News Archive
Mozilla Launches Firefox 4 Beta
In retaliation to Opera who launched their new and improved web browser last week, one of the most popular web browsers in the world, Firefox, reached version number 4 yesterday when Mozilla...
Dell to abandon Microsoft?
Talks are under way between Google and Dell Executives to bring the upcoming Chrome Operating System, the search engine giant's cloud-centric operating system, to Dell's new computer...
Yahoo! Launches Futher Facebook Integration
Internet Giant Yahoo! is soon set to launch a new series of features which integrate Yahoo.com and Yahoo! Mail further with the social media phenomenon Facebook. This new array of internet...
Yahoo! & Nokia sign mobile internet deal
Yahoo! and Nokia yesterday announced a mobile web deal that will see them collaborating together to create a set of services so indepth that it aims to rival RIM, Apple, Google & Microsoft....
Google Pac-Man Costs Business Nearly 5 Million Hours!
The Pac-Man game that Google incorporated into a ‘doodle’ in the home page on Friday to celebrate the vintage video game turning 30, ‘Gobbled Up’ close to five million hours of work time!...
British Internet Users Spend Nearly A Day Online Per Month!
The UK Online Measurement (UKOM) company has recently revealed that broadband internet users in the UK spend on average 22 hours and 15 minutes surfing the internet every month. That’s a 65%...
Yahoo! & Bing gain more traffic.
Google’s tight grip on the internet search market has been loosened slightly – the latest figures from the market research company comScore have revealed that Yahoo! has increased its share...
Internet Explorer down to 60% browser share.
Microsoft's previously dominant Internet Explorer (IE) web browser has had a pretty rough couple of months, and now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in...
Yahoo Apps To Feature On Samsung Mobiles
Mobile phone and electronics manufacturer has recently announced plans to pre-load its new mobile devices with services from internet search provider Yahoo! This will include some of the companies...
Twitter Launches ‘Promoted Tweets’
Yesterday micro-blogging site Twitter launched their new ‘promoted tweets’ service that will eventually see branded messages from companies such as Virgin and Red Bull appearing in users feeds...
Social Networking Site To Be Sold Or Closed
AOL recently informed their employees working on the social networking site Bebo that they plan to sell of or close the struggling business, as the once great social network struggles to keep...
Censoring the Internet…. Round Two – Google vs. Australia
Having recently retreated from China because of the government’s determination to manipulate the citizens search results, Google is once again under attack – this time from the Australian government....
Bing Sponsors The Simpsons
Microsoft's mission to make Bing a household name on the UK airwaves has seen the company's search engine become the new sponsor of The Simpsons on Channel 4, coinciding with the 20th...
Microsoft Launches TV Advertising Campaign For Bing.
Five months after Microsoft took their decision engine out of beta and launched it upon the world the company is launching it’s first UK TV multimillion-pound advertising campaign to promote...
Microsoft rolls out browser ballot screen
From today, Following some recent legal talks with European antitrust officials people running Microsoft's Windows operating systems will be presented with a ballot screen asking them to...
Google to take over the Aardvark ‘Social Search’ Engine
Search engine giant Google is once again set to delve deeper into the realm of social media and expand the number of services that they offer. Following on from the release of Google’s very...
Do You Love Your Web Site?
Have you fallen out of love with your web site? Has your web developer broken your heart? If so Thomas Cole Internet Solutions can help bring that fire back into your relationship with your...
Google Teams Up With US NSA
In a recent meeting, search engine giant Google has come to an information sharing agreement with the United States Government’s digital surveillance department of the National Security Agency...
Google Phases Out Support For IE6
In a recent post on the Google Blog, Google webmasters stated that they have begun to phase out support for Internet Explorer 6. According to Google the web has evolved over the past decade...
Google launches ‘Near Me Now’
Yet again Google pick’s up the pace in the world of search by launching yet another product to make searching the internet simpler. Users of smart phones such as the newly released Nexus One...
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow...
So it's a New Year, we’re all back to work and here at Thomas Cole the snow looks lovely! Thomas Cole Internet Solutions would like to once again wish you all a happy and prosperous New...
Is your web site performing as well as you'd hoped?
To help see in the New Year Thomas Cole Internet Solutions are offering free web site and internet visibility audits. The audit is an in depth analytical report evaluating a website's...
Merry Christmas From Thomas Cole
Thomas Cole Internet Solutions would like to take this opportunity to wish all it's customers and associates a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year! The Thomas Cole office will close...
Black Hat SEO Targets Google Doodle
The use of popular internet trends and searches for the distribution of malicious software (malware) – many experts in the matter say that this method of delivery is more or less the standard...
Facebook announces new privacy settings.
Facebook announced late on Tuesday night that it has adopted its new proposed privacy policy which offers new privacy options that grant users better control over their personal data. The...
Bing Broken By Microsoft!
