Google – the saviour or antichrist of the internet, depending on who you ask. Its search engine is the most used in the world, and probably the most accurate. It has found such success that it has gone beyond a product, and become a verb. But Google is far more than search. It’s maps that actually get you to where you need to be. It’s tablets and smartphones that are affordable, stylish and sleek. It’s social networking that – well, that wasn’t one of the company’s biggest success stories! And with so many products, few of us think about Google Reader. It’s not particularly clever, or original Read More ...

Frugality is key in today’s tumultuous economy. No sooner are we out of a recession than we’re falling back into one and no sooner are we falling back into one we’re crawling our way back out of one! A symptom of this cycle is that cash is an even more precious commodity. Many people are trying to start a business with little or no money and cutting back has become increasingly integral to small business survival. With the  multitude of outgoings a business can face on a day to day basis this is easier said than done! However, using a little ingenuity there’s ways to cut your start-up costs to Read More ...

Without the structure of employment, most people find their own unique ways of working from home. We create our own rules and daily routines, using our own systems to get things done. What’s more, we come away with different levels of satisfaction and different levels of success. But is there an overall trend to be found in the way that different sexes experience running a home business? Do men and women do things differently and, if so, why? Or is even attempting to find a distinction between the two a waste of time, built around inaccurate stereotypes? I think the latter. Read on to find out Read More ...