The Internet Monthly: June 2011

The Internet Monthly is a monthly podcast featuring 20 or so short Internet related articles, tips and tricks and a regular search engine of the month feature.

In this month’s issue you can find out about the full 1986 Domesday Project rescued from 12-inch laser discs going  online; the new all-stats British search engine and why Web Site load times can determine how well you sell.

You can also learn how Android phones can leak personal data and how to lock-up your sensitive information.

This podcast is derived from a monthly newsletter published by Zen Internet and recorded and produced by Silicon Bay. The podcast is reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet.

This Month’s Podcast

The Internet Monthly – June 2011:

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This Month’s Articles

This month’s edition of The Internet Monthly podcast contains the following articles. A list of links associated with each article are included for reference:

1. DOMESDAY REVISITED – BBC Domesday project modernised
   • www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/story
2. UPDATING DOMESDAY – 1986 Domesday data being update online
   • www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/getinvolved
3. HELP A TECHNOPHOBE – Help friends and family to get online
   • www.bbc.co.uk/connect/campaigns/firstclickfriends.shtml
4. JOURNEY PLANNER – Plan car, bus, coach and rail journeys in the UK
   • www.transportdirect.info
5. TRAFFIC BEAT – Check traffic problems in real time in many countries
   • www.tomtom.com/livetraffic
6. SONY BACK PACK – Sony making amends for recent network problems
   • www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/games/playstation-network-goes-back-online
7. ANDROID PHONES LEAKING PERSONAL DATA – 99% vulnerable
   • www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/16/android_impersonation_attacks
8. LOCK UP YOUR (PHONE) DATA – Protect your smartphone’s data
   • www.whispersys.com/whispercore.html
9. FILE TO PHONE SENDER – Send files to mobiles and e-mail addresses
   • www.wizdrop.com
10. PASSWORD SECURITY – Collect all your passwords in one place
    • lastpass.com
11. CAMCARDER – Scan business cards and OCR them on your phone
    • market.android.com/details?id=com.intsig.BCRLite
12. SPEED MATTERS – Quicker websites keep customers happy
    • blog.kissmetrics.com/speed-is-a-killer
13. SITE CHECK – See what the web thinks of your website
    • reviewandjudge.org
14. MOBILE ADS UP – Advertisers targeting mobiles more and more
    • econsultancy.com/uk/blog/7523-marketers-increase-spending-on-local-and-mobile-search-report
15. IMPROVE SEARCH POSITIONS WITH TWITTER – Optimise your twitter account for search engines
    • www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/twitter-seo-magnet.html
16. TWITTER BUT MOSTLY FACEBOOK MARKETING FAVOURITES – Businesses target Facebook and Twitter for social marketing
    • www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=150586
17. BING AS YOU LIKE IT – Bing tightens links with Facebook
    • www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216781
18. FACEBOOK GOOGLE WARS – Facebook dirty tricks against Google
    • www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-12/facebook-busted-in-clumsy-smear-attempt-on-google
    • blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/adrianhon/100006687/google-and-facebook-are-fighting-for-our-lives
19. THE BUBBLE QUESTION – Dot Com bubble version 2?
    • www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=146490
20. SEARCH ENGINE OF THE MONTH – Find statistics on the web
    • www.zanran.com

This podcast is sponsored and reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet Limited. The music on the podcast was provided courtesy of Will Tang.