Original article by Brad McCarty on August 19th, 2010

Net neutrality has taken up a lot of headline space over the last two weeks. There was the Goggle and Verizon thing, and then something happened with the FCC and some Congress members, and the French  may have been involved somehow... Admit it, your eyes are glazing over aren't they? Yes, it's true, net neutrality sometimes isn't the easiest thing to wrap your head around. But the artistic folks at Online MBA Programs are here to help with 15 facts you may not have known about what neutrality on the Internet actually means.

Checkout some of the previews:

There are several external feeds supplying information to the beachsafe app. They come from the Bureau of Meteorology, numerous Surf Life Saving databases, Google maps and social networks such as Flikr.

Information supplied via GPS location technology delivers detailed data for the closest 30 beaches to the users device. Users can find information for any of the 11876 beach search in Australia. Details included: weather conditions and forecasts, swell, tide, UV index for the day, daily and permanent hazards plus a host of other useful information to keep safe while visiting the beach.

So let us know what you think! There are around 12000 beaches in Australia and now you have them all in the palm of your hand! FOR FREE!

Stay tuned for release dates soon.

Macdaddy Team

This is a great feature, especially if your products or services are complex in nature and in many instances it could be 1 question relating to a comparison of 2 products. A sale can be made on the spot if an adequate real-time answer is provided for the user.

Try the live support feature at one of our newly launched websites: www.thebusinesscardshop.com.au or by clicking the "need a business card" link at the top right of you browser and look for the Live Support panel at the bottom right of the home page.

Other real-time contact methods available from macdaddy:

Call me, where users place their phone number in a field on your site and through the internet a call is made- to the user from you... once you pick up you are talking to the user directly. If you have VOIP this feature can really make a big difference to your monthly phone bill.

Skype calls, again through your website, however the call is made by the user from their Skype client.

Today, its easy to connect and stay in touch with your customers through the Internet and at a fraction of the cost the you may be paying now.

macdaddy can implement a range of solutions that open up the communication channels with your customers.

The macdaddy developed Content Management System; copilot [CMS] is an Internet based application that provides our clients with the tools to manage their content on the web.

Much of the demand in terms of functionality has come from the business sector and in particular e-commerce, however more and more development is being done to integrate social networking features to drive traffic and extend the user experience.

It is macdaddy's mission to innovate, build upon and maintain copilot [CMS] so that we remain a driving force in Web Content Management.

This blog is dedicated to the ongoing development of copilot [CMS] and as such we will be posting articles here that are related to the modules and features of the application in a quest to gain feedback, insights and ideas from our clients, the industry and public at large.

We invite anyone with an interest in content and communications managment to participate in this thread as we unfold the posibilities and virtues of copilot [CMS].

The following is a list of modules in copilot [CMS]:

• Content (pages/menu management)
• Comments
• Events & Calendar
• News/Blog (RSS)
• E-shop (shopping cart)
• Newsletter (email marketing tool & subscription)
• Media (rich media file manager)
• Administration (key words, titles etc)
• Live support

The landing page of copilot [CMS] is a summary console displaying a number of widgets including a statistical data from google analytics.

All other copilot [CMS] modules can be accessed from the header or global menu.

The help menu on the right is a handy resource for administrators to check up on procedures when using the system. copilot [CMS] help has been developed over time using the Media Wiki engine.

• Tracking of read/unread/urls
• Flash grahs
• Bouncing email address holder + automatic manaing of unused contacts
• new edit message menu, allows you send newsletter from the same screen
• UX improvements