‘The Battle of Manchester’ The big day has finally arrived. No we are not talking Call of Duty: Black Ops, far greater then that. It has finally arrived, the much awaited Manchester Derby. This game has always been a big deal to both sets of fans but there has been only one winner in recent [...]
“Thousands of gamers are expected to queue at over 400 stores in the UK to get their hands on a copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops.” This has been a very highly anticipated release and is expected to break all gaming records regarding sales and profit margins. It’s predecessor, Call of Duty Modern Warfare [...]
How well do you know your friends? Facebook is a wonderful thing as it keeps you connected to the people that matter most to you. It helps keep old friends in touch and makes distant friend’s feel close. So who is that Joe Blogs in your contact list, who I have never met before? You [...]
There was a double incentive for Philip de Belder’s recent visit to Munich. One was to take in a major exhibition and meet a few old acquaintances as well as some new contacts; but the other and far more important aspect of the trip was a meeting that had been arranged with a senior Egyptian [...]
It has been brought up in recent political debates that Britain’s intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to “make them fit for the Internet age,” Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. Cameron would like to see the law relaxed allowing greater use of copyright material without the owner’s permission. This has been highly encouraged [...]
While in Düsseldorf to attend the Aluminium 2010 exhibition Philip de Belder was able to introduce de Belder Associates Ltd to a number of major organisations who were interested in the company’s specialist metals industry recruitment expertise, especially regarding any foundry vacancy they may have. Part of the reason for the visit was to keep [...]
Facebook has set out a strategy it hopes will make it as dominant in mobiles as it is in social networks.” Their goal is to make the mobile experience more sociable as well as offering shopping discounts. The biggest area where Facebook can exploit is the new “checking in” feature. Facebook introduced the idea that [...]
“US Republicans have seized the House of Representatives in mid term elections.” This is a severe blow to the current President Barack Obama and will make his policies more difficult to push through and pass laws. Despite losing the House of Representatives Obama’s Democrats narrowly retained control of the Senate. Interestingly six of these seats [...]
Facebook has taken action against developers it caught selling user names and contact lists. “The sales were uncovered as Facebook investigated a web browser bug that let user IDs be shared inadvertently.” These personal details were sold to brokers who used the information to design adverts that were carefully structured towards their target market. Due [...]
Philip de Belder recently travelled to Arnhem in the Netherlands to meet the magazine publishers of ‘Castings & Forgings News’ and ‘Valve World’. Philip has written several expert recruitment articles for these publications in the past and the magazine’s editorial team hope that he will continue to contribute interesting and informative articles on this specialist [...]
