http://www.boldendeavours.com en BoldEndeavours RSS Feed Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:52:45 +0000 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:49:52 +0000 Bold Endeavours sets up IT maintenance contract resources in New Dehli, providing 24/7 coverage Bold Endeavours opens Delhi outsource. Bold Endeavours sets up IT maintenance contract resources in New Dehli, providing  24/7 coverage. Cogniscant of the need for companies to reduce IT maintenance costs as well as the cost of software and web development, Bold Endeavours has opened a production office in New Dehli. Operations Direcor Leon Dawson said “Hitherto most of Bold Endeavour’s software and web development was managed from the Kiev operation. However, with an expanding client base in Europe and the US, managing time zones was becoming problematic; opening in New Dehli allows further support. More information from London, Derek Mansfield +44 (0) 208 123 1778 New York, James Jordan +1 347 983 0157 Kiev, Natalie Rastabarova +380 44 221 9595 New Dehli, Leon Dawson +91 11 4300 4760 or email contract3@boldendeavours.com http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/51.html Mon, 25 May 2009 06:17:53 +0000 Mansfield said “I’m delighted to see the site go live – it contains superb footage and is positioned well for the future. Mansfield said “I’m delighted to see the site go live – it contains superb footage and is positioned well for the future. The system was completed about a year ago and Skyworks have been creating stock to upload since then.” He added "From our perspective as a development company the footage industry seems to be buoyant judging by the number of sales we are making. Certainly the Skyworks launch at this time shows how the industry is becoming increasingly professional in the quality of stock offered and the systems used to deliver it" Contact Big Easy Software Derek Mansfield UK +44 208 123 1778 USA: +1 347 983 0157 Press@big-easy-team.com www.befls.com London, Kiev Dated 21.05.09 http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/69.html Mon, 25 May 2009 06:22:55 +0000 Extreme aerial footage company AirviewXtreme is gearing up to launch their new HD stock footage online. Airview major on HD high-end Rights Managed footage and have appointed Bold Endeavours to create an advanced footage website using their Big Easy Footage Library System. Nathan Tomlinson, Airview’s CEO said “We have been filming superb HD footage over the past three years and we were determined to present it in the best possible way. We looked at all the available systems and decided The Big Easy was best; the system, coupled with Bold Endeavours online SEO marketing skills made the final choice easy” Soft launch to the search engines will start in around 4 weeks; market launch will be September 2009 AirviewXtreme - HD Aerial Filming Nathan Tomlinson +61 418 381 327 xtremefreelance@mbox.com.au www.xtremefreelance.com.au Bold Endeavours Derek Mansfield +44 208 123 1778 Press@big-easy-team.com www.boldendeavours.com Big Easy Footage Library Software Natalie Rastabarova +44 123 208 1992 press@big-easy-team.com www.befls.com Sydney, London, Kiev Dated 21.05.09 http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/70.html Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:10:03 +0000 Bold Endeavours President Derek Mansfield notes much improved increase in business activity in second quarter 2009. 06 June2009 London, Kiev. Bold Endeavours President Derek Mansfield notes much improved increase in business activity in second quarter 2009. “Our business is two areas, bespoke software and a range of custom built web systems. Both areas are seeing an increase but the really interesting sector is in our Big Easy web development products. One of our biggest lines is targeted to a niche sector – online sales of professional footage clips. Buyers of footage clips are Film and TV studios, Advertising Agencies and marketing companies. Our Customers are the content owners who sell to these buyers. We have seen a quadrupling of inquiries and sales in the last 3 months. Our customers say they are buying systems because demand is building amongst TV studios and Ad Agencies - stock footage allows TV and commercial production to continue to be produced, but at lower cost." Bold Endeavours also took the initiative in extending it’s own lines of credit to software buyers; in a credit hungry world this is proving successful. Most inquiries come from the USA and Britain but the company is in negotiations with Russian, Australian, German and Dutch businesses. Mansfield continued “Times have been fairly tough since September last year but if this improvement continues we will soon be hiring more developers and management people in our Kiev production facility.” For more information contact Bold Endeavours Derek Mansfield +44 208 123 1778 Press@big-easy-team.com www.boldendeavours.com Big Easy Footage Library Software Natalie Rastabarova +38 044 221 95 95 press@big-easy-team.com www.befls.com http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/71.html Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:48:35 +0000 Buybacks-online have approved Bold Endeavours to manage site development. Recently a new site was launched. buybacks-online.co.uk Buybacks online Ltd provides a convenient, safe and discreet environment to secure a loan based on the value of your gold. Buybacks online is an easy web based way for you to borrow money against the value of your gold. with no need to travel and without the stigma of having to use your high street pawnbrokers. With the added bonus of no credit checks, cash within 24 hours and a discreet service Buybacks Online is the service for you. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/78.html Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:32:19 +0000 To help small business jump start sales Big Easy Software development is being offered on extended lease purchase deals. The credit squeeze is doubly painful for online businesses; if a company is not in the top 3 on Google it's likely that both the site and the online marketing need a drastic overhaul. But how to pay for it with reduced cashflow ? Lease purchase is the answer A lease purchase solution is available from the ever creative and resourceful Big Easy Software team at Bold Endeavours. They decide if Banks and Finance companies won't help businesses they would - Bold Endeavours is now offering lease purchase deals for their customised software application and web developments.  They work out the costs - then take 20% as  first payment with the remainder paid over 23 months. At the end of the period the business owns the clear licence for the software – with no more to pay. Meantime the lease payments can be claimed as a business expense against tax – thus reducing the final cost of the library software by whatever tax rate you pay. Big Easy also applies similar flexibility to hosting charges and fees for advanced Search Engine Optimisation and internet marketing. As an example the lease - purchase cost for a truly stunning, state of the art media software library is from as little as $500 / £350 per month for 24 months.   London, Derek Mansfield +44 (0) 208 123 1778 New York, James Jordan +1 347 983 0157 Kiev, Natalie Rastabarova +380 44 221 9595 or email press@boldendeavours.com http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/63.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:29:01 +0000 Future proofed Content Management System launched - platform and browser independent New version of content management system - Big Easy CMS Our new future proofed Content Management System is both browser and platform independent. Big Easy CMS is our third content management system and is completely new, not an upgrade. The earlier developments were created at a time when most client's priorities were to have a system that looked and felt like Microsoft - so we deliberately engineered ours to work with Microsoft code and scripts. This helped user confidence levels and made for a fast learning curve. However, Vista did not include the original code snippets that we required  to run our content management system so we decided to dispense with all Microsoft integration and develop the third iteration of our CMS; indeed now that we no longer work with Microsoft code, our own system is more stable, much faster and is simpler to integrate with other business processes and systems. The new CMS, branded as a Big Easy product, works with any browser - Explorer, Mozilla, Safari and Opera and will run on any operating system, Linux, Windows or Apple Pricing runs from £3,000 for a complete site with an infinity licence - we can develop a new site in about 15 working days. Press contacts London    : Derek Mansfield       : +44 208 123 1778 New York : James Jordan          : +1 347 983 0157  Kiev          : Natalie Rastabarova : +380 44 536 1101 http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/60.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:56:01 +0000 Reliable Offshore outsource helps companies cope with reduced IT budgets Reliable outsource with restructured pricing UK based Bold Endeavours Group announced restructured price offers for term maintenance IT contracts. In a business downturn IT is one area that is usually hacked to save money. This normally means new projects are shelved, but many companies still have to employ the same levels of expensive IT staff to simply maintain systems. According to UK based ITjobswatch in-house salaries for developers are £35k to £45k and upwards of £68k if day rate contractors are used. Bold Endeavours charging rates are typically 45% lower than in-house and 56% lower than day rate contractors. With American and English project managers in the USA and UK and project staff in Ukraine, Korea and India, Bold Endeavours runs outsource maintenance contracts as well as complete projects. The “follow the sun” global reach and linguistic abilities makes contract servicing simple and direct – poor communication and mis-understandings are the bane of poorly staffed outsource companies. Bold Endeavours also offers online marketing management as an offshore outsource too. More information from London, Derek Mansfield +44 (0) 208 123 1778 New York, James Jordan +1 347 983 0157 Kiev, Natalie Rastabarova +380 44 221 9595 New Dehli, Leon Dawson +91 11 4300 4760 or email contract3@boldendeavours.com http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/58.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:19:15 +0000 Demand for Big Easy Library software in America increases - US office headed up by James Jordan Bold Endeavours opens New York office to expand Big Easy Library software sales in America James Jordan, ex Footage.net CEO will spearhead Bold Endeavours US operation as demand for specialist web applications – particularly Video and Image libraries - continues to grow. James has spent a large part of his career in the film business both as a producer and as an executive consultant having headed up ITN’s American archive business and launching the AP footage library in the US - as well as running the TV division of a Top10 US Ad agency. Bold Endeavours President Derek Mansfield said “We’re delighted to have James with us. His wide experience and personal expertise coupled with our systems will help US clients gain rapid, major market shares in the Footage and Image Industries" For more information contact : New York, James Jordan +1 347 983 0157 London, Derek Mansfield +44 (0) 208 123 1778 http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/59.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:20:57 +0000 Caution advised - offshore outsource sellers reach new frenzy as outsource business declines Bold Endeavours Group queries quality control for newest offshore outsource entrants. Any company dealing with software or web development is being assailed by an astonishing barrage of sellers - the majority of which are new to outsource or offfshore operations. Derek Mansfield, President of Bold Endeavours Group says the amount of telemarketing calls, emails, Skype contacts are escalating daily. Mansfield says “All of our team, based on 3 continents and in all disciplines – sales, development, design, are being contacted by increasingly desperate ‘offshore outsource’ companies seeking the ‘Business owner’ The irony is that Bold Endeavours Group is already an offshore outsource - albeit a UK company based near Heathrow with wholly owned subsidiaries in Ukraine, USA and India. “We've been operating IT and web services offshore since 1992 so we know the business and the industry. This apparent explosion of offshore outsource offerings seems to have two drivers. The majority of offshore companies only get parts of projects given to them by the contract holder – so because work is drying up UK developers are keeping more to themselves. Next, uncompetitive UK developers are teaming up with offshore businesses in an effort to become competitive." Mansfield believes client companies using newer affiliations may come to grief if they are not very careful; looking at the project management and communications systems is of equal importance to developer experience; communication and mis-understandings are the bane of poorly staffed or untried outsource companies. "When pressed you'll find many of the companies offering such services today are loosely based associates. No problem with that, but loose associations just as easily disappear when a project hits difficulties" In the downturn the IT budget is a primary area to be savagely cut. Although this generally means new projects are shelved, many companies are still forced to employ the same levels of expensive IT staff to simply maintain systems. According to UK based Itjobswatch annual in-house salaries for developers are still £35k to £45k and upwards of £68k if day rate contractors are used. Bold Endeavours charging rates are typically half that of in-house staff and two thirds lower than day rate contractors. With American and English Project Directors in the USA and UK and salaried project staff in Ukraine and India, Bold Endeavours runs outsource maintenance contracts as well as complete projects. Teams are client dedicated and work across most platforms and languages / skill-sets. Typically a trained team would remotely service and maintain networks, software applications or websites. The “follow the sun” global reach and linguistic abilities makes contract servicing simple and direct. Bold Endeavours also offers online marketing management as an offshore outsource. For more, visit www.boldendeavours.com or email contract09@boldendeavours.com Press contacts London    : Derek Mansfield       : +44 208 123 1778 New York : James Jordan          : +1 347 983 0157  Kiev          : Natalie Rastabarova : +380 44 536 1101 http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/61.html Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:43:18 +0000 Bold Endeavours continues business expansion in Kiev - adds management, marketing and development staff. Whilst much of the world seems to be to obsessed with crisis, shortages and credit crunches, software and web development house Bold Endeavours is quietly winning new business, expanding services and appointing more key personnel. Continued expansion may seem to against the current trends but is no surprise to software house Bold Endeavours.  