Inefficient e-mail
Workers spend an average of 49 minutes each day managing email, which reduces their efficiency. This is the claim of a report by analyst group Gartner. It also concludes that 34% of internal business e-mail is unnecessary.
http://www.gartner.com
Snoopers’ charter criticised
Information commissioner Elizabeth France was criticised by a conference of lawyers for making the code of practice on e-mail snooping unnecessarily complex. The code of practice is designed to remove confusion over the laws allowing companies to monitor their employees’ e-mail use.
http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk
Website pulls in the punters
Ludlowthompson.com, a buy-to-let residential property agent, claims that a third of its business and 50% of sales are conducted through its website. A foreign language facility has just been added to the site.
http://www.ludlowthompson.com
Deadline for e-commerce awards
The deadline for entries to the e-commerce awards is 18 May. The awards are designed to recognise excellence in e-business in firms of under 250 employees.
http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk
Take a virtual tour of a property
The Internet Picture Corporation (iPIX) has signed a deal with Lookat, allowing the latter to provide full iPIX virtual tours to its UK customers. The service provides 360-degree tour for websites or e-mail.
http://www.lookat.co.uk
Know where you are on the Mac
iMap is a new free Geographical Information System-compatible mapping tool for the Apple Macintosh. A Windows version will follow this summer. The software can be used to create movies of the change in an area over time.
http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/bio/sys/imap/
