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Online reviews – Good or Bad?

If you use on-line review sites (and in reality, who doesn’t), there was a startling revelation recently announced by the website Yelp. They reported that about a quarter of their reviews may be faked in attempts by companies to influence consumer opinions. 😯 Yelp say that they have introduced automated …

Windows 8 Update

After getting off to a rocky start, Windows 8 is getting an update; Is this Microsoft finally admitting it was not a …

Competitive Quotes

Sometimes we get an insight into the unscrupulous nature of some of our competitors, and the lengths they go to, to bamboozle their …

Epic Fail from Epson

Sometimes it is unbelievable just how poor some companies service can be. Take for instance today’s debacle trying to get a two …

Does the prestige pricing model continue to work in today's difficult business climate?

Prestige Pricing

I am curious as to the reality of ‘prestige pricing’, and the amount of sales that can be attributed to this kind …

Simon Rochester

Virtual computing

There is a huge trend towards virtual and cloud computing in the IT world, though there is also a “because we can” rather …

Rest in Peace UK Businesses

21st Century Business

The UK business scene is seeing some of it’s huge businesses taken down by a variety of influences. In the recent case …