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University launches online egg hunt

An online Easter egg hunt in which players act as ‘predators’ to find hidden bird eggs will help scientists better understand camouflage and its evolution.

The new game, called Egglab, is a type of citizen science – a genuine scientific experiment that anyone around the world with a computer, smartphone or tablet can take part in, with the aim of understanding how different types of camouflage evolve in different habitat types.

It has been created by a BBSRC-funded research team led by Dr Martin Stevens of the University of Exeter, who have been investigating how camouflage...

ECC's new online service to 'make life easier'

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/24/2014 - 12:13pm

People can now gain access to online accounts for a number of council services, Exeter City Council has announced.

The City Council has created a self-service online account for customers, making it easier to access things like benefits and council tax payments.

Residents can register for Council Tax e-billing, allowing them to get an email notification instead of receiving a paper bill.

Cllr Rob Hannaford, Lead Councillor for Housing and Customer Access, said: “This new initiative has been brought in to make life easier for customers. It also saves the Council...

Online specialist enjoys rapid start to business life

A digital marketing specialist has enjoyed a quick start to business life having set up his own marketing agency four months ago.

Bonded Broadband In a nutshell

Authored by Bitpod
Posted: Tue, 02/04/2014 - 9:16am

In the latest In a nutshell video Local business expert Jim Taylor from Cobalt Communications explains bonded broadband.

Jim explains the positives to installing Bonded broadband and what to consider when looking for a supplier. “You need to look for a supplier who is able to configure the system for you and deliver it to site. A supplier who can connect it to your computer network, and makes sure it works in a reliable fashion.”

To find out more you can contact Jim by email at jim@cobaltcomms.co.uk and by phone on 01392 908888

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Digital marketing specialist helps local businesses hit the ground running in 2014

Authored by MiHi Digital
Posted: Tue, 01/07/2014 - 10:25am

A digital marketing agency is helping local businesses kick start 2014 with the introduction of a fixed price search engine optimisation audit package.

The future of ecommerce - In a nutshell

Authored by Bitpod
Posted: Wed, 12/04/2013 - 9:42am

In this video local expert Nigel Wilkinson from WNW Design discuss the future of ecommerce.

Nigel gives his opinion on how the change in mobile technology is changing the way we do business and what he thinks we will happen in the future "Other technologies will be driving change in the next few years. Most Smartphones already have Near Field Communication or NFC capability, which allows contactless payment systems, which retailers in the UK have been slow to respond to but are now seeing the benefits."

To find out more you can contact Nigel by email at info@wnwdesign.co....

Video marketing leads to 26% boom in business for Exeter IT company

Online video is now six times more effective than print or online marketing and is proving to be a powerful marketing tool for many businesses, including those based in Exeter.

Featuring video content on a business website is now seen as a "must-have" say leading networking experts Cisco. They expect video to account for 57 per cent of internet traffic by 2015, nearly four times as much as regular web browsing and email.

Seventy-six per cent of businesses using the web to market their services plan to add a video to their sites, making it a higher priority than Facebook,...

Long Distance Relationships

Authored by alexwise
Posted: Fri, 05/03/2019 - 10:44am

Parents, especially mothers, find it very hard to be away from their young children for long periods of time. In the same way, kids will often scream their head off when their parents leave them.

What’s the cause of this kind of separation anxiety? I think it’s basically the bond formed between two people who are in a loving relationship. One can’t help but have the other person in mind all the time. The same thing holds true for lovers. Even before my husband and I were married, I could hardly wait for him to call or meet me, and for weekends when I knew we could spend more time...

Succeeding at online casino games

Certain people succeed at professional gambling for a reason. It is possible to actually become skilled at gambling to a certain extent. While gambling has the reputation of being an activity governed by pure chance and probability, even activities that are highly random can be controlled to a certain extent. People just need to have a solid understanding of what is going on and how they can truly make the different complicating factors work to their favor.

Different computer scientists argue that one day, there will be supercomputers that are so powerful that they will be able to...

Microgaming plans for 2017

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 01/08/2017 - 1:13am

Microgaming plans for 2017 are fairly extensive. This is a company that is still a leader in the market that it helped create in the first place. Microgaming is responsible for many of the developments in online casino gaming, even in addition to the fact that they are largely credited with creating online casino gaming in the first place. They helped to pioneer the progressive casino jackpot and many other popular games that are still in use today. This is certainly a company that is going to have a lot of plans for 2017.

For one thing, Microgaming is going to expand when it comes...

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