Managing Director Will Roberts said, “We have been putting things in place for the past 4 months now to make sure that this move to national coverage is put into place in the right and most effective way. We don’t want to let any customers down and therefore we feel we now have the experience and facilities to make sure there is room for expansion.”

Since Web Box established in 2008, they have expanded their team and services in line with the growing need for website design. They have worked on all types of projects including private hire and public sector work, and look to continue providing a service that is second to none. Their wide experience in project sizes and clients have given the company a good experience in dealing with both large and small websites.

Web Box have been involved in many Brochure Websites, PPC Campaigns, SEO Campaigns, Email Marketing Campaigns but have great strength and experience when it comes to E-Commerce Websites. Web Box have partnered with many companies such as ‘Sage Pay’, ‘Secure Trading’ and ‘Card Save’ to make sure that they can provide E-Commerce Websites at the highest level, which in turn will increase business for their clients.

National Carpet Company, Quality Carpets Direct, have recently had their e-commerce website developed and designed by Web Box. They have seen great growth and new business come from this since it’s been live.

Company Director Richard Price said, “The Quality and Service we received was outstanding, and we couldn’t have asked for anymore. Web Box have delivered more than originally agreed and on time…can’t ask for anything more”.

During tough times in the economy, Web Box are breaking the trend in expanding so quickly and look to continue being a top provider of Professional Web Design.

For more details, please visit Web Box at www.webboxcardiff.co.uk

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A brand new highly optimised online business directory specialising in listings for hire and rental companies is due to be launched in the UK next week.

www.anythingforhire.co.uk does exactly what is does on the tin, it offers users based across the UK access to one of the largest databases of approved and reliable hire companies covering every imaginable service and product.

So if you need to hire a fully SEO website for your new company, or maybe computer or IT equipment for your new office, or if you’re looking for marquee hire for an upcoming event, or if you need to rent a house, or hire a dog walker, you’ll find every hire service you could possibly need on Anything for Hire.

The online business listings feature state of the art search engine optimisation techniques to ensure all of the company listings rank highly on organic search results for all major search engines. The listings also feature superb graphics and high quality images for a glossy and professional overall effect.

The database is updated daily with new services and products so you’ll receive up to the minute rental company information via the new online portal. Brand new hire companies, and long running established hire firms as well as specialist hire businesses, can all be found one place courtesy of Anything for Hire.

From next week, Anything for Hire will go live online. The easy to use website allows users the chance to search for a desired company via product or location so it’s never been easier to secure a hire service, regardless of your requirements or location.

Don’t forget to check out the new business listings on Anything for Hire when the site officially launches next week.

The partnership will allow Facebook members to view selected Warner Brother movies via their profile page. The scheme will only be made available to Facebook users in the US initially as the social network plans to trial the scheme first. If the movie screening project is well received, the systems could be rolled out across many different countries within the coming year.

It’s understood the movie studio has decided to launch this joint venture with the social network in an attempt to explore other potential avenues of revenue. There will be a small charge to view the movies via Facebook, users will have to pay 30 Facebook credits, which is the equivalent of approximately £1.85 to rent the film, which will be made available for them to view for the next 48 hours.

The first movie which will be made available via Facebook will be Warner Brother’s Batman: The Dark Knight.

However there is a fear amongst some industries insiders that the practice of making movies available to view online could trigger the same kind of problems which the music industry is experiencing with illegal downloads.

The lawsuit was initially filed against Love in March 2009 after comments made on Twitter accused fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir of theft and also insinuated that the designer had a criminal past.

The designer claimed the statements which the 46-year-old had made on Twitter and also a MySpace blog were false and derogatory.

The case was due to come to trial this month and would have been the first court case in which a jury would have been asked to decided whether comments made on Twitter could be considered libel.

Courtney Love and Dawn Simorangkir first met in 2008, and later held a meeting in February 2009 to discuss custom clothing. It’s not known what went wrong between the duo, and what promoted the singer to post derogatory comments about Simorangkir online.

However the singer avoided a court appearance after she made an out of court settlement with the fashion designer from LA.

Love’s legal team reportedly wanted to keep the case private, however lawyers acting on behalf of the fashion designer wanted the lawsuit to be made public in order to publicise the fact that the comments made on Twitter were false and “illegal”.

An official statement is due to be released next week.

The application went live on Sunday under the tagline: “You like someone. They’re in a relationship. Be the first to know when they’re out of it.” The app allows Facebook members to sign up to the service and choose which friends they’d like to be notified about using the app.

The Breakup Notifier is described by its creator, Dan Loewenherz, as “typical Saturday night fun”. By signing up to the new breakup app, Facebook users will be the first to know when nominated friends end or begin a relationship, meaning they can step in to offer a shoulder to cry on, or make their move on their newly single friend at the first instance.

The creator of the Breakup app, Dan Loewenhertz, devised the system after listening to a conversation between his fiancé and her mother in which they were discussing how the perfect man for an acquaintance of theirs was in a relationship, and how wonderful it would be if they could be notified as soon as the relationship ended so they could match make him with their friend. The idea for the Breakup Notifier was born, and Loewenhertz created the app in just four hours.

The app is proving popular with Facebook users with 100,000 downloading the system within the first 24 hours of its release.

