This page shows each ministry’s ICT projects, descriptions and budgets and how far they’re over or under budget. ICT-dashboard | ICT-dashboard.

KPN: Where unlimited means limited! I guess this is their strategy for people using whatsapp and skype services more often. It’s not a very good one, it’s like going back to the days where we paid a few cents per email… that business model didn’t last that long either. KPN wil klanten extra laten betalen Read more about KPN mobile wants extra money for voip and chat services[…]

A new study by Forrester Research found that maintaining a Facebook presence is less effective at drumming up business than plain old email newsletters or search ads. Companies interviewed for the study “received little benefits from Facebook,” according to the Wall Street Journal. Another recent study found that even print ads were better at fostering Read more about Facebook not a place for corporate pages say studies[…]

A study conducted by the Dutch calculators came up with the conclusion that open source didn’t save any money. Not so, says the MOD – they didn’t take into account things like the same costs incurred for 2500 users are now spent to service 6000 users, a savings of 66%! Rekenkamer blundert bij berekening open Read more about Dutch govt calculators fuck up on Open Source benefits model[…]

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Allthough you lose quite a few subscribers, you keep the subscribers who are interested in your messages and you increase conversions. You won’t be put on a spamlist (if you mail a subscribed list with an option to unsubscribe). It also outperforms using social media. Extreme Email Experiment: How Much Is Too Much?.

Yup, the little kids have to fork over the money if they want to sing modern songs covered by copyright. Kindergartens ordered to pay copyright for songs | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 28.12.2010.

American Express Identifies ‘A New Era of Pause and Purchase’ With Five Key Trends Driving Consumer Spending in 2011 and Beyond Report Finds Locally-Sourced Goods, Digital Shopping and “Give-a-nomics” Are Among Top Trends Re-Shaping the American Consumer More Than Half (54%) of Americans Said They Try to Support Their Local Economy Over a Third (38%) Read more about American Express Identifies ‘A New Era of Pause and Purchase’ With Five Key Trends Driving Consumer Spending in 2011 and Beyond[…]

The directive will fully harmonise the period within which payment is due at 30 days. Companies dealing with other companies will be able to set that period at 60 days in their contracts, but must pay bills within 30 days if no contractual period is set. Contracts will not be able to extend that period Read more about European Parliament: pay your bills on time![…]

The Norwegian traders, Svend Egil Larsen and Peder Veiby, were handed suspended prison sentences and fines for market manipulation after outsmarting the trading system of Timber Hill, which is a unit of US-based Interactive Brokers. The two men managed to work out how the computerised system would react to certain trading patterns. This allowed them Read more about Norwegian traders convicted for outsmarting US stock broker algorithm[…]

New Zealand has had a look at how the US software patents work and the mess they’ve made of things, so they’ve written up a bill stating that software is unpatentable. NZCS News – – NZ Computer Society.

This shows how from every $1000,- of revenue, the average music artist makes around $23,- out of which the record company then recoups ‘expenses’. ” In a traditional loan, you invest the money and pay back out of your proceeds. But a record label deal is nothing like that at all. They make you a Read more about How companies “protect” artists[…]

Star Wars creator George Lucas is trying to stop a company from making a high-powered laser that bloggers around the world have dubbed “a real-life lightsaber”. The laser is cool, but isn’t called a lightsaber by the producer. It’s bloggers that made teh comparison. This goes to show how outdated copyright law is: the original Read more about George Lucas, Star Wars creator, tries to block ‘lightsaber’[…]

The Dutch government has released the current text of ACTA and invites comments on it. Overheid.nl | Consultatie ACTA. I’ve run through the text and this is my take: 2.3.2. Each Party shall further provide that its judicial authorities shall have the authority to order that materials and implements the predominant use of which has Read more about ACTA consultation[…]

Measuring the role of online in the consumer journey from research to purchase The CCB is a free online research tool providing consumer insights across 27 countries and 36 product categories. Using the tool, you can understand and interrogate how consumers across markets use the internet to buy and research different products Consumer Commerce Barometer.

The Combined Online Information System COINS is a database of UK Government expenditure provided by government departments. The data is used to produce reports for Parliament and the public including: expenditure data in the Budget and Pre-Budget reports; Supply Estimates; Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses PESA; the monthly Public Sector Finance Releases. It is also used Read more about UK Public spending data released[…]

England, the home of tidal energy generator projects, has a new one: a Swedish startup has models of a turbine attached to a kite wing and rudder tethered to the ocean floor. ‘Underwater kite’ aims to turn energy tide – CNN.com.

So these guys who were busted by the bankers in the credit crunch have found a way to fight back: sue the credit collection agencies on technicalities. They win a lot of settlements, get out of their debts and make some money! Dallas News – Better Off Deadbeat: Craig Cunningham Has a Simple Solution for Read more about Become a credit terrorist[…]