The Cloud or Cloud computing has been a buzzword within the telecoms and data industry for a few years now. But are British SMEs adopting the services available and are they gaining full benefit from it? Already people are able to complete their work at home, on a train or in a hotel almost as if they were in their office. Services such as hosted desktop and flexible computing solutions are enabling workers to work as effectively from home as they do at their desks.
Hosted VoIP is seen as a logical part of this trend. Increasingly, once businesses have realised the value of a cloud Continue reading →
We all know by now what happened in the late 1990s with respect to the Online Casino Industry. Processing power and connection speeds improved to such a level where it quickly became possible to trust an online casino to run a seamless game of poker and process your money responsibly. There were issues of course – not everyone has a perfect internet connection even now and there are still some less-than-scrupulous operators out there.
Nevertheless, the online casino industry is now worth billions every year and those last fifteen years have expanded and polished the market relentlessly. So what’s next? Well the next thing is already here – the ability to connect to an online casino using your mobile device. This has been possible, but awkward, ever since mobile phones became capable of rendering websites legibly but the advent of the iPhone, Android phones and tablets has given consumers the ability to use these devices for any task.
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For our younger audiences, Nokia used to be the number one provider of mobile everywhere. Every day, more than 1.3 billion people use their Nokia to capture and share experiences, access information, find their way or simply to speak to one another in the world. But there was a time when if Nokia launched a product, we’d all want to know about it.
The new Nokia Lumia 610 is Nokia’s fourth and most affordable Lumia smartphone, designed as the perfect introduction to Windows Phone for a younger audience. The Nokia Lumia 610 makes it easy to keep in touch with friends, providing instant access to social networks and bringing all mobile, email, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn contacts into one place.
It also makes it easier to browse the Web with Internet Explorer and to access games through Xbox Live. Available with Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia Transport and Nokia Music, people can also choose from thousands of apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace to further personalize the experience. But will this social media interaction, bright cases and what have you save the Nokia?
Boris Johnson today confirmed that Londoners will be able to use Wi-Fi to access mobile internet services at Tube stations for the first time from this summer. A contract has been awarded to Virgin Media to provide public access Wi-Fi at up to 120 Tube station platforms at zero cost to the fare or taxpayer.
The new London Olympics Wi-Fi service will launch as a free, unlimited service for all Tube passengers from summer 2012 and will continue to offer free live TfL travel information via a new online portal after this period.
From July 2012, all Tube passengers will be able to connect to the internet at stations for free, enabling millions of commuters and visitors to access websites and online destinations and stay up-to-date with news and events listings, review the best spots for lunch and discover great London attractions from their mobile phones, tablets, laptops and other connected devices.
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, said: “It’s vital that we harness the massive opportunities stemming from the digital revolution, by creating a vibrant, world class industry to attract investment and create jobs for Londoners. Millions of passengers will now be able to connect to their work, friends or access the latest news and travel information whilst on the move. This is a fabulous new and free resource which will be in place from this summer when London is being showcased on a global stage and playing host to millions.” Continue reading →
Some big news from those smart Koreans – Samsung’s 2012 top-of-the-range plasma and LED High Definition Televisions offer features never seen before in a TV including a built-in, internally wired HD camera, twin microphones, face tracking and speech recognition. But there is perhaps more to this Smart TV than first meets the eye.
But more worryingly than buying anything else on the market, these features may give you unprecedented control over an HDTV, the devices themselves, more similar than ever to a personal computer, may allow hackers or even the Korean manufacturer, Samsung to see and hear you and your family, and collect extremely personal data. So while you and your family are watching X-Factor or playing on the X-box, someone could be looking right at you. Continue reading →
Robonaut 2 or R2 has started sending tweets from outer space. The human like robot is at the International Space Station helping the humans there with jobs both inside and outside. It’s twitter account is @astrobonaut and despite its early messages being sent by humans before it was woken up, it is now sending real messages such as answering questions and sending birthday greetings. The robot took 15 years to build using a joint project between NASA and General Motors.
