Centre for Digital Business

Bitcoin is like a real gold rush: it’s the miners who are exploited

The recent crash of popular bitcoin exchange MtGox has given some commentators the opportunity to hint at the collapse of bitcoin itself. There are historical comparisons to be drawn here with the 2001 dotcom crash or the South Sea Bubble of 1720. However, these examples can only offer a partial explanation of recent events.

ATTENTION… Calling all students! March this way to a CIM event: Inbound Marketing Bootcamp

The Centre for Digital Business and Don’t Panic Projects are co-hosting a second Chartered Institute of Marketing event, following a successful first Bootcamp event in December 2013. Roger that? Dave Hazlehurst, a leading industry Google expert from Ph. Creative will take attendees through the fundamentals of marketing online and introduce them to the term and theory […]

WhatsApp? Even private chatter now exploited by billionaires

The much-discussed purchase of WhatsApp by Facebook this week should give us pause for thought regarding the real agendas behind such monopolistic acquisitions in the tech world. It’s clear that, with Facebook users getting older and older, the teen market is something it must buy into in order to capture the next generation. It’s also […]

Top 10 international digital marketing skills

Expanding your business online to international markets is one of the key growth areas for organisations. But how does this growth work? What skills should you and your business have in order to capitalise on this great international business opportunity? Developing the latest skills and knowledge needed to grow a business online in international markets […]

How can Geolocation benefit your business or project?

Geolocation is the locating of something using digital technology, usually on a map-like interface. Over the last decade, we have seen some great advances in geolocation and digital mapping with the rise of Google Maps, Google Earth, Bing Maps and many other services. Google first purchased its map service in 2004 from a small Australian […]

What is Bitcoin?

Over the last few months this seemingly simple question has crossed the minds of academics, reporters and many others. In the Centre for Digital Business our discussions have focussed on the real impact that bitcoins will have on mainstream eCommerce. For the moment we have no definitive conclusion. However, the technology press picked up on the […]