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Great work Xero!

September 3, 2008

Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, SaaS

SaaSu, Xero

I posted earlier today that Xero didn’t work on Google’s new browser Chrome. Great to read that Xero have checked and corrected this anomaly. So here it is – (BTW Xero you weren’t the first – Just checked and…

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Google and Chrome – No Go Xero

September 3, 2008

Business, Design, IT, SaaS, Web x.0

google chrome, Xero

So Google released it’s new browser today…. I’m sitting only a few miles away from the ‘plex so it seemed somehow appropriate to comment on the launch. My thoughts…. Who cares? Honestly I can say that the browser, much…

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Stick to cheaper accommodation

September 3, 2008

Business, Design, New business, Web x.0

airbed and breakfast, best western

I read the other day that Best Western hotels have announced the loss of 8 millions personal records from their database. Records included customer names, private addresses, credit card details and more. Apparently an Indian hacker gained access to…

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TelstraClear comment on broadband for New Zealand

September 3, 2008

Business, Efficiency, IT, New Zealand, Strategy

dsl, ftth, FTTN, fttp, telstraclear

Good to see TC CEO Allan Freeth out and tearing at the dogma that comes from the broadband ideologues – his point seems to be forget fibre to the home (FTTH) concentrate on Fibre to the node or Fibre…

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I think we’re safe minister

September 2, 2008

Business

A guest post from the unreasonablemen.net I can’t help but comment on the hugely underwhelming version 2 of the digital strategy. As reported in the dominion post, the minster believes we are at no risk of having “inspiration fatigue”.…

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The benefits of being online

September 2, 2008

Business, Design, IT, SaaS, Web x.0

skype, unified Communications, Xero

The biggest benefit of SaaS, as I see it, isn’t the fact that it’s available online and anywhere. Rather it’s the added value that connectivity brings. A great example of what this can mean in practice comes from the…

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Starting to own a vertical

September 2, 2008

Business, Design, IT, SaaS, Strategy, The Cloud

MYOB, smarty host

It was really interesting to hear that the largest supplier of accounting applications in Australasia, MYOB, has been on the acquisition trail. MYOB has bought the second largest Australian ISP, SmartyHost, for AUD7mil. This follows their acquisition earlier in…

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Seven founders sins

September 1, 2008

Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, New business, SaaS, Strategy

freshbooks

I’m looking forward to meeting the founder of FreshBooks Mike Mcderment next week at the Office 2.0 conference. I’ve spent a heap of time watching and talking to the founders and CEOs of other SaaS businesses generally and SaaS…

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Here’s an IP monster….

August 31, 2008

Business, Design, IT, New business, Strategy

copyright, ip, mygazines

I was alerted to new offering Mygazines – which basically encourages users to scan magazines and upload them where the community can access them. Wondering about copyright issues I checked out Mygazines terms and conditions – front and centre…

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A start-up reflects

August 30, 2008

Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, New business, Strategy

billflow, start up

Billflo is an app to create, manage and email invoices. My attention was drawn to Billflo by their CEO who commented on one of my posts. I’m looking forward to meeting up with them in San Francisco next week,…

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