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Samsung has now got a court date where it will be challenging the ban on its European sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Apple had brought an injunction against the company and it plans to do the same thing in the Netherlands as well, which is not covered by the European ban that it currently has in place.
At the moment it is banned from promoting, selling or importing the tablet across most of Europe but it will appear in court to put a stop to this. It is expected that within a few weeks of the court date a decision will be made as to whether the ban can be lifted. At the moment some retailers do have the product because the injunction does not cover the sale by third parties. Continue reading →
Steve Jobs has quit as the boss of Apple. He resigned form the position after having a liver transplant following cancer of the pancreas and he has been on his third set of medical leave. He has been of work since January with an undisclosed condition He explained that he did not feel he could meet his duties. He will become the chairman of the firm and his position will be taken over by the chief operating officer, Tim Cook. Steve Jobs formed the company with Steve Wozniak in the 70′s and in the 80′s the macintosh computers became popular, he left in 1985 after a fall out with staff but rejoined in 1997 wh they made the colourful iMac and they have grown speedily ever since.
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The latest version of Mac OS X is Lion. It was release to the masses a just over two weeks ago, introducing a some excellent key features in the process. I have picked out some my 7 key features that i think will help you to get the most out of your Mac.
1. Autosave
This is an invaluable feature that automatically saves files every five minutes, I know what i’m like so this is great for me.
2. Launchpad
Apple has also brought the in the iPhone/iPad iOS interface to the Mac. This shows applications in icon format, providing a quick way of accessing applications that are not stored in the dock. Continue reading →
I am currently sitting on a train from Manchester to London Euston, everyone in view has a laptop open (bar a couple of people reading Heat magazine). We all want WiFi, quick, efficient, full access WiFi – oh yes, plus it should be free too.
The price of a the ticket for two adults (i’m travelling with a business associate) has cost us around £200. We happily paid for the inflated sandwiches, and the inflated coffee. We have given Virgin trains a good day out. My knees are knocking on every table stand, and my colleague’s arms are slowly falling across my side of the arm rest.
To labour the point, WE HAVE PAID FOR THIS. Continue reading →
There was a time when most of us would only buy a Nokia. “It doesn’t matter which mobile network you give me, as long as it’s a Nokia” Was what i would say in the Carphone Warehouse.
Then Vodafone got “wise” to this. They realised the handset ruled over the provider. That we didn’t actually need or even want them. So the mobile giants brought out their own functionality and interface. Thinking if they set the standard, then no mobile phone could rule over them. I left instantly. Continue reading →
The beautiful little Flip Cam was, just a couple of years ago, the must-have handheld technology and owned 17% share of the camcorder market. But Flip is now being killed off by owners Cisco, with the loss of 550 jobs, due to lack of profits and too much competition in the Smartphone market.
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The movie industry is advancing and evolving all the time with the technology it offers us. At Digital technology Centre we are big fans of movies and the technology that revolves around them. We came across this site allsubs.org which is unique in the fact that it has the largest collection of movie subtitles in the world. Subtitling is one of the oldest aspects of films and is something we are all used to.
But without many people would not be able to enjoy a vast amount of films. Allsubs.org is a very nifty site for anyone interested in viewing movies made in a foreign language.
The IT industry is becoming more and more competitive everyday. To excel you need the right certification and qualifications. Getting the right certification to succeed and to achieve success as an IT practitioner is also getting more difficult in this cut-throat industry. That’s why we were pretty happy to here fromm Certification Key who offer Microsoft MCITP 70-640 exam procedures your ability to complete the technical tasks listed in Certificationkey. The purpose of Certificationkey MCITP 70-640 study resources is to encourage Microsoft 70-640 Certification. The programme is designed in accordance to the offering given by Microsoft’s prospectus. People also search for 70-640 kingtest, 70-640 testking forum, 70-640 testking rapidshare, 70-640 king archive, 70-640 king video Continue reading →
