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Introducing Internet Safety School for Parents and Carers
Our mission here at Wild Orange Media has always been to help everyone benefit fully and safely from all the good things that our digital world has to offer. Yet one of the greatest threats we see in our internet-fuelled world today is to the safety and wellbeing of children. Left unattended, with unrestricted access…
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Where the Internet lives
They are some of the most awesomely powerful places on Earth. Yet most of us will never get to visit them, even though many facets of our everyday lives depend upon them. Google has recently opened the doors, giving a peek into some of its datacenters. At the Where the Internet Lives site you can…
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It’s time to Get Safe Online
It’s Get Safe Online Week and a timely reminder to all of us to think again about how we protect our personal data and identities on the Internet. If you’ve ever had to change a password because you realised or feared it had been compromised in some way you’re not alone. A new study shows…
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News Flash: our news habits are changing
Gosh, these data bring things into sharp focus! We all know that our information discovery and consumption habits are going through some pretty seismic changes, but new data from the Pew Research Center in the US show how rapidly this change has come about. In 2010, the Internet surpassed TV as the main source of…
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Not-Quite-Maslow’s Hierarchy of Internet Needs
While Abraham Harold Maslow spins furiously in his grave, Internet marketers are busy adapting his legendary hierarchy of needs for our new digitally-connected era. No surprise that the framework of Maslow’s thinking still stands the test of time today and we can draw reasonable parallels between the ways we express ourselves online and the more…
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Internet Explorer 9 Beta – the start of something big
The web tonight is awash with news of the release of the beta of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 (IE9). At the risk of being accused of cronyism, this is a major development for web design and designers. IE holds over 60% share of browser usage (source: Wikipedia) and the release of IE9 beta therefore signals…
