Author Archive for Everton
Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 8 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.
New Theme – Best Ever!
I’ve been through many WordPress themes over the last 4 years, but the one I added last night is definitely the best ever! It’s very clean and simple to use, and more importantly, very, very fast even with all my many plugins and tweaks running.
The feature I love the most is the featured posts carousel, [...]
Recommend A 3 Column WordPress Theme
I’ve been using the theme on this site for over a year now, so I’ve decided it’s time for a change as I need something new to fiddle with! There are so many good wordpress themes out there so to speed up finding a newA theme I thought I’d enlist the help of my readers.
If [...]
Where’s my iPhone 3GS? No Stock In The UK
I ordered 2 iPhone 3G S phones online last week. I thought I’d give O2 a call today to see where they were and I was disappointed to learn that the iPhone 3G S was out of stock. I was told to call back tomorrow as they might have some news on stock. Carphone Warehouse [...]
Launching Otaku Gadgets
After taking a minor break from blogging in 2008, I’ve been working even harder than ever in 2009. What has really spurred me on has been the success of Windows 7 News, that I run jointly with Martin from gHacks. Having an official blogging business partner is great as two brains are better than one, [...]
Mobile Broadband Speed In Your Hands
The Broadband market is a battle field. Not the one fought with guns and swords, but, the one which uses mobile broadband speeds and enticing offers. Top broadband suppliers, like O2, Virgin Media, BT, Orange, T Mobile, 3 and Vodafone, fight their way out to woo consumers, with various attractive broadband packages.
The Promise…
Internet access speed [...]
Migrated To New Server Over The Weekend
I’ve had to move servers again and the migration was completed over the weekend. I’d like to thank my new hosts WiredTree for a very professional move, which had no major hiccups. Already users should see major speed improvements on the site, which will increase over the coming weeks as we tweak the server.
I decided [...]
When Should You Remove Ads From Your Site?
I’ve read many blog posts advising as to when aspiring bloggers should add banners to their sites. In my opinion the advice given in most posts that you should only add adverts once you’ve got an established readership is wrong. A good blog should always be attracting new readers, so why should new readers be [...]
Top Five iPhone Games
After weeks of deliberating I finally ordered, not one, but two iPhone 3G S – one for me and one for the new Mrs Blair. They should be arriving next week, and I’m already creating a list of apps I want to install. Portable video games are hot as a pistol, and the [...]
Windows 7 Pre-Orders Start Tomorrow
From tomorrow individuals in the US, Canada and Japan will be able to pre-order Windows 7 and save up to $100 off the full prices. Microsoft haven’t set an end date for the offer, merely stating that they have a sales target in mind and that they will pull the offer once that has [...]
AntiVirus And AntiSpamBee Plugins For WordPress
Last week my server was attacked by a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack for about 5 days, which took my sites down for about 4 hours. My host liquidweb responded brilliantly and although they couldn’t stop the attack, they tweaked my server so that it could handle excess load from the attack.
The incident made [...]
Using Multiple Ad Networks To Increase Blog Earnings
It’s been a long time since I’ve produced a post about making money with blogs. I used to share my tips regularly in my MyBlogEarnings posts, but I stopped sharing my earnings and tips, because I didn’t want people to think that I was boasting, and also because some of my colleagues found out and [...]
My Eyes Have Been Opened To The Power Of Twitter
I have to confess that until last month I tried to ignore twitter because I thought it was a waste of time. I was convinced that there was no real value in twitter and that it was another distraction like facebook that I didn’t need. However, just as facebook turned out to be a very [...]
Now Read This Site Better With Mobiles
After successfully testing the WordPress Mobile Pack over on Windows 7 News, I’ve now installed it on this site as well. Now a simpler version of the site will be displayed automatically to users browsing the site with mobile devices.
The new mobile site supports the following:
Auto-browser detection
Automatically removes interactivity and media elements (such as script, [...]
Windows 7 News Is Looking For New Writers
If you haven’t heard of Windows 7 yet then you must have been living on a different planet this year. Windows 7 is due to be launched on October 22nd and will replace Windows Vista. I setup a new site, Windows 7 News, before the official name was set (at the time Windows 7 was [...]
Turned CommentLuv Plugin Back On
I’ve managed to get the CommentLuv Plugin, which is a great way of encouraging readers to leave comments, working again on this site. CommentLuv adds a link to the last post from the comment owner’s site automatically, which can help readers get valuable backlinks as well as traffic from other curious readers.
This is a [...]
Adify Ad Networks Commits Online Suicide
I try to not make calls or send emails at work in anger, and this is the first time I’ve done this on this site, but the Adify Ad Network that I’m a part of have just made one of the stupidest business decisions I have ever come across, which is surely going to lead to [...]
Win a LG 42″ LCD TV Or £250
THE LG UK Blog team are currently running two cool competitions. Both end soon so you need to act fast to enter!
The first competition gives you a chance to win a 42″ HD Ready LCD Television. The LF7700 is LG’s first HD Ready 1080p LCD TV with built-in Freesat tuner, supporting over 140 digital TV [...]
Digg Ads Doomed To Fail
I had to check the date today to check it wasn’t 1st April when I saw the announcement from Digg for Digg Ads. This has got to be one of the worst thought out new ad programmes.
Digg Ads are displayed inline with comments on Digg, and the more times an ad is dugg, the less [...]
BT Broadband Upgrading Users To 20Mb For Free
BT Broadband have just announced that starting this summer it will be offering speeds of up to 20Mb to customers for free using ADSL2+ technology. They new speeds will be available to all new customers, and to existing customers if they sign up to a new 12 month contract.
BT Broadband are being squeaky clean about [...]
Windows 7 To Launch October 22nd
Microsoft confirmed yesterday that Windows 7 will be launched on October 22nd. to aviod a total halt to the PC market, customers buying new PCs this summer will be able to upgrade to Windows 7 via the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program, which will provide a special offer for users wanting to upgrade to Windows [...]
