Oct 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Tesco has embarked on a Halloween-themed Twitter campaign to promote its wines division, in partnership with social media agency We Are Social. The campaign will encourage engagement between Tesco Wines’ Twitter community and will aim to increase the awareness of...
Oct 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has unveiled the latest version of its Nexus tablet range, alongside a new smartphone and operating system, as its rivalry with Apple intensifes. The Nexus 4 handset and Nexus 10 tablet will go on sale on 13 November, Google has announced. The firm also...
Oct 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
A new era of superfast mobile internet begins in the UK today, as 4G products and services are made available to millions of consumers in 11 cities across the UK. EE, formerly known as Everything Everywhere, will launch its range of 4G products and services in London,...
Oct 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has launched Windows 8, designed to run on PCs, tablets and smartphones, as the software giant looks to take on Apple and Google in the lucrative mobile operating system market. The new operating system, still the most widely used in the world, signals the...
Oct 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Pinterest has entered the top 50 most visited US sites, attracting 25.3 million vistors during September, according to new data. The data, from Comscore, reveals that Google sites remain at the top with 187 million visitors, closely followed by Microsoft, Yahoo, and...
Oct 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has launched its new line of tablets as the software giant looks to take on Apple in the lucrative tablet market. The move marks Microsoft’s first entry into the PC hardware market, and the tablet prices start at £399. Watch a BBC video review of the...
Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apple has revealed a smaller version of its iPad, dubbed the ‘iPad mini’ as it looks to take on Amazon’s Kindle Fire, Goolge’s Nexus 7 and Samsung’s Galaxy Note in the growing mini tablet market. The device will be available for pre-order from 26th October and will...
Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
BBC Ceefax, the world’s first teletext service, has shut down as part of the UK analogue signal termination today. Ceefax was launched on 23 September 1974 to give BBC viewers the chance to check the latest news headlines, sports scores, weather forecast or TV...
Oct 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
The UK switchover from analogue to digital terrestrial television, which will free up capacity for 4G services, has finally been completed. The analogue digital signal has been switched off this week for the last time, with TV viewers in Northern Ireland being the...
Oct 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mobile operator EE has announced the prices for its 4G service, with prices starting from £36 per month. The service, the first of its kind to be commercially available in the UK, will come with no limit on domestic calls and texts. However, customers on this plan...
Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apple is removing Oracle’s Java software from browsers on its Mac operating system, as part of its latest software update. The move means that Apple users that use the updates Mac OS update will need to download Java support from Oracle directly. Java is a...
Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Election Day is just weeks away and both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney’s campaigns are in full swing. The success of each of the candidates on November 6 relies on effectively communicating to their constituents, seeking to build support, donations and their voter...
Oct 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Iconic US current affairs magazine Newsweek, is to become an online only publication to save on printing costs. The all-digital version of the magazine will be called Newsweek Global and operated on a paid subscription model. The 80-year-old publication has reported...
Oct 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google has offered a sneak peek at one of its top secret (but rather beautiful) data centres, showing the technology that powers billions of web searches, YouTube clicks and Gmail conversations every day. Until now, the search engine giant has only allowed a handful...
Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
File-sharers reportedly buy 30% more music than non-sharers, according to a new study which contradicts claims from the music industry that piracy is hurting the industry. The study, from the American Assembly, a Columbia University affiliated public policy forum,...
Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apple has sent out a number of press invites to a secret event on October 23rd, hinting at the launch of its much-anticpated iPad mini launch. The digital cards’ text reads: “We’ve got a little more to show you”. The event will take place at...
Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
FedEx has launched a new app on Facebook that highlights how they can help your business grow better than a cheesy advertising jingle. The app invites customers to input their business details which then become customizable parts of their very own...
Oct 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Apple is reportedly planning to drop Samsung as manufacturer of its mobile processors, as the rivalry between the two firms intensifies.A report from Citigroup Global Markets, which is Citi’s international research division, indicates that Apple is set to switch...
Oct 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has revealed its Xbox and Windows-based music service, offering 30 million tracks to gamers and web users. The new service replaces its Zune business on PCs and Xbox, and aims to challenge the likes of iTunes an Spotify in the online music market. The...
Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Google’s and Apple’s smartphone platform war is the defining fight for the industry today’ according to Google’s CEO Eirc Schmidt. Speaking at the All Things Digital conference this week, Schmidt said that the rivalry between iOS and Android was much more...