The company is well place to weather the storm with software and web development and high level online marketing services for clients spread across 3 continents. The company also develops and sells it’s own applications under the Big Easy brand. Recognising that consistent customer support is the way to retain business the Company has recently appointed a Senior Project Manager, 2 more Software Developers, an additional Designer and SEO and Links Managers.       Systems Architect Vitaliy Migov SEO Executive. Irina Dolgopyatova Web and Flash Designer Irina Katrenko   PHP / Java Developer Alexander Yurev The recent acquisition of a major UK long term software contract required a dedicated team approach. Vitaly joined as Systems Architect and Team Lead. Vitaly enjoys sport, cinema and music. With an abiding passion for Sudoka and similar analytical challenges Irina is a welcome addition to the SEO team. Irina is involved in web analytics, planning strategy and managing on-page and code changes. Increase in overall business activity required an additional designer; so the Company was delighted Irina said she would join them. In addition to web design Irina is heavily involved in flash design and production. Given the increasing demand for video and commercial production from stock footage Irina arrived at exactly the right time. Increasing demand for high level development, and particularly for Web 2.0 technologies, led our recruiters to Alex. Full of energy and initiative Alex has already got involved in complex projects from stock broking systems to  deep e-commerce. His skill set ranges from advanced php to leading edge java development More information from London, Derek Mansfield +44 (0) 208 123 1778 New York, James Jordan +1 347 983 0157 Kiev, Natalie Rastabarova +380 44 221 9595 New Dehli, Leon Dawson +91 11 4300 4760 or email press@boldendeavours.com http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/57.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:46:39 +0000 Even though custom and web software development could do more to improve sales and save money for businesses than almost any other investment, Banks won’t finance. Bold Endeavours will. Pre-Crunch it was hard enough to get loans for software and on custom built software development, it was virtually impossible. Today it is even harder. The problem - custom software is an asset to your business, but it is not a realisable asset for a Bank. Banks won’t lend on anything that cannot be sold in a fire sale. Looking at the number of companies with a great need but little chance of raising funds, innovative Software and Web Development house Bold Endeavours decided to offer credit terms. Derek Mansfield, President of Bold Endeavours said “To be honest, I got bored with being in a recession, and tired watching Banks continuing to help themselves and not their customers. So I decided to help my customers get the software they need to help their businesses. We ask for 20% of the build cost up front and the remainder over 24 months. There is no interest or credit charge payable .” Asked if it was working, Mansfield continued “Unquestionably. We have a line of ready-to-go-software products under our Big Easy brand and we have some interesting custom software developments from small to medium businesses.” Bold Endeavours Group is headquartered in London with production in Kiev and further sales offices in the USA. Mansfield also said “We don’t offer credit to everyone – but then we’ve always been choosy about who we work with. Currently we’re working on multi lingual developements for companies in Australia, India, Germany, Portugal, Ukraine, Russia, China, the USA and UK. Interestingly, businesses in Eastern Europe and China seem even more determined to win market share than their British or American counterparts.” Contacts London:  Derek Mansfield,     +44 208 123 1778 Kiev:  Natalie Rastabarova     +38 044 221 95 95 New York: James Jordan        +1 347 983 0157 Press@big-easy-team.com www.boldendeavours.com www.bold.com.ua http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/79.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:31:51 +0000 2009 was marked by the virtual sales boom in the USA. According to a recent research year 2009 promises to become a year of hyper activity in the sphere of virtual sales. This year the virtual sales sum will make one billion dollars – this is according to previous calculations of BBC. The virtual sales products include online games, virtual presents – everything that does not exist in offline. Expenditures on virtual products will double in 2009 in comparison with year 2008. Furthermore, this sum will again double in 2010. This shows a global tendency of living in the web. The statistics is based on the BBC calculations on the USA area. Virtual products are of primary importance for those who play games online and constantly use social networks like Facebook, Myspace. For some games people spend much real money to buy web money. Also for some countries of Asian audience there is a special system of payment – monthly subscription, that is payment on a monthly basis. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/117.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:54:46 +0000 On October 22 Bold Endeavours held a training seminar “Extreme Website Makeover – Key Take-Aways”. The seminar was dedicated to a usability topic, how to create a clear and profitable site. On October 22 Bold Endeavours held a training seminar “Extreme Website Makeover – Key Take-Aways”. The seminar was dedicated to a usability topic, how to create a clear and profitable site. The seminar was held within a monthly meeting of the British Business Club. Bold Endeavours is a member of the British Business Club. The meeting started with the Richard Brady speech. Mr Brady announced the latest club news, introduced the new club members and pointed the main goals of the meeting. The next person to deliver speech was Bold Endevours President Derek Mansfield. In his report Mr. Mansfield talked about the difficulties that the site owners typically face, about the general site usability problems, and what the site main goals are. The next spokesperson was Vladislav Zhovtenko, the WorldAPP company representative. Vladislav held a more detailed site usability analysis and emphasized the main points one should pay attention to.   According to Vladislav’s recommendations every site owner should make sure that on opening the site every visitor can clearly answer 3 questions: where am I, what can I do, why should I do it. It is important that every visitor clearly understands what the site is about and what they can do on the site. The next point to pay attention to is to make sure there are no conversion impediments. These are site elements that prevent visitors from moving around the site. The points are: lack of clarity, undisciplined eye-path, insufficient value promise, excessive friction. Also it is important to add eye-path influences. This helps to concentrate the visitors’ attention to specific site elements. The most important eye-path influences are: size, colour, motion, shape, and position. Practical training was the next stage of the meeting. All the participants were divided into 5 groups. Each group got a paper with the real site image. The task was to analyse the site on the basis of the points Vladislav mentioned. Also the participants were to offer 3 changes to the site to improve site usability.  They got 10 minutes for the task. Then a representative of each group announced the group decision. The seminar ended with Derek Mansfield summing up all the points. He emphasized how important it is to pay attention to all of these details, and what results one can achieve by implementing the techniques discussed. Upon completion of the seminar everyone participated in the buffet. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/118.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:15:06 +0000 How Google real-time search will affect keyphrase rankings. How Google real-time search will affect keyphrase rankings. Bold Endeavours research predicted Google’s real time search in September. Available as a .pdf download the 2 minute tip gives the background to Google’s move and explains how it will affect key phrase rankings worldwide. Download the pdf here http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/119.html Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:03:25 +0000 We are extremely pleased to welcome a new member of our team Vyacheslav Miroshnichenko has been working in SEO and the online PR industry for 4 years and we were extremely pleased when Vyacheslav decided to work for our company. After starting a couple of new web development and SEO projects, we realized that he arrived just at the right time. The newest member of our team is responsible for Online PR campaigns, SEO link building; involved in web analytics and managing implementation of strategies for registration in directories and online catalogues. We are happy to wish him luck and success in the business. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/141.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:27:07 +0000 The research of the Content Economics Research shows that video production in Europe and the USA made approximately 50 million dollars in 2009. The research of the Content Economics Research shows that video production in Europe and the USA made approximately 50 million dollars in 2009. According to their data the BBC became the top investor into video content production business. The BBC is also the biggest investor into this area than any other European or American broadcast company. The main players are the web portals, including Crackle and News Corp’s MySpace. Over the next three years investments into video content production are estimated to grow to 150 million dollars. This will be affected mainly by the European broadcast companies that will enter the market. The next big source of investment will be the web portals that continue bringing money into MFB content production. At present the USA is a top MFB content investor, the next in the list go the Uk, and then Germany. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/120.html Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:16:19 +0000 New site for Legal English distance learning is now live. Bold Endeavours has completed the project British Legal Centre . This is a great service for practicing lawyers and law students; they can now learn Legal English online easily and quickly with live conferencing. Using edge technology developed by Bold Emdeavours the site provides online conferencing between practicing British barristers and students all over the world. Featuring advanced conferencing, systematic learning processes and e-commerce  the site is earning extremely good reviews. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/137.html Fri, 27 May 2011 13:22:16 +0000 The good news and the bad news The good news and the bad news Here is the good news. From the Financial Times. “The head of Google’s display advertising business has predicted that spending on graphical online adverts, digital video, mobile and other non-search formats will increase almost tenfold in the next few years to … $200bn.” Very interesting, and I think fairly accurate. Buying ads on Google is not overly difficult if you have the training; it’s just granular detail and good software systems. The new buying system propounded by Google is not dissimilar to media planning/buying software already used for offline campaigns. Developing the buying system will be complex, but creating a campaign will not be. Anyway, Google and others are building the buzz about online display ads - which is great for footage sales. For Advertising Agencies it will be easy to add a video component to a Google PPC or display campaign and charge the client for both creative, management and a 15% fee on gross spend. Unlike offline media, the search engines do not pay commissions or discount their price. Ad Agencies will hug this new buying system to their collective breasts and pour client money into it. And, as it is an auction (in real time!) the cost of buying an Ad will go up and up and up. Google wins. Ad Agent wins. You’ll win because demand for footage will increase. Here is the bad news. A footage library still has to sell the clip. So for footage libraries there is a downside which concerns their own online marketing. Interestingly, what Agencies (and Google and Publishers) never tell people is that almost no-one looks at display ads online unless it is germane to the search the individual is doing.  Check your own online experience and activities. The corollary is that individuals look at, and trust more, natural search results rather than display ads or PPC. So, should you want to run an online display campaign think about the ROI carefully. Wearing your marketing hat you’ll already have noticed the increase in PPC costs over the past 12 months. And because of “the surge” the price of paid for online advertising will inevitably spiral upward. What is worse is that And the Ad space is to be sold around a targeted user profile.  