Microsoft's new search engine Bing went offline in the early hours of December 3rd when it suffered a power outage during testing causing it to go offline for nearly 30 minutes. The BBC...
Website loading speeds become Google’s ranking factor.
Search engine giant Google has stated that it is considering using a website’s loading time as the basis for its search algorithms, with slower web pages pushed further down the results list...
Video ads are the fastest growing online advertising media.
The Online video advertising world is booming, with more and more major news websites giving increasingly prominent position to video bulletins that generate advertising revenue – more and...
Facebook tops new marketing study!
According to a recent study by leading internet research group eMarketer, Facebook is the social networking website of choice for web marketers. The report new report, titled Social Commerce...
Bing & Google Become ‘Social’
The social networking phenomenon Twitter has recently announced a series of partnerships with global search engine giants Microsoft & Google. Twitter has signed deals to put messages ( “tweets”...
Google Starts Massive Advertising Campaign.
With the fast approaching launch of Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 7 now only days away, it seems that Google is looking to win over Microsoft users by launching its first ever major...
Facebook accounts for over a seventh of the UK’s internet traffic
The social networking site Facebook has seen massive growth in terms of UK visitor number s in the last 12 months, a report has concluded. It states that Facebook accounts for a staggering one...
Bing growth stalls in September as Google achieves record high
Microsoft’s renewed assault on Google’s domination of the internet does not appear to be paying off, with its new ‘decision engine’ (Bing.com) and future partner Yahoo! both losing market share...
Google Wave Beta Test!
Yesterday Google invited 100,000 users to beta test its new online communications tool, Google Wave. This new service, described by Google as a “comprehensive online communication and collaboration...
Google Re-vamps Search Engine Interface
Not wanting to be left behind in the ever competitive race towards real time searches, Search engine giant Google has recently upgraded its web search feature; Hot Trends, giving users the opportunity...
Bing introduces its latest feature … Visual Search!
In yet another attempt to overthrow Google, Microsoft has recently unveiled the latest addition to its Bing search engine: Visual Search. Although this new feature is still in the beta stage...
20% Of All Internet Ads Delivered Through Social Networking Sites
In another recent study by the US marketing research company comScore it has been calculated that social networking sites now account for more that 20% of all advertising viewed online in the...
Google Announces New Update
Google is trying out a revolutionary search architecture in an attempt to improve their search service’s speed, increase the accuracy of their results and make them more comprehensive. This...
Facebook has 250 million users
Facebook has revealed that its active user base has exceeded the 250 million mark. The social networking website's chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a blog post last...
Thomas Cole Celebrate 10 years in Business with Sponsored Charity Walk
In order to celebrate ten years in the business, Thomas Cole are inviting you to join us on our Charity Walk. With the aim of raising £1000 for several charities with whom we have a close...
Bing, 1 Year On ….
Little over a year ago, software giant Microsoft revamped and rebranded their search engine as Bing – this self titled ‘decision engine’ was launched in the hope of giving the market leaders...
Online retail sales rise
A recent report has been released with figures which reveal that online retail sales increased overall by 22 per cent in May - the strongest monthly growth in the sector since June 2008! UK...
Excited about the World Cup? Join Thomas Cole Internet Solutions for a World Cup Business Networking Event!
Thomas Cole would like to invite you to an afternoon of Business Networking in the pleasant surroundings of the Oak Royal Golf Club Join Thomas Cole for an action-packed afternoon of Business...
Microsoft utilises HTML5 as the core element in IE9
Microsoft is ademant that the release of their new browser Internet Explorer 9 next year will revitalise its internet browser's market share, which has recently fallen from 90 per cent...
Thomas Cole Thinks BiG
A conversation during a charity luncheon has brought together Chorley company Thomas Cole Internet Solutions and BiG Storage, in a relationship designed to drive forward the North West’s leading...
Thomas Cole Attending Manchester Networking Event
Thomas Cole Internet Solutions will be attending the free business networking event hosted by Regus at the business centre in Peter House, Manchester on Tuesday 25th May. The event will run...
Facebook Privacy Breach
The leading social network, Facebook has faced yet more criticism over its security due to a recent privacy lapse. A bug in the site allowed Facebook users to view their friends’ chat sessions...
Yahoo! Scores Deal With The Premier League!
This week, Yahoo! has scored (pun intended) an exclusive media rights deal with the Barclays Premier League which allows them to feature online highlights of the football matches over the next...
Google Releases Information On Censorship Demands.
Internet search engine giant Google revealed that the British Government made more requests for information and content to be removed from their search engine results pages than any other country...
Thomas Cole @ Chester Race Course
This year MS Support Centre are the adopted charity of the 2010 Chester Food, Drink and Lifestyle Festival at Chester Race Course. Thomas Cole we're proud to be involved with the event...
Google Announces New Feature In Search Algorithm
On a recent post on the Google webmaster blog, Google engineers Matt Cutts and Amit Singhal announced that Google will now be looking at an additional feature when ranking web sites – the speed...
