of the UK accesses the internet is changing, with news that over half of us now own an internet-enabled smartphone. Apparently we’re all ditching our old featureless phones so that we can Tweet, Skype and send Facebook messages on the move, and this could mark a … Continue Reading


Street View Heads Inside

Can you hear that? It’s the sound of thousands of Daily Mail readers grinding their teeth at the news that Google’s controversial Street View service is now going to snoop around inside your house, critique your furniture and let burglars see just where you hide the jewellery. It’s a thought … Continue Reading


ISPs to Block “Adult Content”?

Following sustained pressure from the parenting group Mothers’ Union, British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans for an ‘opt-in’ system for adult internet content. Under Cameron’s proposed rulings, Internet Service Providers such as BT, Virgin, Talk Talk and Sky will block ‘adult’ content to new subscribers who don’t specifically … Continue Reading


.XXX Domain Registrations Begin – But Not For Names

The ICM Registry caused a bit of a stir earlier this year, when it announced the launch of the new adult content-focused .xxx domains. As of today, you can now register your very own .xxx domain – regardless of whether or not you’re peddling smut to the online masses. Brands … Continue Reading