It seems clever, but how many users will click on an Ad to selling footage clips whilst reading Sports Illustrated online? Target group – “middle market managers who have previously purchase video clips online.” A lot of impressions, precious few clicks, even fewer sales. So what can a library owner do to compete? There is a choice. Huddle up to Getty or similar and let them sell your clips for you, if they are prepared to. At 70% commission. Use vertical search engines like Stock Footage Online Use Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) to put your product in front of a genuine buyer at the moment they are making a purchase decision. In our experience, over any six month period and almost any product, natural search delivers an ROI 60% or better than PPC or display. But if you decide to save money and major with SEO, start sooner rather than later – it’s getting increasingly difficult to dislodge competitors. Meantime I wish I owned Google   May just have to buy shares instead. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/140.html Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:47:17 +0000 This project will be based on Big-easy-CMS system; the online medical site promises to be one of the most popular services in the online industry. Bold Endeavours has been appointed as the web-development company for Medicare Europe. This project will be based on Big-easy-CMS system; the online medical site promises to be one of the most popular services in the online industry. Web site development will be complete August include comprenhenisve site search and ecommerce. Online marketing will also be provided by Bold Endeavours. Medicare Europe will provide medical treatment services in Ukraine to EU and US.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/129.html Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:12:59 +0000 Parts Mobile – new concept in spare part sales and distribution. Bold Endeavours has completed first stage build for PartsMobile, an innovative Ukrainian vehicle spare parts distributor The site at http://parts-mobile.com.ua/ has been developed to up to hundred thousand items in the database. Three main search engines provide sophisticated search throughout the database according to the spare part code, keyword or VIN number. If  a part cannot found the user can send an automated request to the sales department. The site has multi-lingual and multicurrency capabilities. Cart functionality implemented and payments online routine will be added shortly. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/130.html Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:13:54 +0000 Bold Endeavours is pleased to announce launch of the new site for make up artist. Professional make up artist and and hair stylist is presenting works on eloisegrace.co.uk . Eloise Grace brings together a rare combination of huge creative talent, dazzling skills and proven experience. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/131.html Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:49:42 +0000 Medicare Europe goes live. It will help you to save up to 75% of the treatment cost in compare to UK or USA. Medicare Europe is service which will provide total care to the clients while they are on the treatment in Ukraine. Medicare Europe will organize trip. staying in the hospital and wil sove http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/132.html Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:49:28 +0000 Advanced web technology automates debt recovery The business team at  www.debtrecovery.co.uk appointed Bold Endeavours Group to develop a virtually automatic system for chasing companies and individuals who do not pay debts. The actual process of recovering the debt is initiated by Debt Recovery clients - from that point onward documents and contact points  (phone calls, writ servicing) are diarised and recorded in the CRM. Multiple selected interactive banners and other tools are used for information architecture. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/133.html Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:37:53 +0000 Successful Debt Recovery business launches franchise on the Big Easy platform Highly successful debt recovery business - aptly named Debt Recovery - has launched a branded franchise at www.debtrecoveryfranchise.co.uk Built by Bold Endeavours using their Big Easy cms platform the franchise system can be duplicated instantly and is fully controlled by the Master Franchisor. Sub domains for franchisees can be created on the fly. The new franchise recruitment site has been developed using HTML5 , CSS and java script for filters and other tools. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/134.html Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:38:44 +0000 New site is launched by Bold Endeavours. Packaging2buy.co.uk is promising to be one of the most easy to use internet-shop for packing products. New site is launched by Bold Endeavours. Packaging2buy.co.uk is promising to be one of the most easy to use internet-shop for packing products. Built by Bold Endeavours using their Big Easy Shop system packaging2buy have got one of the most sophisticated  system to manage products, delivery and discounts. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/135.html Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:00:36 +0000 Please find new clips about celebrities arriving to Heathrow. New footage was added to  Airtimefootage.com. Please visit Airtimefootage to find new clips about celebrities arriving to Heathrow. Unique footage, many collections, online shop   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/136.html Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:24:55 +0000 A lot of modern users manage a personal blog or video journal, but not all of them know that it can be a wonderful tool for internet marketing. Content marketing strategy is not that easy sometimes, but in most cases it’s definitely worth attention. Of course your video will not be viewed as much as those on YouTube or other video streaming web sites, but if you try video sharing, the effect will be great! We offer a few tips on how to make your video blog better. Video format. At first sight the format may not appear to be important, but if you look further into it, you will see that a lot of video sharing web sites support only some certain types of video. Try to choose a format that is readable by most of video social networks and plugs-in. Customer feedback. (For online shopping) A lot of major resources, like Amazon and Yahoo shopping use customers’ videos to review the product. Video testimonials have become huge. The audience likes to see the showcase and if this showcase contains the URL built in the video, the visibility of the web site you own grows daily. Interviews for video blogging (social networks and personal blogs). New content is extremely important for blogs. If you have anybody famous around to interview, just do it! If you have a blog about cooking, handicraft, travelling and so on, interview your friends, acquaintances or any professionals around you! Reviews. (For general use). Explain your idea or any concept you’re interested in. Do it yourself or hire somebody to film. Don’t shoot a whole movie – 2 minutes will be enough and users will love it! Contests. If you crave for more visitors to your blog, set up a contest with a prize. Who doesn’t like a free gift? Sure, everybody does. So why not make a competition on-site and let somebody win a small electronic gadget, a teddy bear for kids or simply some perfume? Trust us, the traffic will increase. These are just a few tips about video blogging. If you need more, feel free to contact us for professional advice!   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/144.html Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:35:22 +0000 After experiencing SEO campaigns for small businesses and big companies we analysed the attitude of customers towards choosing the right keywords. High volume and low volume keywords work differently in different cases and deliver varying effects. Still, a lot of newcomers don’t realize the proper use and importance of keywords. For example, if you are running a landscaping company in Axminster and you want to rank high for some keywords; maybe the best keyword that comes to your mind is Landscaping UK. But if you put this into the search engine, there may be 17 million results, so there are 17 million of companies to compete with. Unless you have a huge budget to promote your business it is very unlikely that you will try to compete so hard! Most of these web sites are optimized professionally and use a wide range of strategies. And a lot of them use direct advertising on Google or even TV. So what do you do? Before choosing a keyword, explore your targeted area. It can be the geographical location or count additional services your company provides to its customers. Landscaping in Axminster gives 984.000 results, so it makes the range of competitors smaller. It also gives a better idea of who audience is. Choosing one competitive keyword (high volume) and still developing the strategy for a less competitive one (low volume) is always a good start. So, will similar terms (landscape water drainage or stone wall landscaping) you will achieve better result than with landscaping UK or landscaping construction. Don’t forget to use different keywords; don’t stick to landscaping forever. And if your company changes the specialty, change the keywords as well. SEO can be your long-time investment. Be realistic about your possibilities and trust professional services.  Doing search engine optimization for wrong keywords will mean problems from the very beginning.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/145.html Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:39:50 +0000 Imagine that your web site is penalized by Google… this sounds terrible, doesn’t it? Imagine that your web site is penalized by Google… this sounds terrible, doesn’t it? First thing you think about is black PR right? You probably used spammy methods of SEO to get a better rank. Promoting your online business with black PR is the last thing you should do. Another reason is a technical problem or error. Yes, it happens even with such a powerful search engine as Google. The problem might be with your web site as well. Check your resource with search engine spider stimulator (IBP). Sometimes robots.txt file can block the spider of Google. If you’re still pretty sure that your web site was banned, there is a chance to apply for re-consideration.  File the request here: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/reconsideration but remember removing all spam content before you send is very important. Of course, Google has a team that reads these requests, but if web master  keeps sending letters every day, even re-consideration can be banned. Usually it takes a long time to remove a penalty, so be patient. Write a detailed description of the possible violation and give experts a timeline to make a decision about your case. White PR methods are beneficial for your business. Only proper search engine optimization will attract customers and keep your web site on high rank in Google.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/146.html Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:47:09 +0000 Building your own brand or selling any product professionally can take years and requires a lot of experience and specific knowledge (especially if you want to do it online). Building your own brand or selling any product professionally can take years and requires a lot of experience and specific knowledge (especially if you want to do it online). It seems to be easy, but it’s  hard work! If you let your business fail, you’ll never use all the opportunities provided to you at the start. So, let’s explore a couple of things that will postpone success and turn your income to zero. No web site. Strange but true…a lot of people who start (or plan) promoting their own brand or selling products don’t have a personal web site! The internet plays an important role for 2.1 billion people dialy and this number is frequently growing. Don’t give up on the web site. NEVER give up on the web site, actually. Selling products off-site is great but selling online is even better! No Facebook account. With more than 750 million active users, you can find your fans and customers for sure. Many of us have a personal Facebook page, why not start professional corporate account, adding friends and attracting fans there. Add a Like button to your web site and start counting visitors. Look for other business pages, “like” them and build strong co-operative networking. A lot of users say: “it works!” We say the same! Google+ is not for me. Maybe it’s not as colorful as Facebook, but it gets what Facebook can’t get. Google+ unites family, friends (personal contacts) and co-workers (professional networks). It is already popular and a lot of industries follow it. This type of networking became a tool in internet marketing. No personal networking. Conferences, seminars and industry events can be a perfect opportunity to meet professionals face-to-face. Sharing ideas, making plans and discussing new projects is the new key to success. Meet people in person, make contacts online. All ways are beneficial! Twitter updates don’t make sense. All we can say about it is that Twitter can’t be ignored. Of course, it’s different from other social networks, but it’s a stream of information. People use cell phones to check tweets of their friends. Does this tell you anything? Yes, modern users love it. Contribute valuable information to the stream and boost your web site/brand/products. Little by little, every day, - and you’ll become famous!   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/147.html Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:13:37 +0000 Everybody knows that Google shut down the possibility to buy links for inflating the popularity of a web site. The value of directories is widely discussed in webmaster and SEO forums. Everybody knows that Google shut down the possibility to buy links for inflating the popularity of a web site. The value of directories is widely discussed in webmaster and SEO forums. We voiced our point of view about the quality of placing links in directories. How does it work? Can such a placement hurt Google rank? And does it have any effect in general? The answer to this question is really simple and doesn’t require long discussions. Just a few factors affect the quality. The page rank plays almost the main role. If the directory has a high PR or even a medium one it’s still better than non-ranked one.  The second thing the user has to worry about is the quantity of pages indexed in Google and how many pages have high page rank. It can be a domain that previously had a high PR or page rank that transferred from another domain.  