Opera’s downloads spike due to Microsoft’s Browser Ballot.
While it will take months to see the clear picture of how the Internet Explorer browser ballot screen is affecting market share, Opera is already reporting spectacular changes. Opera Software...
Google launches their app store
Search engine giant Google recently announced that it has opened the Google Apps Marketplace to software development teams. More than 50 development companies will be involved in the apps marketplace...
Tech Tip!
Microsoft is stopping support of older operating systems soon, so if your machine is not up to date you will no longer be able to download security updates To check whether your system is...
Google's social network accused of breaking privacy laws
Google's new social networking service offered through their e-mail client Gmail, has been accused of breaking privacy laws, leading the internet giant to revise its Google Buzz once again....
Microsoft leaks information on Windows 8
Window’s 7 has only just been released and Microsoft is already in the process of creating their next operating system - the company briefly published a blog on msdn.com, and then took it down...
Twitter Targeted By Phishing Scam
Once again twitter has been the target of malicious individuals in a co-ordinated web attack. Twitter has reset all accounts affected by a phishing scam perpetrated by phony torrent sites....
China Denies Attacking Google Search.
A spokesperson from the Chinese government has recently spoken out to deny any involvement in the recent cyber attacks that targeted several companies including search giant Google, saying...
Twitter ends 2009 in profit
Leading financial news magazine Business Week has recently reported that the micro blogging site Twitter has had a profitable year after the company signed two separate deals with search giants...
Happy New Year From Thomas Cole
Thomas Cole Internet Solutions would like to take this opportunity to wish all it's customers and associates a Prosperous New Year! The Thomas Cole office will re-open on Wednesday 6th...
Google launches URL-shortening service
Earlier today search engine giant Google has launched its own URL-shortening service to compete with the likes of Bit.ly & TinyURL.com The Google URL Shortener can be reached at the...
Google Launches Real Time Search!
Today search engine giant Google has revealed that its new real time search feature will be going live in the next few days in the UK, US, India and Australia, with additional countries getting...
Google announces “breadcrumbs” update…
The general layout of a page of search results has been pretty consistent since Google joined the market about a decade ago. At that time, most other search engines realized that Google had...
Bing Security Loophole Exposed
A security flaw in Microsoft’s much anticipated Bing search engine has been exposed by a US entrepreneur – this loophole could allow users to steal large sums of money when using the search...
Yahoo! and Microsoft search deal delayed until 2010
The search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo! has been postponed until early next year. The two companies signed a 10-year deal in July 2009, which will see Microsoft’s Bing ‘decision engine’...
Social media usage grows by 8%
The use of various social media is still growing: a recent survey has revealed that over 19% of internet users now say they use a social media service such as Facebook or Twitter to share updates...
Google develops music service
Search engine & internet services giant Google is set to launch a new music service in the imminent future, a report suggests. The technology website TechCrunch stated on their blog that...
New study highlights the strong potential of e-mail marketing.
A recent report released by the Participatory Marketing Network (PMN) has suggested that e-mail marketing still remains an extremely effective way for growing businesses to promote their different...
Millions of internet users tricked by ‘scareware’
Online criminals are making millions of pounds by using one of the oldest tricks available to get people to part with their money; fear. Convincing computer users to download fake anti-virus...
Google wins award for best brand at T3!
Search engine giant Google was awarded brand of the year at the 2009 T3 Gadget awards ceremony in London last night, due to the vast number of new products and services that the company has...
Google CEO announces that the economy is recovering.
Speaking at a recent press conference, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has announced that the worst of the advertising recession has now passed, who judged the usage of the Google search...
Are you a graphic designer?
We are currently looking for freelance graphic designers to help out with some of our web projects. If this is something which interests you please send across examples of work to tcsupport@thomascole.net...
Online advertising overtakes television advertising in the UK
Recently Thomas Cole reported on a study by US marketing research company comScore on how internet marketing in the US had experienced a major growth over the past few months. Now in another...
Bing Attempts To Overthrow Google
Microsoft’s recently launched search engine; Bing, is emerging as a worthy challenger to the dominance of Google, after capturing over ten percent of the US market since its launch in June....
BBC Takes Up Google Adwords Campaign.
Over the weekend a bitter war of words erupted in the world of SEO between the BBC and the Mail on Sunday. The newspaper claimed that the BBC was paying for its rankings on the leading online...
Internet Marketing Experiences Major Growth
For a number of years internet marketing has seen a steady incline in the number of companies getting onboard to increase their online visibility. According to findings from a recent study conducted...
Google pulls out all the stops to see off rivals Bing
Google has made several enhancements to see off Microsoft’s alternative search engine “Bing”. A Google software engineer revealed in a blog some of the improvements which included the following:-...
Google Profits skyrocket yet again
Google have announced better than expected quarterly results, with a Net Income of £900m ($1.48bn) in three months. The firm was pleased about the results especially given the continued macro-economic...
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