Google and Uber to become rivals?
Google is developing its own car-sharing app, while Uber is building its own self-driving cars, setting the two partner companies on a potential collision course.
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Gmail lets users send cash in emails
Google is launching a new feature in the UK that lets Gmail users send money to friends and family over email.
Raspberry Pi 2 to support Windows 10 as $35 computer tackles digital divide
Raspberry Pi has launched a new version of its successful ‘DIY computer’- with future support for Windows 10 when it goes live later this year.
Guardian launches new website to complete multi-platform redesign
The Guardian has revamped its website, as the newspaper looks to reflect how readers consume news rather than how journalists categorise it.
The future is wireless
In recent weeks, BT’s Genie Internet company has cut a deal with record company EMI Group, to deliver music news to mobile users registered with its portal service, while its Cellnet division has partnered with Freeserve to develop mobile services for the ISP’s subscribers. Nor have developments been restricted to the UK. In Germany, Lycos … [Read more…]
Waterstones goes with INTERSHOP
The website has been developed and project managed by NVision, who has integrated the INTERSHOP software with Waterstone’s entire book inventory and a secure method of payment and fulfilment.
BBC delivers breaking news to Vodafone via SMS
From early 2000, customers using a digital Vodafone will have breaking international and domestic news delivered by SMS from BBC Online. Vodafone is promising that its Interactive service will soon enable customers to highly personalise news services, or concentrate on a particular news story as it unfolds.
Channel 5 signs 3m Shopsmart sponsorship deal
The positioning of dot.com companies in prime sponsorship placement with media owners continues today with two separate deals involving ITV Network and Channel 5. The partnership comes at a time when an increasing number of dot.com companies are advertising in traditional media. The ITV Network has just signed a similar deal with Smile, the internet … [Read more…]
NetBenefit sets sites on global expansion following buy-out of rivals
AIM-listed NetBenefit paid 1.1m in cash and issued 2.9m shares for Netnames, which it will continue to run as a separate company. NetBenefits predicts its annual turnover will double as a result of the deal as it will be able to cross-sell its additional services, which include site hosting and e-commerce and email services, to … [Read more…]
Vodafone and BBC agree to set new standards
WAP capability on mobile handsets will also allow customers to see supporting graphics with text stories and hear audio reports. By 2002, the introduction of 3G mobile phones with full multi-media capabilities will allow complete broadband access to Internet services, enabling customers to hear and see audio and video news stories on demand using voice-activated … [Read more…]