With both cases you have to leave the directory and move further. If the directory has a lot of pages indexed and looks good, and then you can find the relevant category and get your submission. Another thing we don’t recommend you do is submitting your web site to a directory that looks like a link farm or is poorly organized. There are plenty of directories that accept only quality directories, provide a user with the ability to add keywords and choose categories. A lot of directories provide the option to link internal pages (deep links), providing additional good quality traffic. A lot of resources are great for relevance and to generate extra traffic. Don’t stop placing the web site on directories. It’s always good for your online marketing campaign. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/148.html Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:17:54 +0000 Google’s coolest kids were interviewed by Danny Sullivan. Ben Gomes, Matt Cutts and Amit Singhal were invited and they were introduced to a wide audience. Google’s coolest kids were interviewed by Danny Sullivan. Ben Gomes, Matt Cutts and Amit Singhal were invited and they were introduced to a wide audience. The discussion features the ranking algorithm and the reasons that affect on content displayed in the search engine (represented by Amit Singhal); the aspects of a user’s interface and its role in better search (discussed by Ben Gomes) and spam control (by Cutts, the bouncer of disorder and control chief). If you want to understand the ranking philosophy, go ahead and watch. The interview is 1.5 hours, but it’s worth every minute! http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/149.html Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:31:10 +0000 Another part of Google was closed down on the 7th of August. Another part of Google was closed down on the 7th of August. So, if you’re still trying to look for correct definitions there you won’t find the service itself. It’s no longer available. The reason for closing was due to online searches. Google Web Search offers the same options as Google Dictionary, so it made the decision to discontinue http://www.dictionary.google.com . It’s still possible to use Google Translate for translation or search box (with [define “…”]) http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/150.html Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:35:33 +0000 Forget about the old way of indexation. Now it is possible to submit a web site URL via a simple and easy process. Forget about the old way of indexation. Now it is possible to submit a web site URL via a simple and easy process. Webmaster tools announced a new option – Fetch as Googlebot. There is no need to start at the beginning of crawling. Your URL will be indexed in one or two days only. This doesn’t mean however that any page will be accepted. Google upgraded filters read XML maps and identify if the URL can be indexed or not. If you added new pages to the web site, updated URL (or changed content) will be indexed very fast and without any hassle. No long periods of waiting and worrying anymore! Submissions are limited to 50 URL and up to 10 monthly if you submit a URL with all the links that refer to other pages. Crawl URL form is available at https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url?pli=1 Enjoy!   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/151.html Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:59:24 +0000 Bold Endeavours has renewed the design of the Big Easy Footage Library Software website. Bold Endeavours has renewed the design of the Big Easy Footage Library Software website. The brand new, fresh and simple look combined with the new convenient navigation will make user experience on the site even better. This version of the website will be a valuable and helpful resource for customers across Europe, USA and all around the world. The goal for the changes was to provide visitors and users with even faster access to Big Easy Footage Library Software’s products and services information with better transparency and a modern design. The website features simple design and the usability is a step up form the previous site. The new structure of the home page delivers an immediate overview of helpful information. The new design is clear, simple and easy. Visit the new Big Easy Footage Library Software website at http://big-easy-footage-library-software.com . http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/152.html Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:23:04 +0000 Google closes Google Sets Google Sets will be closed on the 5th of September 2011. Google Sets was opened in 2002 and it was the only experimental project that was launched within Google Labs platform. Google Sets offers users to enter any keyword and suggests a list of relevant elements generated on the basis of the serached phrase. For example, if you enter keyword "Honda" Google Sets will generate a long list of world car brands. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/153.html Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:51:11 +0000 Google began blocking those users that used unreal names for registration. Bradley Horowitz Google+ Vise president explained the situation connected with user accounts blocking in Google+ that took place at weekends. Google began blocking those users that used unreal names for registration. Bradley Horowitz pointed that they are trying to improve the account blocking alert system. The changes will be launched in the nearest future. Users will receive messages about their accounts blocking and will have some time to enter true personal data. Messages will contain a link to a guide explaining how to change personal data and how much time users have to perform this action. Horowitz mentioned that if users still want to use a nickname they will have an oportunity to enter one in the field 'Other names'. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/154.html Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:35:15 +0000 Social networking is growing daily and the strategies for online PR grow as well. As Facebook, Twitter and other “social giants” grow in their visibility, SEO companies use every possibility to develop Online PR strategies for social networks.   It has become core to SEO. More and more people use their cell phone to reach their contacts and favourite groups; millions of internet users spend hours on social networks every day.   It’s possible to achieve the best results and gain rankings for your web site via your social profile with a few things: Unique and interesting content Right keywords Easy access to main information you want to share A couple of external links Eye contact with main products (photos and videos) Customer   testimonials Highlighted headings and important words Connection with Twitter   It can have a massive effect on web site traffic and it can bring additional benefits to your resource: in sales and in searches. Single action is a great tool to use! So, once somebody is on your landing page in social network, there will be no more than 4 clicks, making it quicker and easier.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/142.html Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:40:42 +0000 SEO tips and typical mistakes. How to get successful? With the rise of SEO techniques and methods, the list of common mistakes in search engine optimization is growing too.   Many internet users are trying to do their own SEO. After analyzing our professional experience and the top mistakes of beginners we created this list of fails :) The lack of time spent doing your own SEO. Sometimes it is necessary to honest with yourself and admit that if you don’t have enough of time, the results feel similar; low and ineffective. Inability to research proper keywords. If you don’t use keyword tools,   you may as well forget about SEO. All opinions are different and you have to recognize how people think. Ignoring social networks.   Try Facebook, Linked or Twitter. They help, trust us! Being confused by the vast array of aspects and terminology. SEO contains many parts and each field has to be learned, whether it is content, PPC or linking. All the different factors are important! Black PR. Google and other search engines won’t be happy with spamming or putting your links everywhere. Focus on high quality online PR. Not using the service of an SEO company may   well mean that you may lose online business and the trust of visitors. No strategy. Everything starts with a key strategy. If you don’t have a plan to follow, how will you know the order of things to do? List your goals and everything will be easier. Not paying attention to web analytics. High page ranking doesn’t mean everything. Your resource can be number 1 but your sales may be zero. Learn traffic statistics; discover what your visitors want and what they would like to see/buy/explore, etc. We hope this list will help you to understand the basics! http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/143.html Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:39:35 +0000 August 2011 generated 100 million unique visitors on Twitter. In comparison to December 2010 Twitter audience grew by 80%. 20 million active users in December 2010 have now grown to 100 million of active users (from 200 million of registered users). Despite the audience of the resource grows rapidly there is no advertising on the site. Advertising is present only in the additional applications. What is interesting - most users do not twit any posts. The reason to visit Twitter is to read public profiles of famous people. Only 40 million users actively twit and retwit posts. The average number of twits written per day varies from 215 to 245 million. The biggest number of twits per second was registered in August 2011 and its number was as high as 8878 twits per second.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/155.html Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:40:49 +0000 To access library books users will need to subscribe for the service. The library will not be updated with fresh publications. It is planned to contain books published within the previous years. Users will need to pay month/year fee and after that they will get access to all the library resources for the period of time they have paid for. The library will become part of the Amazon Prime. Subscribers pay 79 $ per year and have access to Amazon video that contains films and soap operas. Moreover, they can order urgent delivery (delivery time – 2 days) for the goods bought online from the store. As The Wall Street Journal reports Amazon is negotiating with the publishers to provide books for the library. The approximate library launch time is not announced at the moment. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/156.html Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:54:42 +0000 In October 2011 Google is going to present its new product – new programming language Dart. The new language presentation is planned to occur during the conference Goto in Aarhus, Denmark. The conference will take place on October 10-12. There is information that the new language is designated for “structured web development”. Google team members Lars Bak and Gilad Bracha were in charge of language development. They will be presenting the product at the conference. Lars Bak is reported to be the developer of V8 engine for Google Chrome. Gilad Bracha worked at Sun Microsystems and participated in Java platform development.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/157.html Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:42:05 +0000 29 years ago Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, suggested to use :-) and :-( symbols as emotional expressions in the electronically transfered messages. 29 years ago Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, suggested to use :-)  and :-( symbols as emotional expressions in  the electronically transfered messages. This is the text of his original proposal, posted to the Carnegie Mellon University computer science general board on 19 September 1982 (11:44). 19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-) From: Scott E Fahlman <Fahlman at Cmu-20c> I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers: :-) Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use :-( Nowadays it's almost impossible to imagine our life without smileys. Internet forums and chats, instant messages, e-mail messaging, cell phone texting - all of them and even more areas of human communication are touched by these simple but yet meaningfull characters. Happy Birthday Smiley! http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/158.html Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:58:47 +0000 If you hate carrying around bulky wallet full of credit and discount cards, sale coupons and special offers, you might be interested in this mobile payment application. If you hate carrying around bulky wallet full of credit and discount cards, sale coupons and special offers, you might be interested in this mobile payment application. Google Wallet is an Android-based application that holds credit cards info, customer’s special offers and loyal customer relations info with the specific merchant. The app allows paying for goods and services with Citi MasterCard or a Google Prepaid Card. Google says that Google Prepaid Card can be funded with any of existing cards. By the way, Google will bonus with $10 anyone who by the end of the year will set up personal Google Prepaid Card.   Google Wallet was first announced past spring. The system is built on near-field communication (NFC) technology. As Google tells “you'll only have to tap your smartphone on a store's credit card processor and you're good to go.” Despite of some security worries there are three key safety features of this app. The first is PIN number that need to be entered before making any purchase; or put another way, the usual basic security measure that anyone does while paying with credit or debit card. In addition to this, Google has developed a separate chip for its Wallet called Secure Element. The chip holds encrypted credit card data and that is separate from smartphone's memory. The chip will self destruct if anybody tries to get into it. At last, Google uses MasterCard's PayPass technology to encrypt credit card information as it's being sent from smartphone to an NFC tag. Not all of the stores have NFC capabilities yet, but as Google officials say there is a list of 15 big-name merchants that have embedded this technology onto their stores credit card processors. Among them: Macy's, American Eagle Outfitters, RadioShack, Subway, Jack in the box, Foot Locker and Walgreens. The only thing is that this app is launched on Sprint Nexus S 4G smartphones, for now. But number of Adroid-based devices and wireless networks will expand in the nearest future.