Mobile web browsing is gaining popularity and acceptance thanks to the extensive proliferation of iPhones and other mobile appliances with surf-friendly interfaces. As a result it is becoming more and more important to offer a mobile-friendly alternative to your current website.
The mobile website must be very simple, images reduced to a minimum and load as quickly as possible.
One of the main issues is checking that the web visitor is using a mobile device and if so, redirecting them to the mobile version of the website. This task isn't easy and it took a lot of time to discover how it was done.
I created a web version at www.bizlinks.co.nz/mobile.
Contact me if you would like a mobile version of your website.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Government launches important tool against online scammers
Developed by New Zealand’s internet safety group NetSafe, The ORB (Online Reporting Button) allows consumers to report a full range of cyber offences and crimes – such as spam, objectionable material, online traders, privacy breaches, scams, computer system attacks, and offending against children. The ORB can be previewed at www.theorb.org.nz.
These reports are then sent to the appropriate partner agency, those being: NZ Police, Customs, the Serious Fraud Office, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the Commerce Commission, the Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection, and the DIA.
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs will receive scam reports via The ORB. In essence, it is an additional resource to report scams to Scamwatch and will be dealt with in the same way as current scam reports.
New Zealanders lose around $440 million to scams a year, and research commissioned by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs last year found that 15 percent of adults had been scammed or tricked out of money at some point. These are real victims who have lost money – sometimes their life-savings – to scammers.
These reports are then sent to the appropriate partner agency, those being: NZ Police, Customs, the Serious Fraud Office, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the Commerce Commission, the Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection, and the DIA.
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs will receive scam reports via The ORB. In essence, it is an additional resource to report scams to Scamwatch and will be dealt with in the same way as current scam reports.
New Zealanders lose around $440 million to scams a year, and research commissioned by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs last year found that 15 percent of adults had been scammed or tricked out of money at some point. These are real victims who have lost money – sometimes their life-savings – to scammers.
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