Olympics 2012 : How does London rank as a Digital City?
Amongst other recent Olympic venues, London ranks 4th globally in terms of its digital infrastructure (transport, buildings and IT), according to a new study.
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Boost for rural broadband? BT uses ‘white space’ to speed up internet in Cornwall
BT is testing ‘white space technology’ (unused TV signals) in Cornwall in a bid to speed up broadband access in remote parts of the UK.
Big Brother Facebook fiasco: C5 to refund credits after social media vote failure
Channel 5 has agreed to refund Big Brother viewers that lost out on the broadcaster’s Facebook voting scheme last year.
File-sharers to get warning letters soon? BT and TalkTalk lose challenge against Digital Economy Act
BT and Talk Talk have lost an appeal over controversial measures to tackle copyright infringement online. The move gives a green light to the UK Governement to push through a set of new digital piracy laws.
Google targets Welsh firms with workshop tour
Google has launched a year-long campaign aiming to encourage more Welsh businesses to get online, as figures show around 40% of small firms have no website.
iPads in the workplace? IT survey reveals key pitfalls
With the iPad 3 set to be unveiled this week, a new survey of IT managers looks into the key problems of integrating iPads and other consumer-centric devices into the workplace.
Collective debuts ‘Advertiser Solutions Group’
Collective, a full service provider of media and technology solutions for display and video advertising, has appointed Dominic Woolfe to lead the newly-created Advertising Solutions Group in the role of Client Strategy Director.
Shoppers ‘buy brands for pleasure rush’- study
Just 8 different emotional dimensions drive 83% of all consumer brand purchasing decisions – with Pleasure being the most important one by far, accounting for almost a quarter of all brand choices, according to a new study.
Mobile ‘accounts for 5% of online UK sales’
The popularity of shopping through mobile devices is continuing to grow at remarkable speed, with sales through mobile devices penetrating the 5% barrier of total e-retail sales for the first time, according to new research.
Leap year bug crashes UK Govt. cloud service
Microsoft’s Azure cloud service went down this week, taking out the UK government’s CloudStore and disrupting many businesses in the process. The failure “appears” to have been triggered by extra day in the leap year, according to Microsoft.