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John Beckley is a South African living in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Interested in Design and Marketing on the Internet using social media.

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Chris Kamara doing what he knows best

Chris Kamara doing what he knows best

Tenerife Ladies Match Play

We just had a fantasitc Tenerife Ladies Open at Golf Las Americas, we look forward to welcoming the girls back next year!

It's Official: Microsoft Acquires Skype for $8.5 Billion

Its Official: Microsoft Acquires Skype for $8.5 Billion
After rumors that first Facebook and then Microsoft were in talks to acquire Skype, the latter announced that it has acquired the VoIP giant for $8.5 billion in cash. Skype will be integrated into Microsoft devices and systems such as Xbox and Kinect, Xbox Live, the Windows Phone, Lync and Out…

Say NO to Grupo MGO S.A!

I have little hope for this Island of Tenerife until the last of the old guard have finally been put down. Today I have paid GRUPO MGO SA €500 for staff medical tests that didn’t even take place.

Tenerife/Spain’s labor laws need serious attention and overhaul if we are to get out of this crisis otherwise companies like GRUPO MGO SA  will continue to exploit the situation for their own ends at the expense of small business.

Update your Social Media Accounts by emailing photos to them from your phone!

Follow the following instructions to add Social Media accounts to your mobile phone which will enable you to email photos straight to flickr, facebook and twitter:  

1.       Flickr – log in,

·         at the top for the page click on your name (where it says signed in as).

·         under your account, there are some personal information links at the top click on Emails and Notifications

·         click edit and you should see your email address

·         add it to your phone as a contact

2.       Twitter – log in,

·         go to twitpic.com sign in with your twitter account (top right)

·         straight away it should give you an email address

·         add it to your phone as a contact

3.       Facebook – log in,

·         at the top right click on Account

·         click Use facebook as page

·         go to your page, where you have the option to add to your wall it, click Photos

·         click on the left option Add a photo from your drive, you will see under the select image that it gives you the option to Email a photo

·         add to your phone as a contact

 

If you need any help give me a call/email.

Add photos to social meida via your phone

Typical Ways to Create Backlinks

Blog Commenting

RSS Directories

Press Releases

Backlink Services

Article Marketing

Social Bookmarking Sites

Forum Signatures

Web 2.0 Properties

Web Directories

Link Exchanges

Social Networking Sites

Link Bait Posts

Guess Blogging

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Tournaments at Golf Las Americas this year

Confirmed list at the moment of tournaments at Golf Las Americas this year are:

May 21: Prosegur

May 25: La Caixa (Invitational)

June 4 : Mercedes Benz (Invitational)

June 9 – 12: Tenerife Ladies Matchplay

July 2: Circuit Tenerife / La Gomera 2nd round

July 9: Villa Cortes

July 16: Ingane Yami

Sept 10: Spring Hotels

Sept 24: Iberostar Anthelia

To see the updated list of tournaments on Golf Las Americas

The arrival of Generation C will have an impact comparable to that of the Industrial Revolution, but it will take place much more quickly.

We call them Generation C — connected, communicating, content-centric, computerized, community-oriented, always clicking. As a rule, they were born after 1990 and lived their adolescent years after 2000. In the developed world, Generation C encompasses everyone in this age group; in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), they are primarily urban and suburban. By 2020, they will make up 40 percent of the population in the U.S., Europe, and the BRIC countries, and 10 percent of the rest of the world — and by then, they will constitute the largest single cohort of consumers worldwide.

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