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/159.html Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:50:06 +0000 It was reported that during upcoming Facebook’s F8 developers conference in San Francisco on September 22, 2011, the social network’s officials will announce new buttons – “Read”, “Listened” and “Watched”. It was reported that during upcoming Facebook’s F8 developers conference in San Francisco on September 22, 2011, the social network’s officials will announce new buttons – “Read”, “Listened” and “Watched”. The new buttons will join classic “Like” and will be available in the content list of news feed. Earlier it was reported that Facebook in partnership with streaming music and video services are going to present the new media platform that would allow users sharing music, TV-series and movies.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/160.html Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:58:26 +0000 French company Valeo developed a system of remote car parking via smartphone and presented it at recently passed Frankfurt Motor Show. There are so many cool things you can do with smartphone applications. And from now on happy owners of Park4U system and iPhone4 application can park a car without even touching steering wheel or any pedals. Does it sound like science fiction? Well there is a lot of science but no fiction anymore. French company Valeo developed a system of remote car parking via smartphone and presented it at recently passed Frankfurt Motor Show. The newly announced system can be integrated with majority of recent car models, and operates a car’s steering wheel, acceleration and brakes remotely. So there is nothing left to do for an owner but to stay outside and carefully park a car using just an iPhone. The price of Park4U system is not announced yet. Although this looks more like a Valeo’s show-off feature, however there won’t be long waiting till this and alike systems become available for general public.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/161.html Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:00:29 +0000 Who would imagine that reading blogs can be fun!? Google announced 7 new dynamic design features for its blogging service. There are no two blogs the same, so Blogger offers even more design features, and now looks and feels dynamic as never before. Google did great job on completely rebuilding its service and made its authoring and editing streamlined. The new 7 ways of blog display are called Dynamic Views. Classic – Contemporary variation of traditional template, with scrolling and loading images as you go further. Flipcard - Tiled images across the page, which flip to show the post title. Magazine - Fine editorial style and nothing unnecessary Mosaic - A mosaic mix of various blog images, in different sizes and text. Sidebar - Looks like an e-mail with reading page. Quick to scrawl and browse. Snapshot - An interactive pinboard of your posts. Timeslide - You can view posts horizontally, as time line goes. Blogger’s new view provides with absolutely unique browsing experience, fresh and modern look, 40 % faster uploading, but most importantly it enables to explore blogs in substantially different way, which is easy and fun to read. And of course you can share your posts with various social networks just with one click. Bloggers Dynamic Views built with most recent technologies such as AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3. Switching to Dynamic Views is easy. Just login, click Template tab and select new default dynamic view. It should be mentioned that readers can still choose their own view to navigate blogs.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/162.html Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:57:40 +0000 SlideShare switched to faster, mobile, Apple iOS compatible and search engine friendly HTML5 technology. SlideShare switched to faster, mobile, Apple iOS compatible and search engine friendly HTML5 technology. SlideShare is a site for sharing, viewing and rating presentations, videos and documents with around 55 million unique monthly visitors. It has been providing the business presentations hosting services since October, 2006. Its slide display function was based, till recently, on Flash technology. In the end of September, 2011 SlideShare presented re-engendered site in HTML5, making it compatible with Apple iOS devices. Among other advancements gained with HTML5 are 30% improved site performance as well as way better content visibility on search engines. The site’s functionality which was available only for desktop browsers now became a part of the mobile experience, including copying and pasting text, and viewing embedded documents.   Slideshare is html5 now http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/163.html Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:45:54 +0000 According to web statistics company StatCounter, in the nearest months Chrome web-browser is going to replace Firefox as a second-most-popular browser. According to web statistics company StatCounter, in the nearest months Chrome web-browser is going to replace Firefox as a second-most-popular browser. Data provided by StatCounter shows, that no later than in December of this year, Chrome will pass Firefox and take second spot right after Internet Explorer. Right now the leader is IE with global average user share of 41.7%, the second goes Firefox with 26.8% share of global users and the third is Chrome with 23.6%. Since the beginning of 2011, Chrome made an impressive leap gaining 8 percentage points. During the same period IE dropped 4 points and Firefox also fallen almost 4 percentage points.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/164.html Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:24:23 +0000 Flickr photo sharing service officially announced its mobile application for Android. Flickr photo sharing service officially announced its mobile application for Android. The app has its own built in camera and as reviewers noted, it works perfectly. The Flickr app for Android offers 10 image filters which make pictures even more beautiful. And as it was expected sharing pictures with different social media can be done simply with one click. The application allows tracking comments and other activity relating to uploaded pictures. There are standard tools for image commenting, tagging and describing. Also the function of automatic locations tagging became available, showing location on the map where the picture was taken. And of course different confidentiality settings will serve to restrict certain groups or individuals from viewing your content. It should be mentioned that in the end of September 2011, Flickr also announced launch of its new Photo Session service which enables to invite up to 10 friends for joint picture viewing with further discussion via built in real time chat service.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/165.html Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:52:21 +0000 Delicious, once popular bookmarking social media is relaunched, offering some new features and brilliant ideas. Delicious, once popular bookmarking social media is relaunched, offering some new features and brilliant ideas. Delicious used to be a very popular social media for new bookmarks storing, sharing and, of course, learning about these bookmarks. In 2010 owned by Yahoo, Delicious was about to be terminated or as in Silicon Valley-slang "sunsetted." However after being sold to a new owner, the bookmarking service rose from ashes, and, as all can see, is ready to offer some interesting stuff. The principle remains about the same. Everything you’ve got to do is just adding Delicious button to a browser’s toolbar, and if you find something really useful and cool on the net, just bookmark it. You can tag, title and share bookmarked links. Among some new good ideas which were brought by new owners is Stacks. This is a collection of bookmarked links, music and videos related to a certain topic. As the company says, Stacks is “the playlist of the Web”. The new owners have new vision and strategies for success. The company hopes building upon the web-sites core functionality to create a great discovery service. There is still a lot that has to be done, fixed and optimized with this web service, but one is obvious - Delicious is back and is not going to be "sunsetted" in the nearest future.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/166.html Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:20:14 +0000 Click.to is awesome desktop acceleration tool that reduces copy-pasting and subsequently saves time. Click.to is awesome desktop acceleration tool that reduces copy-pasting and subsequently saves time.   In order to find needed information we have to make tons of clicks. Usually we extract the peace of text and copy it. Then we need to open another inlay in a browser, paste the piece of text in the search tool, click search button and only then get the search result page. Isn’t it too much fuss? Now with Click.to you can only extract the piece of text and [Ctrl]+[C] it. Then you’ll see a panel with a list of icons of software and websites where you can send this extract. It can be MS Word, Notepad, Google search, Gmail, Wikipedia and many more resources. That’s it. Extract, [Ctrl]+[C] and select where to send it, either for searching, pasting, posting etc. This utility will save not only number of your clicks but also some amount of precious time. If not that, at least you will amaze your colleagues. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/167.html Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:23:08 +0000 Couple interesting facts about “insanely great” man of our time. Couple interesting facts about “insanely great” man of our time.   He was an adopted child. He was a college dropout. He was returning Coke bottles for money to continue auditing some college classes. He started Apple Inc., second-most valuable company in the world, in a garage (!). He became a millionaire at 25. He was a big fan of The Beatles. He owned Pixar animation studio and was promoting computer-generated story telling. He was a Buddhist and pescetarian (vegetarian + fish). He was an inventor (co-inventor) and owned 338 (!) US patents or patent applications. He was called as the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of our time. He was a genius Silicon Valley pirate. Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/168.html Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:32:55 +0000 Facebook upgraded Pages Insights analytics tool with new metric feature ‘People Talking About’. Facebook upgraded Pages Insights analytics tool with new metric feature ‘People Talking About’. ‘People Talking About’ is a metric that enables better assessment of brand’s pages. This analytics tool is designed to help administrators in determining how their pages are stacking up against others, in what ways users are engaged as well as which areas need improvements. The metric will collect data from various users’ activities such as: liking a page; posting to a page's wall; sharing page’s content, answering page’s posted questions, page’s event’s RSVPing, tagging page’s photos; liking or sharing a check-in deal; and checking in at a place. The information about how many people are talking about a certain brand page will be shown below the total number of likes. The new feature looks similar to Twitter ‘Trends’, which displays daily popular hash tag topics. ‘People Talking About’ is another step of Facebook in moving away from private individual emphasis and moving towards benefiting public people, businesses, and corporations.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/169.html Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:25:11 +0000 Making your public personality unified. A little bit about online identity. How often when writing comments, posting to blogs and signing up for various online services you have to upload avatar, type in your profile details and contact information!? Now some web-resources can link your user activities to your social networks profile. This way you get you virtual face created. However you can comment or do whatever on some websites through one social account and use another social account on another web-service. This way your public personality becomes blurry. So if you don’t want to be a faceless Internet stranger, or a user with many faces you can synchronize your social media pictures. Here is how you can do it. At first, register with Avatar Harmony. This service will synchronize your Facebook, Twitter and Gravatar accounts. After registering, all your avatars will be uploaded into one system, and you will be able to select your “main” public face.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/170.html Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:12:20 +0000 Smartphone voice recognition systems are getting involved into serious competition. One of the main features of newly introduced iPhone 4S is voice recognition system called Siri. The system allows users operating smartphone by giving voice commands. However despite of the fact that this iPhone’s innovation was presented just a week ago it has already got a serious rival. Siri can wake you up in time, forecast weather, text a message for you and generally pretends to be a personal intellectual assistant with no analog. However just recently this technology has got a strong competitor represented by Sensory’s TrulyHandsfree Voice Control (TVC) 2.0. TrulyHandsfree Voice Control has considerable advantages over Siri. TVC can identify owner’s speech in noisy surroundings. The system doesn’t have to be launched by pushing any icons; it runs on a mobile device permanently. Moreover TVC developers affirm that the system can recognize commands from the up to 6 meters distance and “hear” them even if they are part of a sentence. Sensory works hard integrating the new voice recognition system with Android platform as well as planning to make it compatible with other devices.