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News
Media village at the London Olympics
Media is set to be at the forefront of the London hosted Olympic games in 2012. China having set the bar with the amount of media available at this year's games, will show how much investment in technology is needed in the next four years.
Auctioning off Sweet Moments
Online auction sites and trading goods over the internet have been, in the main, just that. Now there is Sweemo, a new site that brings the opportunity to trade experiences, or “sweet–moments”.
Text addict
Reported in the metro this month it seems as though Brits can’t cut down on texting. In the first quarter of this year the Mobile Data Association (MDA) saw a 25% increase in the number of texts sent, compared to the last three months of 2007.
Comment
Is a recession such a bad thing for business?
Reading the news over the last few months, you’d be forgiven for thinking the world had gone to hell in a handcart. Things are no doubt tough; inflation, at 3.8%, is well above the government’s 2% target, house prices are dropping fast and the cost of many raw materials are at all time highs. The knock on effect on consumer spending is obvious - retail sales in the UK slumped in June by the biggest margin in more than 20 years.
Ian Thomson - Head of Business Architecture
Bitesize
Drive with WiFi
Chrysler announced in July the launch of their uconnect web system. This enables any Chrysler, Dodge, or Jeep vehicle to be wirelessly connected to the internet. It essentially turns the car into a WiFi hotspot.
Can't buy me love
Bandai, the Japanese manufacturer of the successful Tamagotchi, the virtual pet game, has come up with a virtual romance game.
The pen is mightier than the mouse
In terms of tech, one of this summer’s must haves has to be the Pulse Pen. This is a ball point pen that simultaneously records your hand writing and the sound of the words that you are transcribing.
One Trillion and counting...
The Google index has just hit a groundbreaking one trillion pages this week, that's 1,000,000,000,000,000,000!
Time for you to learn
Time Warner in the US sets up a mentoring programme for executives who are not au fait with the internet. The teachers though are mostly students, getting paid $500 per session.
The launch of Cuil, cools off!
Newest search engine to rival Google, Cuil, pronounced “cool”, launched on Monday. With over 3 million hits on the site within the first few hours the servers crashed.
The Numbers Page
The number of years to reach 50 million users
A recent report from Morgan Stanley revealed how many years it has taken each media industry to gain fifty million users. Radio has taken the longest to catch on with the internet being clearly the fastest growing media to date.
Tech Salaries up to scratch
The average salary for the tech industry might not match up to others. The technology industry salary comparison site, ActiveTechpros.com analyses your current salary against others in your age and wage bracket and matches you against other industries as well.
Brazil reaches 40 million internet users
With a directive starting in 2004, to have more computers available in Brazil, the country can now celebrate exceeding their targets.