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As each day passes smart phones integrate themselves deeper and deeper into the lives of people all over the world. Long gone are the days of just making calls on your phone, now web browsing, emailing, social networking and navigation are all key features used by today’s modern phone user.
Customisation is a key advantage to owning a smart phone, with thousands of downloadable apps, both free and for purchase, available to tailor your phone to your life. There’s an app for almost everything!
The two key players in the smart phone OS market are undoubtedly Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, with Android overtaking iPhone sales by 2 to 1 over the summer. Android also has the new smart phone owners market pinned down, being purchased by 56% of first timers. One of the main points which has caused this surge surpassing the iPhone is down to Androids open source format, allowing it to be used by a wide variety of manufactures, thus offering a wide selection of handsets to the consumer at different price points making them more affordable compared to Apple’s iconic alternative. Read the rest of "Demand for Android training soars as Google pip Apple"
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From all of us here at Silicon Beach Training in Brighton, Sussex, we would like to wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year and we will look forward to working with you in 2011!
Have a think over the holiday and choose something you would like to learn in the new year.
Find wifi cafe in Brighton - image by www.heatherbuckley.co.uk
The MetOffice warn us of another 5 days of snow and below freezing temperatures. The Brighton bus services are as precarious as the pavements, and you are the only one that actually made it into the office. Time to make the same excuse as everyone else, it’s a “snow day”!
But don’t hide at home. Instead, head to your nearest cosy café or pub with wifi and work from there. No excuse not to be online, Social Media is definitely not having a snow day. We provide SEO Training, Email Marketing Training,Google Anlaytics Training and Photoshop Training, in Brighton, Sussex – just some of the skills you could learn to keep you busy when you can’t get out.
Here is a list of my favourite free wifi across the centre of Brighton, from Kemp Town to Hove. They all have a great laid back atmosphere that might make you want to stay for longer than planned.
Add The Colour
Bright, open, spacious, very comfortable and flexible, great place for photographers and office meetings. Wonderful coffee and delectable cakes 64-65 North Road, BN1 1YD
Find it here
Kemp Town Bookshop
Independent little gem of a bookshop with a cosy and quiet café on the top floor. Hot drinks, grilled sandwiches and a range of cakes will keep you feeling warm throughout the day.
91 St. George’s Road, Kemp Town, BN2 1EE. Find it here
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Well Google are at it again, whetting our appetite whilst keeping us guessing as to what is in store. We know that Google Slam is happening today, but for such an enormous organisation I take my hat off to them to keeping it a secret. To be the first to find out go to Google Slam and wait! So far the only info you get is this:
“Welcome to Demo Slam. Where a little creativity takes tech demos from mundane to mind-blowing. All thanks to people like you. So come watch, choose your favorites and most importantly, show the world what you can do. This Wednesday the Slamming Preseason begins.”
What is Google Slam?
What is google slam?
Even Google doesn’t seem to know what it is!!!!
Well no doubt we’ll be talking about it later so watch this space, but my prediction: Some kind of online screen capture application that will record your screen activity so that you can show the world your skills.
I’m very disappointed it’s just a competition to see who can upload the best google promo video! You need to upload it in the next week to become a part of next weeks slam where videos will be pitched against each other in order to find a winner.
The overall idea is to have people submit their demos to this Demo Slam site, and each week a “Champ” will be chosen as voted on by the viewers. Every week this process will repeat itself. In other words, it sounds like they want this to be the American Idol for Google promos.
The new Twitter is expected to produce a fuller experience with more information available for its users. It has been designed to keep users within the site and stop them from going to other parts of the web for videos, photos etc.
Find out as soon as your Twitter account has been upgraded to the New Twitter by using this app by @meltingice.
Split Screen layout offers clear and intuitive features
The layout gives users a split-screen with their normal feed down the left and on the right it includes different interactive options depending on the tweet. It also boasts a clearer timeline and infinite scrolling without having to click more.
New Partnership with YouTube, Flickr and TwitPic for better viewing of media
The biggest change is the extended information on the right side of the screen split. Twitter gives the user the option to view photos and videos, thanks to its new partnerships with YouTube, Flickr, TwitPic etc. As well as those partnerships, extra information like replies, @mentions, retweets or any other useful information linked in with that tweet will be displayed.
Twitters goal has never been to increase the amount of time spent on the site, in fact they are trying to execute the complete opposite of that, they want users to get as much information out of the site in as quick a time as possible.
These changes will become available to users over the next couple of weeks, but you will still be able to change between the new and old layout so users can get used to it.
Is this Twitters way of bringing people back to their site, rather than using other external applications like TweetDeck, Seesmic and HootSuite?
Here is a promotional video that twitter have released:
Thanks Sue, co-author of ‘How to be Assertive in Any Situation,’ for this guest blog post.
How to Give Criticism
Even assertive people find it difficult to receive criticism. If you are the person giving the criticism you need to be aware of this and that the natural reaction of most people being criticised is to be defensive.
However direct, open and specific feedback is the only way to help people to improve. You are not doing them any favours if you don’t point out what they are doing wrong. Just remember that the intention is to get them to change – not to humiliate them.
First choose the right place: criticising someone in front of others only adds to their sense of humiliation.
Next the right time: it’s best to tackle things as soon as possible – if you let them build up it just gets worse – but make sure the time is appropriate (not when you are tired/others are around).
Try to say something good alongside the criticism (PNP sandwich: say something positive: ‘I appreciate the way that you…’, then negative and then end on a positive note: ‘I’m glad that we’ve been able to….’
Remember to criticise the behaviour not the person. So instead of saying that someone is lazy or unreliable say what they have actually done: ‘You’ve been late twice this week.’
Give them chance to respond and repeat what they have said if they are justifying their actions: ‘You’re saying that you weren’t aware that…’ Ask for their suggestions for improvement.
Check that your tone of voice/body language isn’t aggressive and make sure that you have their agreement before you leave the matter.
If the person listens to you, and accepts your point, talk about the positive consequences so that you end on an optimistic note. Decide what you will do if the improvements don’t happen (but you don’t have to tell them).
By Sue Hadfield & Gill Hasson
Sue Hadfield and Gill Hasson have written and published two books together over the past year, you can order their latest book How to be Assertive in Any Situation from Amazon. The book has been chosen as WHSmith Travel Book of the Month for October. This is great news for Sue and Gill as this means it’ll be the front of the stands at Gatwick and Heathrow, quite an achievement, by ordering their book we can help them achieve best seller status. Gill, of Brighton Journalist Works who sponsored our last photo competition, is running a Get Published course on Saturday October 30th, who better to show you the way to publishing success! To apply please email: gill@journalistworks.co.uk
If you need ITIL Training in Brighton, Sussex, and Certification, don’t miss out on our latest ITIL discount in November.
You can now book a place on ourITIL Foundation Trainingcourse on 15-17 November for just £695 + vat (normally £795) here at our training centre in Brighton.
The fees include all pre-course reading, materials, ITIL Foundation training, examination and certification – and our pass rates are among the best in the country.
We expect the course to fill up fast as usual so if you’d like to book call us as soon as possible on 01273 622272, or e-mail alistair@siliconbeachtraining.co.uk
As each day passes smart phones integrate themselves deeper and deeper into the lives of people all over the world. Long gone are the days of just making calls on your phone, now web browsing, emailing, social networking and navigation are all key features used by today’s modern phone user.
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