Top 10 wireless and mobile predictions for 2011
Surging mobile data traffic will continue to test 3G network capacity, according to a new report available for free download from the Juniper Research website.
Europe
UK Govt. plans superfast broadband for all by 2015
High speed broadband will be available to every community in Britain by 2015 under plans announced by the government on Monday.
Amazon takes on Groupon by investing $175m in rival Living Social
Amazon has invested $175m (£112m) in Living Social, a rival to popular deals site Groupon.
Amazon ‘forced to remove Wikileaks from its servers’
US political heavyweights have forced Amazon to remove controversial whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks from its server.
‘Twitter for business’ Yammer to come to UK after $25m funding boost?
Yammer has received $25m in third-round funding, as the US-based business-based social network looks to expand to Europe and Australia.
WikiLeaks site brought down by 'powerful' cyber attack 'from China’
The WikiLeaks website yesterday said that it was under a forceful internet-based attack with the site inaccessible to users in U.S. and Europe.
WikiLeaks site brought down by ‘powerful’ cyber attack ‘from China’
The WikiLeaks website yesterday said that it was under a forceful internet-based attack with the site inaccessible to users in U.S. and Europe.
Right to Reply: Tax breaks for UK biz needed to foster creativity and growth
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has this week announced a ‘brick-by-brick’ dismantling of the barriers holding back British growth, promising a so-called ‘patent box’, a new 10p rate of Corporation Tax to be levied on profits from new products developed and generated in Britain. GlaxoSmithKline followed the news by announcing a subsequent £500m investment in … [Read more…]
International Herald Tribune debuts ‘free’ iPad and iPhone app
The International Herald Tribune (IHT) has released its first news applications for the iPad and the iPhone.
A third of Brits ‘expect to be worse off in 2011’, travel sector warned
Almost a third of Britons expect to be financially worse off in 2011, according to a report launched today, with the travel sector expected to feel the impact as consumers reign in spending.