Welcome to Our Blog
Welcome to the Freetimers main Blog, which is focused on Website Design, Development and Programming and just about anything else of interest that relates to businesses and the Internet! Freetimers also has a separate SEO & Digital Marketing Blog, because it is such a huge subject in its own right, and there is a link to it at the top menu for your convenience. Both Blogs will be updated with new articles regularly, and we do hope you will find the content of interest, and more importantly, useful to you!
If we spark any ideas please don’t hesitate to contact us on the phone numbers provided; we’d love to hear from you.
Greg Poulson, Managing Director, Freetimers
5th Nov 2012
Microsoft’s latest foray into the smartphone market begins as the Windows Phone 8 goes on sale. Whilst reviewers and the relative few who bought the Windows Phone 7 praised the product, sales were slow despite the fast-growing market. Even with more features and improvements on the original, it would seem that many people are reluctant to stray from their iPhone or Android counterparts.
10th Nov 2012
The annual festive holiday survey by Nielsen has revealed that the iPad has risen in popularity by 17% since 2010, allowing Apple to claim four out of the top five most wanted Christmas presents.
15th Nov 2012
Nearly a year after initial plans were submitted for a £530m project to bring faster internet to the UK countryside, the European Commission has finally approved the scheme. The plan to improve rural connections was part of the coalition government’s goal to give the UK the best broadband network in Europe.
22nd Nov 2012
A meeting of the International Telecommunication Union on 3rd December has motivated Google to create its ‘Take Action’ microsite www.google.com/takeaction to protest against and educate web users about the dangers of a government-regulated web.
28th Nov 2012
Global information services company Experian predicts that Monday 3rd December 2012 will be the busiest online shopping day pre-Christmas.
UK consumers are likely to spend 375 million hours shopping online in December 2012. Furthermore, Experian predict that Christmas 2012 will be the biggest and busiest ever for online retailers in the UK.