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/171.html Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:04:56 +0000 Today we would like to show you Pictarine - a photo management web application, developed with GWT technologies. Follow the link to read more and see short video. Have you ever thought how great it would be if you could integrate pictures from your computer, various social networks, blogs, photo-hostings and even cloud services all into one single interface? It’s possible to accomplish with Pictarine – a photo management web application built with Google Web Toolkit technology. This web application allows putting together pictures from your computer, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, Instagram, Picplz, Dropbox, 500px, Live all into one interface. The service fully integrates pictures in a browser and without any installations. Pictarine is not a new service; it has been around for a while and continually developing as well. With Pictarine web application you can upload multiple photos to Flickr, Picasa or Facebook. The system allows fast parallel uploads. Share your albums with your friends and download them just with one click. Also you can invite friends to view, add or comment pictures. Pictarine is a great example of a brilliant photo management web-application build with GWT technology.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/172.html Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:18:43 +0000 LinkedIn, a social network for professionals, has introduced company status update feature. Posting a company status update is an important tool for businesses and brands in communication with their customers, partners and just followers. Till recently this feature was available on two major social media but not on LinkedIn. However in the beginning of October the company announced the launch of a new feature – status update for business pages. Now professional followers of companies and brands will find out about breaking news, job opportunities and employee moves etc. just simply going to the homepage. Like, Share or Comment buttons will bring greater exposure to the potential followers and clients in other social networks. Marketers, on the other side, received a valuable communication and public image instrument. The volume of update posts can be up to 500 characters with ability to insert links. It should be mentioned that status update for business pages is not implemented on all accounts yet. By introducing this features, and hopefully more to come, LinkedIn tries to get rid of a moth-eaten feeling of obsolete social network for older people. And as social media marketing professionals, we are looking forward finding a lot more interesting and useful features on LinkedIn.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/173.html Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:31:33 +0000 Google Translation for Android received an experimental feature called Conversation Mode. It’s not a secret that our world is getting “smaller”. Traveling opportunities, international commerce, interdependent economies, Web and mobile technologies all of this suddenly turned a Global Village into a Global Kitchen. So the ability to communicate freely is not a need anymore but an inevitable necessity. But now it’s much easier to breach the obstacle of language barrier with Google Translation for Android with its experimental feature called Conversation Mode. Conversation Mode enables translating speech back and forth between languages. Earlier this year it was just English and Spanish, but now Google expanded this function to 12 more languages (14 total) – French, German, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin Chinese. The application is simple in use. Just select two languages of conversation, press microphone button and start speaking. The app will recognize your speech, translate it into previously chosen language and say it aloud. Then another person can answer and Conversation Mode will get you a reply, again with its own voice. The recognized and translated texts are also shown on the screen so if the app didn’t identify your phrase correctly you can see it, fix it and even add unrecognized word to device’s personal dictionary, so it will do it right way in the future. The app is still in alpha testing so some factors like regional accents or background noise may affect accuracy. However Google developers promise to work on and improve Conversation Mode so we would be able to feel more comfortable in any foreign language speaking situations, either in our own country, or overseas. It should be mentioned that Google Translate app is available for Android based smartphones, and now it’s optimized for tablets as well.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/174.html Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:27:02 +0000 Google Chrome developers just announced beta release of a plugin for computer remote access. Chrome Remote Desktop BETA is an application which enables sharing and remote access to another computer via Chrome web-browser. The system is absolutely cross-platform, which means that it operates through Chrome web-browser installed on Windows, Linux and Mac operation systems.    Usually, to connect to another computer, system administrators or support engineers use special software. It requires downloading, unpacking, installation and, sometimes, it costs money. Besides, using special software noticeably increases CPU usage and generally adds extra unnecessary efforts. Now, you can forget about all of that. Remote access is available just by using Chrome web-browser with the free plugin. It is handy when a person you want to help is not nearby. You can use the app to interact with another computer and distantly help solving appeared issues. By the way using the system is secure, because the access is given only for one time and for only specific person. Eventually the ability to access remotely one of your own computers will be added in future updates of the application. This BETA is still raw and requires a lot of work to remove all existing bugs, improve connection and increase speed. However Chrome developers say that this app version’s goal is to show the core of Chrome Remoting technology and with users’ feedbacks achieve the highest performance of this application. For this reason the system users can post feedbacks as well as get help and troubleshooting for the application.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/175.html Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:07:11 +0000 Today we would love to show you this entertaining yet informative video about how one can practically use a smartphone as an electronic wallet and also how people respond to the tech ‘magic’. Last month we showed you an innovative and exciting technology called Google Wallet. This is Android based application serving as a virtual wallet. You can read more about the application here . Today we would love to show you this entertaining yet informative video about how one can practically use a smartphone as an electronic wallet and also how people respond to the tech ‘magic’. Google Wallet team made this video just recently during a promo in stores that support this technology. The idea of promo was to show how simple and exciting shopping with smartphone can be.     http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/176.html Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:56:23 +0000 This Monday morning we would like to show you a web based application which tracks employees who come to work late and even punishes them for that. Almost every office has some employees who come later than they are supposed to. Now using technologies it is much easier to keep track on those workers. The Late Jar is a web based application which helps to develop punctuality among office employees. The story behind this free application started as a joke. A company had a jar for office latecomers to leave some change as punishment. The change was used for buying snacks for the office on Friday afternoon. During one meeting somebody jokingly suggested to turn a jar into web application. And there you go. Now anyone on the web can use it and keep track on latecomers and even charge the late fee. The app is simple in use: during setup for an office or a group account, you need to indicate the late fee amount, the latest time to show up in the office, your working days and invite the employees via e-mail. If an employee shows up at work earlier, he/she can punch Rajiv, the application character who sits at the office desk. If an employee is late, Rajiv laughs and asks to pay.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/177.html Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:59:51 +0000 Optional switch from Blogger to Google+ raises online identity questions. As it was reported, on Monday Google announced that users of Blogger publishing platform now have an opportunity to integrate or, to be more specific, replace their Blogger accounts with Google+ accounts.   The assumptions why Blogger publishers might want to integrate with Google+ were made by Google as giving blog readers “a more robust and familiar sense” of who the publishers are, alongside with better exposure to much larger crowd of potential readers through constantly growing 40 million social connections of Google+. With above mentioned the conflict of user identity in these two platforms is obvious. Google+ requires use of real name while the majority of bloggers prefer to publish using a pseudonym. Although the switch is absolutely optional, it is still unclear what the reaction of bloggers will be on changing to the real identity.  But the most interesting in this situation is that previously declared by Google exceptional use of real names in its social network now is under serious consideration. All officials from Larry Page on down, made a clear statement that Google+ is going to be more than just social network, but rather a connecting service between Google products, which ads social element to all of them. But how about personal privacy? If + wants users to show their real names, would it be an option for those people who use Google services under nicknames? It is not a secret that in many cases it’s much preferable to stay anonymous in the Internet, especially for those who are hiding from possible consequences of expressing their political opinions. And finally Google officials admitted that there is a plan to allow using pseudonyms with Google+ at some point in the future, but it is not clear when exactly that will happen and to what extend personal identity will be possible to withhold. As for now, anyone can use tons of Google services without setting Google+ account .     http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/178.html Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:48:00 +0000 See an example how Google Web Toolkit works in travel industry. There are many industries where GWT is used to create reach interface web applications. Among them travel industry is one of those that has appreciated GWT’s true value. We’d like to present to you Target Rooms, which is, as its developers described it, - “Hotel map search”. Target Rooms is a web based searching and booking system for cheap hotels and hostels around the world. The system is developed using GWT technologies. Target Rooms does something different than everyone else; it puts the map in the center of the search. The map displays the available hotels and hostels that correspond to previously inserted search parameters such as: pricing range, currency, specified dates to stay and room type. As soon as a user moves the map, it is immediately reloads offering the list of available places to stay in that particular area. Live availability alongside with dynamic map make hotel search as fun as playing a video game. The system allows operating at any zoom level, so this function will help to find, for example, 10 most popular places to stay, and to see immediately where they are located. Using this GWT based hotel search system, one can find, evaluate and compare prices of the top spots of any even remote destination, just in a couple of clicks.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/179.html Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:55:40 +0000 We are not promoting one brand, and humiliating another. Just posting this crush test to show what may happen if you drop your smartphone. We are not promoting one brand, and humiliating another. Just posting this crush test to show what may happen if you drop your smartphone. And of course see for yourself which of them most likely might need insurance. But first let’s compare dimensions of today’s rivals: iPhone 4S Weight - 140 grams Height - 115.2 mm (4.54 in)  Width - 58.66 mm (2.309 in)  Depth - 9.3 mm (0.37 in)    Samsung Galaxy S2 Weight - 116 grams Height - 125.3 mm (4.93 in)  Width - 66.1 mm (2.60 in) Depth - 8.49 mm (0.334 in)   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/180.html Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:33:43 +0000 Subscribe to anyone’s status updates and posts even without becoming a friend, sharing private information and without any confirmations. It looks like the concept of friendship in social networks is coming to its logical end. Partially it’s Twitter’s fault but generally it’s a result of natural selection in digital world. Here is how we used to communicate on Facebook before. We would add “real” friends or people we know personally to stay in touch. Soon it was getting pretty boring and we would start adding everyone who was interesting to read and see at. In a situation like this it’s impossible to avoid junk posts and their clean ups (alongside with the friends’ list). Twitter came up with a valid idea of following which brought a question - Is there a point in mutual friendship on a social network? Let’s say I am an active Facebook user and I post valuable content. And someone would like to read my posts on continuing basis. Why should I confirm as my friend (opening my private info) somebody I don’t know, and who is most likely doesn’t post something worth my attention? Finally Facebook got it, and realized that there is life outside mutual friendship. And it resulted in new Subscribe function. Now one can subscribe to anyone’s status updates and posts even without becoming a friend and sharing private information. It’s a wonderful alternative especially for business pages, celebrities and public people. Now it’s enough to click subscribe button nearby Add friend button on a user profile and read updates without any confirmations. Like on Twitter. And after Subscription setup you can regulate what kind of updates you want to receive. Will Facebook completely switch to Subscribe in the future? Probably not, but Subscribe button definitely made Facebook user experience richer and added a very valuable up-to-date function.