Is this the way that entertainment will be going in the future as the Xbox’s latest update seeks to make the video games console a single hub for all sorts of home entertainment, whether this is films, TV or gaming, the Xbox with Kinect should be all you need. Controlled by gesture, voice or the [...]
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24th November 2011
Spotify signs up 2.5m paying subscribers ahead of major announcement
Spotify the music streaming channel released the data today, 24 hours after sending out invites to journalists for an event next week, at which Daniel Ek, Spotify’s co-founder and chief, is expected to outline some major changes and say what is next for the business. A story of success, Spotify has added 500,000 paying subscribers [...]
19th November 2011
Schoolchildren should be taught to create software
There is now a strong move from government that it recognises that learning the skills to use ICT [Information and Communications Technology] effectively and acquiring the knowledge of the underpinning computer science are two different subjects. This move follows on from criticism of the education system by technology giants including Google and Microsoft. Earlier this [...]
9th November 2011
Facebook want changes to ask consent for privacy changes
Privacy campaigners have welcomed a report that Facebook is to ask users to opt into any changes in the way it uses their personal information. The popular social networking site was intending to go ahead with alterations to its members’ settings without asking for fresh consent. However, the website is changing its policy after an [...]
19th October 2011
Kindle hits Amazon profits
The kindle has been a huge success, but the tablet which stores hundreds of books which can be read electronically has hit the profits of the giant online retailer. The company, the world’s largest online internet retailer, said third quarter net income was £40m down. It was during this period Amazon launched the Kindle “Fire” [...]
11th October 2011
More misery for Blackberry users.
BlackBerry services went down on Monday and, apart from a brief period on Tuesday morning, have been down since then. Last night there were reports that users in the United States, Japan and Singapore were having difficulties getting online. The firm is facing growing calls for compensation from users all over the world. European, Middle [...]
28th September 2011
The £300m cable that will save one millisecond in transmission time
With the world of the mobile ‘phone and the high speed internet it is hard to believe that people still communication by a cable joining them together, but it is the case, especially went comes to trading and hedge funds. The first cable across the Atlantic was laid in 1858 from the Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum [...]
25th September 2011
HP offers partial refund to full-price TouchPad buyers
The TouchPad was on sale in Britain for just over a month and failed to make an impression on the market which has been dominated by the Apple iPad. HP is to refund hundreds of pounds each to customers who bought its failed TouchPad tablet at full price. The compensation programme means buyers who paid [...]
17th September 2011
Is the death of the music store near?
The question is an important one, particularly if you work in a music store because fewer of us are going to a specialist shop to buy a CD now when so many of us are migrating to buying music online. If you have been into one recently you will have noticed that CDs and actual [...]
4th September 2011
Will Tim Cook continue the trend at Apple?
The news that Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO at Apple came as no surprise to some people; he has not been in the best of health in recent years. However, the stock market has reacted predictably with Apple shares falling by 7% hours after trading began in the US with gains being made by [...]