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We love Fridays! The weekend is nearly here, so we're bringing you our review of some of the things that caught our eye in the Fotofire office this week!     Google Play Music is launched   Google is launching its own subscription-based music service, in a bid to challenge other providers such as Apple and Spotify.   The service, which will be called Google Play Music, was unveiled at the company's annual developer conference in San Francisco. Users will be able to sea...

You may or may not have heard about the spectacular social media meltdown that occurred earlier this week: Amy's Bakery Company, based in Arizona, took to their social media feed to defend themselves against complaints regarding their food and prices, and the results weren't pretty (very funny though).   You can read the whole thing here, but here's a quick summary; after the negative comments started, Amy's Bakery Company took to Facebook to address the issues raised on the show. Howeve...

If you're an online retailer, you'll know how important product pages are for your business. They provide you with that crucial make or break moment – where your visitor either becomes a customer or clicks away to continue their search.   If your customer has made it to the product page, then they are clearly interested in your item. You don't want what's on that product page to cause them to lose interest, driving them away to a competitor. And yet, whilst all online retailers rec...

This week seems to have flown past! What are everyone's weekend plans?   If you're winding down ready for the weekend, sit back and read through our round up of news stories from the digital world...     Youtube to launch pay-to-watch channels   One of the biggest stories from the digital world this week was the news that Youtube is making some changes to its model. One of these changes will be paid subscriptions to certain channels.   The pilot scheme means tha...

Another week over! What have you been getting up to?   Read on for the latest news on all things digital – this week we're looking at Facebook, tablets and parallel parking, find out why below!     UK growth halts for Facebook   Profits may be up, but user numbers in the US are going down for social giant Facebook, according to new data released this week. The stats show that Facebook lost 10m users in the USA in the last year, and saw no growth in the numbers o...

When you've been developing and designing websites for over 12 years it becomes second nature. However, for people who are unfamiliar with the process, we appreciate it can be a bit of a challenge and, well, at times even scary. It's a huge commitment and there is a lot to consider, so you'll want to make sure you get everything spot on.   So, if you're thinking about investing in a website for your business but are not sure where to start, we've put together a checklist of things you'll ...

More changes to Facebook   Another week, another Facebook update! This time the social network have made changes to the status updates – brands shouldn't overlook this change either, as it could have huge potential for your business.   When users update their status, they will now have the option of adding an emoticon to show how they are feeling, so for instance, feeling sad, feeling happy or even feeling old (which one of my Facebook friends used earlier this week when ta...

When a major news story breaks, more and more people are hearing it first through social media channels. When the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away earlier this month, I found out through Twitter, and when two explosions went off during the Boston Marathon on Monday 15th April, I heard the news first from friends' posts on Facebook.   News and social media have a rather uneasy relationship, mainly because of social media's tendency to sometimes misreport the facts, and f...

Hello! We're at the end of another week, so we're rounding off our week with a look at some of the week's top news stories. Read on to hear about Twitter's new music app, and the best-designed website of the year (apparently)...     Leah nominated for top award   Firstly, we're very proud indeed to announce that our graphic designer Leah has been nominated for Inspirational Woman Of The Year at the Chester Women In Business Awards! The ceremony will take place on the 30th May...

We all like to be told what to do sometimes, whether we realise it or not. It just depends on the way in which we are told...   For example, if someone walked in to a room and started barking orders at you, or began to shout before issuing an ultimatum, you probably wouldn't appreciate it, right? However, when you are completing a task, sometimes it helps to be given clear directions on how to reach the end.   If you run a business and have a website, you will have certain things ...