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/181.html Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:01:35 +0000 Ukrainians made analog disc telephone Tweeter client. Sometimes it qualifies as fantastic when things which are almost out of use can be utilized with modern technologies. Let me explain what do I mean. Imagine that you are traveling or just got somewhere where there are no computers, Internet or cell communication. I know it’s hard to believe that it’s possible but still. Everything you have is an old-style analog disc telephone. Did you know that it’s just enough for sending tweets on Tweeter? Tweetphone, a Twitter client for analog telephones made it possible. Now it’s time for admirable ‘fantastic’ exclamation! Twitter, a micro blogging platform is among the most widely used social networking sites. The number of clients for Twitter is constantly growing. Tweetphone is the first analog client and that’s why it is so unique. Tweephone is a result of cooperation of two Ukrainian agencies, UP Digital Bureau and Unteleported Tech Agency. In order to dial a text one should use texting principle of modern button phones with letters under the numbers. For example, to dial ‘a’, dial 1 once; ‘k’ = 5 twice; ‘v’ = 8 three times. To send a tweet, simply hang up the phone. There is no surprise that Tweephone messages are short. If someone thinks that 140 characters are not enough to express a finished thought, I suggest you to try Tweephone. Aparently this concept was created just to show off and its practical value is probably close to 0. However the first Tweephone tweet was sent only a month ago, so let’s see how it goes.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/182.html Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:35:11 +0000 AdWords introduced a new feature "Why these ads". With this feature a user can choose what kind of ads to see while searching Google. AdWords introduced a new feature "Why these ads". With this feature a user can choose what kind of ads to see while searching Google.  Goggle’s advertising system is based on showing ads which are relevant to user’s search inquiry. Moreover to show an ad to the right person in a right time and on the right location, the system takes into consideration wide range of search indications. The purpose of all of this is to make ads useful and relevant as much as possible. Very soon, you as a user will have an opportunity to find out the reasons why Google shows certain ads to you by clicking “Why these ads” button nearby the ad box. But this is not it; a user will have ad operating options of choosing what ads to view and what ads to block. This way personalization of Google services reaches another milestone. Using “Why these ads” will be pretty simple. When you’ll see some ads suggested by Google on your search. There will be a little link “Why these ads”. Click on it. You will see an expanded window with explanation of why the ad was shown. Then you can access the Ads Preferences Manager for more details and some operation options such as blocking ads from specific advertiser and setting up personalized ads. This way you will see ads which are relevant and might be interesting to you.   All of this is made just for a perfect search experience.     http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/183.html Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:52:12 +0000 Amazon.com announced launching new library for lending e-books for free. Amazon.com announced launching new library for lending e-books for free. The new service called Kindle Owners' Lending Library will be available for Amazon Prime members and owners of Kindle E Ink devices and the Kindle Fire, who live in the USA. However the service won’t be available for apps users on other devices, including Tabs and smartphones. According to announced information, users of the Kindle Owners' Lending Library can borrow and return books right from their devices. Besides, user made comments, bookmarks, highlights will be saved for the particular book, so users will have them later in case they decide to borrow it again or buy the e-book. It should be mentioned that the system allows having one e-book at a time, as often as one book a month. At the same time the borrowed e-book won’t have due dates and of cource late fees. The Kindle Owners' Lending Library is relatively limited with about 5,000 free e-books but includes more than 100 all time New York Times Bestsellers.    http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/184.html Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:53:02 +0000 Have you ever thought that the information has physical weight? Check out this awesome video. It appears that information adds weight to its data carier, whether it is a flash drive, an e-book reader or a data server. However the mass that is prodiced when information is saved on dogital cariers is very small. But still it gives us opportunity to calculate the weight of the Internet. Do you want to know how big or small is that number? Check out this great video and find out.  http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/185.html Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:21:04 +0000 The social network offers businesses and brands to come closer to their fans. On Monday, November 8, 2011 Google+ social network officially announced launching Pages for businesses, companies and brands. The release of Google+ Pages was extremely anticipated. Before launch of Pages Google+ was concentrated predominantly on connecting people with people, although didn’t conceal its plans about connecting people with brands and companies. And now the plans are realized. All the Google+ community can hang out live with favorite brands and businesses. Everything that is live in real life can go on the web. Adding pages you like into the circles will create lasting bonds with the pages. Google offered great opportunity for businesses and brands. Now with the help of Google+ Pages customers will be able to connect with the companies, interact with them and stay updated.     http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/186.html Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:37:37 +0000 As experts predict the demise of flash how will site owners update functionality and content? As Adobe announces it is no longer supporting Flash development for Mobiles experts are predicting the beginning of the end for Flash. It may not be tomorrow but sites using  Flash for functionality or video WILL need to replace them with alternatives.  The upside it function and formats  will now be seen on all platforms and devices – including iPads and phones   To help convert/replace clips Bold Endeavours video business Big Easy Software have a transcoding tools that perform this task painlessly and quickly. And as experts in HTML5, CSS, and Google Web Technologies we, and Big Easy, may be able to keep existing websites, video  libraries and Digital Assets  running for longer.   For advice or help call  UK : +44 (0) 208 123 1778 UKR: +38 044 221 95 95 USA: +1 347 983 0157 or visit http://belfs.com   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/187.html Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:16:05 +0000 It means that your site might be given higher PR. It has been noticed that 4 days ago, on November the 7th, world’s most popular search engine started its regular update. Google updates’ goal is to reevaluate websites. It means that search engine robots work with web-sites to see internal improvements (or worsening) and as a result to give them new Page Rank. It takes several days to go through all indexed websites and rate them. So for all of the web-site owners it means that your site might be given higher PR. Of course, if you have been working on its improvements. P.S. Bold Endeavours provides Search Engine Optimization services that will take your web-site on the top of Google’s search result page.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/188.html Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:51:50 +0000 Processor manufacturers are deeply engaged in core multiplication racing which benefits gaming and video editing. Last week Intel announced its six-core Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition processor, the fastest Intel chip for PC so far. The chip is created for high-end desktops and targets computer enthusiasts and adopters of the latest technologies. These are mostly gamers and video editors who demand top performance for graphic details and intensity. The announced processor speeds up video editing in about 52 percent; and memory performance is up to 114 percent better than in the previous version. It should be mentioned that Intel’s rival AMD goes much faster in this core racing. This September AMD demonstrated an eight-core processor. Well, it seems like the progress in computer technologies significantly benefits advanced video editing and gaming on a simpler level of desktop PCs.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/189.html Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:42:13 +0000 Bing launched Editors’ Picks to bring more diversity and human touch to web-search. It is common knowledge that search engines use special algorithms to provide search results. Another word it’s software or a virtual robot, if you will, who’s responsible for processing inquiries and providing us with results. In contrast to this Bing offered a new optional way of searching the web through Editors’ Picks, which supposed to bring a human touch to the data search in the Internet. Editors’ Picks is a list of websites which are grouped by topics. Basically it is a directory of web pages which appeared for Bing’s editors relevant and helpful within the category. At this point Editors’ Picks feature is available only for users from the USA. This is an unusual way to response on Google’s deactivation of its directory and claiming that searching the web is the best way to find something there. Bing’s officials say that Editors’ Picks goal is simply to help people finding what they need faster, using new options and make their search experience richer. It has been noted that Editors’ Picks feature will not affect the ranking of usual search results, and that its goal is to offer simply different angle on search results, based on manmade selection rather than the machine complex calculation. The search engine launched 140 Editors’ Picks on wide variety of topics and plans to release new Picks on a regular basis. Besides, anyone can try to become an editor by sending an e-mail to PicksChat@microsoft.com.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/190.html Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:00:07 +0000 Two ways how you can run more than one Skype accounts simultaneously on one computer. Did you know that you can run several Skype accounts on one computer, at the same time? If the answer is ‘no’, this article might be helpful. By the way, what is going to be described is absolutely legal. So, if you are going to run more than one account simultaneously on one computer, you should start a new instance. Here is simple way how you can do this: 1.       Press Windows and R keys at the same time. The Run window will appear. (As an alternative you can click Start, and type Run in the search field.) 2.       In the Run window, enter the following:     3.       Click Ok button.     If everything works out correctly you will have a new Skype log in window appeared where you can enter another account login parameters and run it.   If you need one more running account, just follow previously described 3 steps again.    However, if you have different installation path, then the correct path for the Skype.exe file should be entered.   That was the easy way. Here is the hard way (which might be an option in case when the easy one doesn’t work):   1.       Create a Skype desktop shortcut. (go to All program list, find Skype, right click and select Send to > Desktop (create shortcut) ).   2.       Go to the desktop and right click on Skype shortcut. 3.       Select and click Properties. 4.       In the Target field add: /secondary .    The Target field now should look like this:  Click OK .     If you have done this “hard way”, now you have a desktop shortcut. Every time you double-click on it, a new instance of Skype will be started.     Enjoy. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/191.html Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:09:16 +0000 Andreas Gursky’s photo “Rhein II” sold at Christie’s for $4,338,500, proving that taking pictures and selling them can be more than a profitable business. On November 8th , at Christie’s auction house, an unknown buyer purchased a photo “Rhein II” by a German visual artist Andreas Gursky for a record-breaking $4,338,500. Although many called the picture “boring”, the author, who considers the photo as one his favorite, thinks that his masterpiece is allegorical representation of “the meaning of life and how things are”. Nevertheless green and grey stripes of the bleak landscapes of Rein river and its shores became the most expensive photo ever sold. The story of Andreas Gursky proves that if one enjoys photography and does it with great passion and devotion, it will eventually bring its benefits. Nowadays anyone can turn a favorite occupation or hobby into profitable business, selling own pictures online through picture library software. P.S. Bold Endevours offers Picture Library Software, a system for creating an online picture library and selling photos online. Big Easy Picture Library Software is built for easy use of the smart and complicated system.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/192.html Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:59:49 +0000 This week Google unveiled its music service that supposed to be a worthy competitor of iTunes Store. This week Google unveiled its music service that supposed to be a worthy competitor of iTunes Store. Google Music which was previously a closed beta goes live. The service allows its users to upload and store up to 20 000 songs for free. The special feature of this iTunes rival is that one can stream songs to any computer or mobile device without downloading. Music Store will be integrated into Android Market. At this point the service is available only for the US users. The service will have sharing opportunities with Google+, and, what is awesome, people from the circles will be able to listen those songs for free. The content building process is still on the way. There is still a lot of work to be done with music labels; however it seems that for Google the process is moving successfully. As a promotion the service offered free exclusive live tracks from concerts of variety of artists. Besides for those who join Google Music promises constantly keep a lot of songs free charge.