Mobile phones celebrate 40th anniversary
The first mobile phone call was made 40 years ago- on 3 April 1973.Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival colleague at…
Yahoo spends £15 million buying UK teen’s Summly news app
An news app created by a UK teenager has been bought by Yahoo in a deal worth about £15 million.The 17 year old’s Summly app…
YouTube now has one billion monthly users
YouTube, the video sharing website which is owned by Google has said that it now has one billion regular users.Announcing the milestone on its blog,…
Average UK broadband speed finally crawls over 10 MPS rate
The average speed of home broadband in the UK is now 12Mbps (megabits per second), according to research from the regulator Ofcom.The rate has risen…
Martha Lane Fox to get peerage
My fellow Millennium Product award winner and ecommerce pioneer Martha Lane Fox is to join the House of Lords.The co-founder of travel website lastminute.com –…
Healthcare technology- the benefits and the myths
In theory, the use of technology in healthcare- telehealth can cut the cost of care while at the same time improving its quality of it’s…
Govt urges UK universities to start online courses
The UK government is urging UK universities to start online courses so that they take advantage of an “historic opportunity”. In theory this initiative plays…
Mozilla’s Firefox launches smartphone operating system software
Mozilla Firefox web browser has announced handsets based on its operating system for mobile smartphones.In a press conference ahead of Mobile World Congress, Mozilla said…
Job interviews by Skype- how to best use the technology
A new process is starting to take place- job interviews by Skype- but how do make the best use of the technology?As more online interviews…
Samsung gains tablet market share as Apple’s dominance decreases
Samsung has doubled its share of the tablet market in the last three months of 2012 according to research from IDC.Samsung which makes the Galaxy…