Monday 20 December 2010

News Update - Monday 20/12/10

Here's the pick of the last week's news stories that are likely to impact your business:

Upgrading to MSOffice 2010/Windows7: With many businesses expected to make the transition in the next few months, why is it so difficult? Why do we put up with such problems?

Alternatives to MSOffice: With Sun’s OpenOffice the only real desktop alternative, Sun’s acquisition by Oracle has resulted in the “Oracle Cloud” productivity software alongside GoogleApps, Microsoft’s own Office 365 and a few others in the cloud

Google’s ChromeOS: With devices that run Google’s ChromeOS operating system being launched as a pilot, be aware that the idea is to use cloud-based apps rather than load any apps on the device

Twitter – Follow or Tweet: Some interesting statistics about how usage of Twitter has changed in 2010 compared to 2009. Here are some further tips on using Twitter.

A final thought  - It’s all in the name: Looking at “To Skype”, it reminded me that names that also work as verbs have a distinct advantage in a competitive market. “To Google”, “To Hoover” and slightly differently “To Tweet” capture interest in a way that “To iTunes” and “To Bing” doesn’t. How do your business names fare as verbs?

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