Chapter 6. WHY DON'T WE DO IT ON THE ROAD?

You're sold on social networking, or at least you've decided it's going to do something for your business. Then you start to think, if only it could do something for you when you're away from your desk.

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Cloud computing: computing in which your computer acts as a terminal and you're using a computer elsewhere. It's not all that extraordinary – there are many complex applications but a simple Hotmail account is an example of cloud computing.

Social media is by no means restricted to your computer when you're sitting at your desk. Mobile working has exploded unbelievably over the last few years through a few technologies: first laptops, then mobile phones, then smartphones, then cloud computing. That's ...

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