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BBC News - Google persuades Spanish bank BBVA to use the cloud

techspotlight:

Spanish banking giant BBVA is switching its 110,000 staff to use Google’s range of enterprise software. The deal is the biggest that the search giant has signed with one company for its cloud-computing services, where software is offered as a service via the internet. The bank told the BBC it will use Google’s tools only for internal communication

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12 Days of Christmas Super Giveaway a festive hit with the Facebook Fans!

Built by ZOIK, the fangate promotion was viewed by Facebook fans and their Facebook friends over 744,903 times, receiving 8,425 post feedbacks (comments, likes, shares with friends etc).


12 days of Christmas Facebook promotion for CRVA

Today ZOIK helped the Caravan, RV & Accommodation Industry of Australia Ltd build a new Facebook Fan Gate based promotion.  400 likes in the first hour… not a bad start!   See and enter the promotion online now.


Apple to leverage iTunes for shopping everywhere!

Via its special Store app, you can order and pay for goods in an Apple store—including walking out of the store with your new purchases without having to do anything other than tap at your iPhone screen.

Neat trick. 

But the value is the seamless connection to millions of users’ credit card details, via Apple’s iTunes system, as this recent article @ Fast Company explains.



ZOIK launches RQAC!

ZOIK is proud to relaunch a nifty WordPress site for Royal Queensland Aero Club (RQAC), one of the longest established flight training schools in the world.


Facebook changes: updates to be sidelined, “like” moves over for “Watched,” “Listened” and “Read” buttons

Last week Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg announced a bunch of changes to the online behemoth.The goal posts have shifted for App developers and marketers. Starting with status updates (including Fan Page posts) will be pushed off to the Ticker, a real-time list of things your friends are posting.   This will scroll down the side of your screen and into promotional oblivion with greater speed!

Read a round up of changes on Mashable.


Each year Google changes its search algorithm up to 500-600 times. Here is a great article of the recent changes.

Each year Google changes its search algorithm up to 500-600 times. Here is a great summary of the recent changes, prepared by SEOMOZ.




Take Off with Townsville Airport!

If you live in North Queensland visit Townsville Airport’s Fan Page to enter this competition to find two Amateur Journos (and.. because ZOIK built the app!)


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