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Nine months to impress my wife – the Babyelephant.ie story

By Gareth Jones // 31 August, 2010 – 4:54 pm // 7 Comments

The first post for the “9 months to impress my wife” campaign – story of my efforts to launch my wife’s online business in the UK. Sharing all successes and failures and inviting comments and advice

Google Zeitgeist: nothing stops internet billionaires sleeping like babies

By Gareth Jones // 19 May, 2010 – 11:20 am // 1 Comment

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt didn’t seem to have a care in the world as he sat sipping a Diet Coke and nibbling on chocolate-covered peanuts during a press briefing at Google’s Zeitgeist conference yesterday. The reality is, however, that the search giant is in hot water after its Street View camera cars were caught spying on people’s internet usage.

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Privacy fears threaten Facebook’s plans for world domination

By Gareth Jones // 19 May, 2010 – 8:56 am // 4 Comments

Mark Zuckerberg might appear to be more affable geek than evil genius, but the Facebook founder’s masterplan to seize control of the web would make even the dastardliest Bond villain proud.

The social networking site, founded just six years ago, has leapfrogged Yahoo! to become the biggest publisher of display ads, serving 176.3bn banners to US users in the first quarter of 2010. Read more »

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