Webitecture Blog

Last week, Google’s earnings disappointed investors with revenue falling US$300 million short of analyst expectation. Despite profit growing from US$2.54 billion to US$2.71 billion over Q4 2010, stocks fell 10 percent overnight.

The top industries contributing to Google’s $37.9 billion in revenue over the course of 2011 were Finance, Retail and Tourism, according to research by SEM software/PPC service firm Wordstream.

As web designers we are constantly fighting the battle against clutter and overload, whether it’s on our own website or it’s a design for a client. 

The design of a website needs to enhance its purpose by putting the focus on the content whilst being able to be used and viewed by everyone. Taking the time to ensure no detail is left overlooked produces a much more effective and attractive website.

We will discuss your main objectives on your website, the attention to detail, less = more, and finally finding the balance between cluttered and minimalistic.

Google’s Web-based document, spread sheet, drawing and presentation platform now has image drag-and-drop from desktop functionality.

The feature reportedly works with the latest versions of Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari, while Google says it plans to also support other browsers soon.

Image drag-and-drop works exactly as you would expect, users click and drag a file stored on their computer to an open document in Google Docs, the file is uploaded and added to the document in real-time for other users to see.

The advent of online business as a business structure brought along many resources.

Outlined below are a number of free or "near-free" resources to get your business idea online. From investment opportunities to free software, large companies are now helping you get your idea out there.

Being a part of the Microsoft® BizSpark™ program, we know first hand what it means to have access to thousands of dollars worth of software.

Easy, collaborative workgroup communication with Google Apps

Google Apps is an enterprise suite of applications that includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Spread sheets, Google Sites and Google Video.

As a web-based service they can be securely accessed from anywhere with internet connectivity, work on mobile devices like BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad and more, and integrate with other popular email systems like Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail.