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ATOMBobbies on the Facebook beat
The Editor, 12 days ago
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have jumped on the Facebook bandwagon and are using the social networking site to catch criminals. The Force's web unit has created its very own Facebook application, to alert local residents to incidents, make appeals for information and update them on ongoing operations. It also features a news feed and links to video, all of which can be shared between members of the social networking site. Current news stories on the feed include sentencing details for two murder trials, appeals for information about robbery by a man with an axe, and calls for help locating two missing...
Have ‘Information Graveyards’ got you spooked?
The Editor, 16 days ago
They're fast becoming accustomed to the simplicity and effectiveness of internet searches at home, so what makes London firms think that their employees will happily spend hours searching for vital information and data at work?In a recent study undertaken on behalf of enterprise search software company Sinequa, 59 per cent of office workers in the capital said that the tools they were provided with for searching their own information systems were either "poor" or "very poor". One in three said that there was no best practice for sharing information available, making searching for information ‘time consuming and frustrating.' A further...
UK falls behind on ‘Networked Readiness’
The Editor, 20 days ago
The UK has slipped from the rankings of the top ten most networked economies in the world, according to the World Economic Forum.The Networked Readiness Index (NRI), featured in the report, examines how prepared countries are to use ICT (information and communications technology) effectively on three levels. First, it looks at the general business, regulatory and infrastructure environment a country has to offer. Second, it analyses the readiness of individuals, businesses and governments to benefit from ICT. Finally, it measures their actual usage of the latest developments in ICT.On that basis, Denmark is once again the most networked economy in...
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