Category Archives: Innovation

Training & Events Calendar

Whatever your training needs and wherever you are in Wales, there should be a training event coming to a venue near you. Stop Press: Anyone interested in a Photoshop course in Carmarthen? Software Alliance Wales is planning a 2 day … Continue reading

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Death of the PC???

According to figures published in April by marketing intelligence agency International Data Corporation, sales of personal computers and laptops fell by 14% in the first three months of 2013, the fourth consecutive quarter of year-on-year decline. Some commentators have seen … Continue reading

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Share Wales: A retrospective

The Digital Tourism Business Project has a mission to move the tourism industry in Wales to full digital maturity by the end of 2014. The Visit Wales:Share Wales web site is an important part of this effort:  an eclectic mix … Continue reading

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Rural communities: The pub’s the hub

Local communities – bringing it all together It has been part of our mission to help small tourism enterprises create their own online space and develop their own, individual, content. Individual content differentiates one business from another, addresses the pre-occupations of selected … Continue reading

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Fruit of the Vine

At the end of January we wondered whether Vine, the video sharing app that integrates with Twitter, would stimulate imagination and offer another viable platform for instant posting and sharing. (See And now … instant video postcards). The six second … Continue reading

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Virtual Tours: free and easy(ish)

This introduction to Virtual Tours takes in a little bit of history and context before we examine how small businesses can create their own. We shall be adding a detailed ‘How to Guide’ on Virtual Tours to the Share Wales … Continue reading

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Subsidised graduate placements for small businesses

Skills, youth and enthusiasm from GO Wales Recent graduates can bring a fresh eye, current skills and innovative ideas to any business. This is especially true of the digital environment, where technology and creativity are expanding exponentially. GO Wales can … Continue reading

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QR codes: The movies

The latest addition to the Share Wales Toolbox is a series of short videos on QR codes and their applications. QR codes are delivery systems that connect mobile devices to web-based information. It is perhaps worth noting that the information … Continue reading

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And now … instant video postcards

The way ahead? Over the last months image sharing has been boosted (if a boost were needed) by the integration of basic photo editing apps with social sites, most notably by the acquisition of Instagram by Facebook. Which prompts the … Continue reading

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Mobile phone? Take mobile payments

When the lights go out … Early in December 2012 we posted the following item on our News page. Now seems a good time to recycle it through the Blog, given the usual power outages following a day or two … Continue reading

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Toolkits & Training

New on Share Wales: The Toolbox Over the next few months we will be adding a whole new range of resources to Share Wales in the form of “How-to Guides” covering all aspects of online activity: web site management, social … Continue reading

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Augmented Reality: what goes around …

Augmented reality [AR] is a useful and engaging tool for the tourism sector and its customers. Put simply, AR superimposes computer-generated content on the real world: still and video imagery, graphics, audio, and the rest. Users are thus exposed to … Continue reading

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