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So what is Web 2.0?

Michael Murphy, CEO of Friends Reunited, reveals his thoughts on 'social computing'. Michael joined the world famous internet brand after achieving a management buy-in from the founders in February 2003. He is also a non-executive director of Datamonitor.

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R&D key for business with plan for rapid growth

Finding the fastest, cheapest and easiest-to-use broadband service can be seen as something of an obsession for both consumers and businesses nowadays. Sasha Williamson, CEO at London-based Urban WiMax, believes that, when it comes to businesses, the company he heads can provide a solution to meet those needs.

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Business cards go electronic

The days of scrabbling through a pile of business cards to find one contact could be numbered, with the launch of a software program that sends electronic business cards direct to visitors’ mobile phones.

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Voice recording systems

Effective communication can give growing businesses a competitive edge, but it can also improve your firm's handling of customer complaints and prevent expensive legal wranglings.

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RFID goes mainstream

Manufacturers, event organisers, theme park operators – even Government departments; everyone seems to be heralding the potential of radio frequency identification these days. But what exactly is the rather cryptically monikered RFID and why should growing businesses care about it?

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Your business can benefit from podcasting

Even in the fad-friendly world of the internet, podcasting has become something of a phenomenon of late. In fact, new research from the UK Association of Online Publishers found that more than half of the publishing firms interviewed said that they intended to launch their own podcasts over the next 12 months.

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UK tech market soars

The UK has beaten off burgeoning tech markets in Europe to become the fastest-growing IT market in Western Europe.

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Measuring business potential

Discerning between up-and-coming businesses on the verge of world domination and those merely destined to meander along is far from an exact science. Some, however, are starting to suggest that this needn’t necessarily be the case.

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UK tech market soars

The UK has beaten off burgeoning tech markets in Europe to become the fastest-growing IT market in Western Europe.

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Measuring business potential

Discerning between up-and-coming businesses on the verge of world domination and those merely destined to meander along is far from an exact science. Some, however, are starting to suggest that this needn’t necessarily be the case.

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Leap targets Macs

It has been a long-held belief that Apple Mac computers are far superior to PCs when it comes to repelling viruses and up until now it has been true. But that could be about to change with the appearance of Leap A, one of the first pieces of malicious software aimed at Macs.

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Accepting e-payments

These days most growing businesses appreciate the power of the web. A strong internet presence can boost market penetration, profile and profits. Carrying out transactions online is often a key part of this – but how can a firm set itself up to accept e-payments?

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ASP: Death of the disc

Software upgrades are the bane of businesses everywhere, but now on-demand alternatives look set to change the way we work forever. GrowthBusiness investigates the growing trend for ASP.

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Biometrics in business

Though once the stuff of science fiction, identifying an individual through biological characteristics such as fingerprint and retinal patterns is gradually becoming a business reality.

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