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/193.html Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:15:29 +0000 The Occupy movement that started worldwide protests reached the virtual worlds of software and web. Occupy Wall Street movement ignited protests in major cities all over the world has gone digital. The last week Adobe’s announcement that the company is discontinuing support for Flash on mobile devices, but continue working and supporting Flash on desktop computers, was a tipping point for Occupy Flash movement. The activists of Occupy Flash movement proclaimed in their manifesto that "Flash Player is dead".  The group believes that the time of this technology has passed. Occupy Flash people say that constant crashes, bugs, security updates, unstable performance on mobile devices alongside with corporate control and closed standards make the Flash player "a fossil…of Web technology”.   The anonymous group is not carrying out a campaign against Adoby, the developer of Flash, but rather is trying to explain to the software giant the value of open source technologies for the Internet.   Although Adobe says that the software developer is going to increase efforts around HTML5, however the Occupy Flash movement activists want to start the dialog with the company on complete moving away from Flash. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/194.html Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:25:46 +0000 Rumours about launching custom Facebook smartphone are surfacing again. This time the suggestions point at HTC, as a most likely manufacturer of a deeply integrated with social networks Facebook’s official smartphone. It was reported that the code name for the new smartphone will be Buffy.  Buffy could appear on the market in about 12 to 18 months. The new mobile device will be Android base with HTML5 application platform. Although Facebook officials have expressed their intentions to make all mobile devices ‘deeply social’, this time they remain quiet about their new plans on smartphone market. If all these rumors are true, then Facebook can become a strong competitor. Amazon on its own example (Kindle Fire) showed just recently that customized devices can create a unique mobile experience around useful and interesting environment. Besides it is most likely that the smartphone of this type will be very appealing to the social network’s 800 million user base, and even drive more users to the available applications, games and content.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/195.html Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:46:34 +0000 Find out how to switch to YouTube new design. Google just recently brought changes to YouTube. The new layout is much more ‘social’ which means that it has got some new content discovery features and also (as it was expected) became integrated with Google+ . However the new look has not appeared for the most users. Find out how to switch to the new design of your YouTube profile. It isn’t hard. However you will be able to make the customization only using Firefox and Chrome web-browsers. 1. Start your browser and open YouTube page. 2. Then you will need to open browser’s development tools: a) If using Firefox: Ctrl + Shift + K ( for Windows OS) | Cmd + Shift + K (for Mac OS) b) If using Chrome: Ctrl + Shift + J (for Windows OS) | or Cmd + Alt + J (for Mac OS) 3. Copy and paste the following code to the console: document.cookie="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=ST1Ti53r4fU"; 4. Press Enter key. 5. Close development tools. 6. Reload YouTube page. The new social design and fresh homepage will appear. Some new features of new design: • On the Welcome page there is a message inviting to take a tour. • The Channels are located in the left-most column and all the recent channel activities are shown in the center. • There is a Suggested channels column to the left with add button. • YouTube’s Recommendation - based on the videos watched recently it suggests other channels to subscribe.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/196.html Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:30:43 +0000 UK government provides help to establish Intellectual Property rights   UK Government announced today new measures that will assist SME companies to protect their intellectual property.   This is part of the Government’s Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth, published today. In the package are plans to increase growth via substantial investment in research and innovation.   Key actions announced  include:  · Online business advisor training tool  · Online register of advisors. · Adice on how to lower cost of IP legal and commercial advice.  · Free intellectual property audits. · Enhancing existing schemes such as mediation for efficient dispute resolution.   Intellectual Property Minister Baroness Wilcox said:“The intellectual property of small and medium sized businesses is vital to their future economic growth and success. Their innovative ideas and creations can be worth billions of pounds so it is essential that we provide them with the support they need to protect and enforce their rights.The package of measures outlined today will allow the Intellectual Property Office to build even stronger links with businesses, giving them the confidence to trade both in the UK and abroad.”    More Information from  Donal O'Connel, http://chawtoninnovationservices.co.uk/   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/198.html Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:40:08 +0000 A great tool for data backup storage and file management between personal computer and online services. Social media, cloud services and various web applications expand their influence on our life. It leads to the fact that more data is stored online. Documents are stored on Google docs, personal photos on Facebook or Instagram, work files in Box.net etc. It is all great but it would be nice to have all up-to-date personal data closer, offline in your computer, in case the Internet isn’t working. Social Folders is a special program that resolves this issue and helps organizing data stored in different online services. Social Folders is free software for Windows and Mac operating systems, and serves for backup storage and synchronization of data kept in personal accounts on different online services. Another words this program is kind of Dropbox, but for online services. At this point the software backs and organizes files from Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, Google Docs, Box, YouTube, Instagram и Picasa. Evernote and Twitter are going to be added very soon. In order to start working with the service one should register on Social Folders web-site first, and then download light client software. In the end of installation process the program will ask account details, and then in system tray the application logo will appear. Besides the new folder will appear in your computer - my Social Folder, where all the files from web services will be kept. Next stage will be connection of online accounts just on the Social Folders web-page. After all needed services are connected, the data will be synchronized and all the online files will be sorted out by catalogs in proper folders. From this point all the changes made with the files stored online will be duplicated on the personal computer, and vice versa. Social Folders is a great tool for backup storage and file management between personal computer and online services.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/199.html Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:51:11 +0000 Absolutely free stock of high quality professional photos from Google Docs at users' disposal. If you use Google Docs on continuing basis, you will be happy to find out that now Google offers free image library for its users. Adding picture is possible not just from your computer but from built in image library as well. Now users of online office can enjoy great volume of high quality professionally shot photos. To use image library pictures in a document, you should open Insert image dialog window and select Stock Photos from the list on left side of the window. Then using search tool enter keyword and get free images from Google for your document. Check out the following video to see how it works.     http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/200.html Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:16:59 +0000 In 2011 YouTube video clips have been played a trillion times. It’s pretty obvious that humans find watching online videos amusing. Google just reported some statistic data about YouTube online video service. It turned out that in 2011 YouTube video clips have been played for a trillion times (!). It means (supposedly) that each human been who lives on Earth has played 140 YouTube videos.       By the Google terms, one playback means watching video clip no less than 5 seconds.   Now the most popular on YouTube is music video of Justin’s Bieber song called “Baby”. People watched this video clip over 675 million times. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/201.html Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:45:40 +0000 Do you know what is happening in the Internet every 60 seconds? Is 1 minute a long period of time? Surprisingly it is. The number of things that are done in 60 seconds in the world is mind-blowing. There are a lot of statistic data on how many babies are born, how many cars are made etc. Today we would like to offer you an interesting piece of information on what is happening in the Internet every 60 seconds. So, every minute in the Internet: More than 70 domain names are registered 168 million e-mails are sent Nearly 700 000 status updates on Facebook Nearly 100 000 tweets Over 600 videos are uploaded on YouTube 6 600 pictures uploaded on flickr 13 000 iPhone apps downloaded 694 445 Google queries are made Check this infographics. This is just the first part. There will be more.         http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/202.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:24:35 +0000 MyPermissions cleans social accounts clogged with useless apps. There is no doubt that once in a while everything that we use requires major cleanup. Whether it is a carpet or laptop monitor. We tend to generate things which are used rarely so as a result we keep a lot of useless stuff. This applies to use of social networks big time. How many times we grant access for applications and then forget about their existence next minute!? And those applications keep stacking and stacking bothering with messages up to the point of extreme annoyance. So if you reached that point or you just a person who likes to keep everything in order, MyPermissions social network cleaning service might be very handy. With its help you can review and delete useless applications on Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Linked In, Dropbox, Flickr and Instagram just in two minutes. MyPermissions is basically a web-page with links to the social networks and services. It was a clever idea to get those networks and services in one place. It will definitely save a lot of time in settings changes and searching through the web for corresponding services and valuable pieces of information. You just go to one place and deal with apps from there. Besides it’s possible to set up monthly e-mail reminder to visit the page and check permission settings. Try to clean your social account and you will be surprised how many sites and applications have access to your accounts.   http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/203.html Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:05:41 +0000 Google just launched a new search engine integrated service called "Search plus Your World", which allows to view search results with Google user profiles, shared photos and related Google+ posts from circles. Google just launched a new search engine integrated service called "Search plus Your World", which allows to view search results with Google user profiles, shared photos and related Google+ posts from circles. The button that turns this option on is labeled “Show Personal Results” and marked with a person icon to the left of listings. Alternately, searchers can choose to view only their personal results on a separate page. The idea behind this novelty is to show search results based on opinions and experiences of people you know, those who are in your circles, rather than those of strangers. It should be mentioned that Google does not feature its rival Facebook posts or Flickr photos. It is obvious that content from Google+ and Picasa is highlighted instead. YouTube is on the way to be integrated in social search. As the company notes, the world’s leading search engine (Google’s share of search market is about 65-70 %) is not just about to find relevant content but leans toward social aspect of the whole web experience, placing people and relationships as a priority. Google accentuates that its personal results are not available for public. A user sees results connected to his/her search and contacts. For example, if your friend or spouse entered the same search term as you did, they would see results from their connections; the only results from you that they'd see would be the ones you had shared with them or the public ones. Search plus Your World will become available over the next few days to people who are signed into Google and are searching on google.com in English. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/204.html Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:59:48 +0000 Find out more what is happening in the Internet every 60 seconds. Today we present you the second part of visual presentation of 60 seconds in life of the World Wide Web. See for yourself what is going on in the Internet every 60 seconds. http://www.boldendeavours.com/news/205.html