News Topic - The Barefoot Businessman https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/category/news/ The Davis-Allman Business Development Blog - Alpha: life is an ongoing experiment Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:42:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.barefootbusinessman.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 News Topic - The Barefoot Businessman https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/category/news/ 32 32 42648053 Computer Processor Vulnerabilities (Meltdown / Spectre) – What you can do https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2018/01/computer-processor-vulnerabilities-meltdown-spectre-can/ Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:23:04 +0000 https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/?p=2081 What's affected: Macs, PCs and Servers. Just about everything. The jury is still out on the likelihood of phones being vulnerable.

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]]> 2081 Flickr’s New Photo Page (Test Version) https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/10/flickrs-new-photo-page/ Wed, 09 Oct 2013 19:25:59 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1656 Notwithstanding the fact that the Flickr site seems to be down more often than it is up at the moment (Bad, bad panda!) Flickr currently has a whole new look photo page that is being trialed with some users. Flickr has a history of implementing changes without consultation, so anything that involves Flickr actually listening […]

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]]> 1656 Facebook issues proposed changes to its Data Use Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/08/facebook-issues-proposed-changes-data-use-policy-statement-rights-responsibilities/ Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:12:24 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1608 Facebook are set to update their Data Use Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. The proposed changes come as the result of a settlement in a court case concerning its use of personal data in advertising. As usual there will probably be a lot of outcry claiming ‘Facebook can’t use my personal information’. Please […]

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]]> 1608 Facebook Promotions Simplified https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/08/facebook-promotions-simplified/ Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:21:09 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1581 Facebook have simplified their requirements for your business to run a Facebook promotion.  You longer need to use a Facebook apps, promotions can be offered via your timeline, which is good news for many small businesses. It’s probably not so good news for the companies proving app generating services such as Woobox. Here’s the gist of […]

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]]> 1581 Based in Missouri and an Amazon Affiliate? Your operating agreement will be terminated on August 28 https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/08/live-missouri-amazon-affiliate-contract-will-terminated-august-28/ Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:34:04 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1526 It pays to read your suppliers’ notices and check the details of any contract changes. All Amazon Affiliate Account Operating Agreements with Missouri residents will be terminated on August 28. Why? It’s because of changes to Missouri’s state tax laws. Somehow I missed both the implication of changes to the tax laws, and Amazon’s first notification […]

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]]> 1526 WordPress Theme – Twenty Fourteen https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/08/wordpress-theme-twenty-fourteen/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 02:10:49 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1507 The Word Press Theme Twenty thirteen arrived rather late to the New Year’s party. Eight months late in August to be precise. The 2014 WordPress theme – Twenty fourteen is planned to be released along with WordPress version 3.8 in early December this year. The decision to base Twenty Fourteen on an existing premium theme […]

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]]> 1507 Google announces a ‘New Inbox’ https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/05/google-announces-a-new-inbox/ Thu, 30 May 2013 06:36:41 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1390 According to the Gmail BlogThe key feature of the new design is gathering mail together into up to five categories and providing you a 'one click' access to the content in that category.

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]]> 1390 The New Flickr Cover Image – Templates https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/05/the-new-flickr-cover-image-templates/ https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/05/the-new-flickr-cover-image-templates/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 17:39:47 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1283 We've produced a couple of free templates for creating cover images for Flickr's new-look interface. If you have a Flickr photo-sharing account hopefully by now you'll have seen the new interface and heard about the new free account's one terabyte photo-storage limit.

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]]> 1275 Google+ Cover image change and profile page update https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/03/google-cover-image-change-and-profile-page-update/ https://www.barefootbusinessman.net/2013/03/google-cover-image-change-and-profile-page-update/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:32:56 +0000 http://barefootbusinessman.net/?p=1218 If you have a Business page on Google+, even if you’re not actively using it, you need to review it. If, like us, you use your business logo as your page’s profile picture, you may want to make some changes. Google+ Cover pictures are now 2120 pixels wide by 1192 pixels high and scale to […]

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