The study, which was reported by the BBC see following link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11637790 found that a staggering 25% of small to medium sized businesses in Wales have no web presence whatsoever, while just 58% have a high online presence. Given that recent figures suggest that the internet economy contributed £100 billion to UK economy last year, it’s feared that Wales could be missing a very crucial and expensive trick.

However help is at hand in the form of a newly developed web site rental company, Web Leasing Ltd based in Cardiff Bay, South Wales. The company is offering a service unlike any other web site design company which could be the answer to the prayers of businesses who are failing to get up to speed with the demands of online marketing.

Web Leasing does exactly what it says on the tin, they rent websites to businesses. With expertise in Search Engine Optimisation, link building, design and highly optimised content, Web Leasing is able to offer a one-stop shop for companies to obtain a professional and effective website to ensure their business enjoys a highly visible web presence.

Each website is created on a case by case basis and is tailored to the individual clients’ needs. Although the company head quarters are based in Cardiff, Web Leasing is a national company, targeting companies throughout the UK with a team of re-sellers based in their local areas who liaise with the businesses to ensure they receive a website which meets all of their requirements.

As the Google figures showed, companies which don’t have a presence on the web could potentially be missing out on a huge amount of business. As it’s not economically viable for small and medium sized businesses to employ a team of web experts to run their websites, Web Leasing offers companies the opportunity to have a professionally made and run website, without the financial burden.

For more information on the services offers by Web Leasing Ltd, please see the following link http://www.websiteleasing.uk.com/

The search engine giant currently rents office space in the Manhattan office block, however the company is now said to be in talks with the owners to buy the entire office city block covering 2.9 million square feet of office space.

The office building, which is located in the upmarket Chelsea area of the city, also boasts some exclusive neighbours including global sports brand Nike and Web MD.

A collection of organisations currently own the space which Google is attempting to purchase including Taconic Partners, Jamestown, and the New York State Common Retirement.

The 18 storey building is well known within the city of New York having previously been home to the Port Authority. The office block is one of the largest buildings in the whole of the city and even has two addresses as it spans from 8^th to 9^th avenue on 15^th and 16^th street.

Google currently rents three floors in the building, but earlier this year they announced plans to expand their Head Quarters in New York.

It’s not known what stage the negotiations for the sale have reached, or whether a definite price has been agreed, although reports suggest the office space will fetch in the region of $2 billion.

Facebook users who constantly update their statuses with dull statements are most at risk of being deleted by their online mates

Frequent Facebook users who are continually updating their statuses with dull and trivial statements are most at risk of being deleted by their online mates, a new study has revealed.

Telling the world what you had for dinner, or how much you love your boyfriend for the millionth time is the biggest turn off for Facebook friends. The research was conducted by the University of Colorado where 1,500 Facebook accounts were used as part of the study.

Being dull topped the poll of reason people unfriend Facebook budies on the social networking site which boasts 500 million users worldwide, and 27 million in the UK alone.

Other popular reasons for dumping friends in the virtual world include break-ups between couples in the real world, and children deleting their parents to prevent them from prying in on their online lives. Being racist, crude, or posting very opinionated remarks about politics or religion is also a big no-no on Facebook.

The study found that 57% of people deleted friends off their Facebook because of something they did online, while 27% de-friended them because of an event which occurred in the real world.

The practice of deleting people as a friend on a social network site even has an official name thanks to the New Oxford American Dictionary which named “unfriend” its Word of the Year in 2009.

The new Twitter CEO has been revelaed as Dick Costolo

Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams has announced his plans to step down to allow another colleague to come forward to steer the company during its new phase.

Williams is the second Twitter CEO to step down after two years in the job. The Twitter co-founder is not leaving the company, he will instead be taking up a role in the organisation focusing on product development.

Dick Costolo has been named as the new CEO at Twitter. Costolo received a place on the board back in 2007 when he invested $5 million in the company. A year ago he took on the role of chief operating officer. Before Costolo became involved with Twitter he was the Chief Executive of Feedburner before it was sold to Google.

Twitter’s online audience has seen rapid growth during the time Evan Williams has headed up the company. When Williams took over as CEO in 2008 Twitter had 3 million registered users, two years on that figure now stands at 160 million.

Twitter is currently free to users, however the social networking site has struck deals with Google and Bing in recent times whereby tweets related to search enquiries appear in results lists. Another means by which Twitter are able to generate revenue is via a new system of promoted tweets where companies can pay to advertise on the popular social network. The change of CEO is part of the company’s strategy to focus more on generating revenue from the micro blogging site.

Rumour has it Facebook and Skype could be about to join forces

According to recent reports, social networking site Facebook and internet communication network Skype are extremely close to striking a deal.

The two organisations are leaders in their own fields with Facebook boasting 500 million users worldwide while Skype claims to have 560 million members across the globe. The pairing of the two networks would create a powerful tool which will pile the pressure on other competitors such as Twitter and Google.

Skype allows members to video call, text and voice call other members across the world for free via its website. As well as this, Skype also offers a paid for service whereby users can call landlines across the world for a far cheaper rate than traditional telecom providers.

Should the deal be made, the move would enable Facebook users to use Skype services such as video call, text and voice call to communicate with friends on their account via their page, adding yet another exciting facility to the Facebook’s repertoire.

The move is mutually rewarding as Skype users will gain access to Facebook Connect, the social networking site’s message service.

The deal between Skype and Facebook is by no means official, however should everything go to plan, insiders say an announcement should be made by mid October.