Well, they told us Larry Page would be coming out bold and they were right.</p>

A recent report provided by Glassdoor shows that while Google and Apple CEOs are receiving high employee approval levels, employees at Microsoft and Yahoo! are not very pleased with their leaders.</p> <p>Glassdoor is an online career community where people anonymously share insider information relating to jobs, salaries, and the companies that employ them.</p>

There are many different writing disciplines that require professional skill to master: academic, journalistic, marketing, and advertising to name just a few.</p> <p>All these disciplines have something in common though; people read the text carefully to gain a proper understanding.</p>

It is estimated that 99% of blogs on the internet are read by precisely no one.</p> <p>Not that that should put prospective bloggers off, if performed properly and linked in correctly with other social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook; they can achieve what they set out to do.</p> <p>This is the $60 million question, what does a blogger want his or her blog to achieve?</p>

In these days of social media, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook to name a few, is there still a place for a good old-fashioned news release as a public relations tool?</p> <p>Has this medium had its day in an industry falling over itself deciding on how best to utilise the latest in instant communications technology or does it still have a place?</p> <p>Many practitioners that are seduced by having the ability to communicate directly with consumers or service users would say yes.</p> <p>?Why do we need news releases to go through third party mediums such as newspapers, TV and radio when we can cut out the middle man and get the message out directly to mobile phones, iPads and laptops,? they would argue.</p> <p>However, the problem with this approach on its own is credibility.</p>

Whilst there has been much controversy and concern regarding disturbing ?pro-ana? websites that encourage sufferers of eating disorders to starve themselves, new evidence has come to light in support of speaking out about anorexia, in the form of blog writing by Jemima Owen, a 20 year old girl who found the medium conducive to her recovery from the condition.</p>

The Web Marketing Association has put for its call for entries into the 15th annual WebAward Competition recognising web site development in the health care industry.</p> <p>"The healthcare industry is very competitive when it comes to Web development and companies can benefit from the independent evaluation of their online efforts," said Web Marketing Association President William Rice.</p>

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned life insurance companies that the long term profitable future of the industry looks uncertain. This is because consumers are not buying enough long term financial products to keep the life insurance sector thriving.</p>

In less than 24 hours after its release, Mozilla?s Firefox 4 web browser was downloaded over five million times; over twice that of its rival Internet Explorer 9. </p>

The Social Science Research Council has conducted a study on internet piracy in emerging economies that highlights how anti-piracy laws have failed.</p> <p>The study, entitled Media Piracy in Emerging Economies, was conducted over a three-year period and focused on piracy networks in Russia, Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, China, and India. </p>