! Posted by Simon Perry on 29 June 2009 | Tagged as: GPS, UK, Yahoo
With the next #geomob event coming along tomorrow (30th June, deets below), we thought you’d like to know what it’s like and why you’d be doing yourself a favour for going along.
! Posted by Simon Perry on 26 June 2009 | Tagged as: Educational, Photography, Reviews, UK
We spent a thoroughly stimulating day at the press opening of the Royal College of Art yesterday for their end of year show.
What was shown tickled the brain but many of the conversations explored ideas beyond those addressed by what was on offer.
We’ll be concentrating on just the RCA interviews next week, so be sure to tune back. It will be well worth it.
! Posted by Simon Perry on 24 June 2009 | Tagged as: Femtocell, UK, Vodafone
18 months ago, Digital-Lifestyles was one of the first, if not _the_ first, consumer-focused publications to report on Femtocells.
We were wowed by the concept – very strong cellular reception in your home, with the calls and data heading up your broadband connection.
As we said back in Nov 2007 …
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! Posted by Simon Perry on 23 June 2009 | Tagged as: Twitter, UK
The Chief Executive of Plymouth Council has banned elected local councillors from using Twitter.
This incredible news has come to light the day after many witnessed MPs Tweeting live from UK Parliament while the selection of the next Speaker of the House.
! Posted by Simon Perry on 19 June 2009 | Tagged as: 3G, Apple, Mobile, Wireless
You may have noticed that we at Digital-Lifestyles have never been massive fans of the iPhone.
That doesn’t mean that there aren’t millions of people who are.
One such is tech-chum Richard Lai.
Not only is iPhone fandom in his blood, but so it writing, photographing and documenting.
! Posted by Simon Perry on 16 June 2009 | Tagged as: Business, Industry Trends, Intel, Standards
For over forty years Moore’s Law has stood to be correct. It’s now being questioned as to whether it will continue.
Named after co-founder of Intel, Gordon Moore (pictured), Moore’s Law stated that the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit doubles every two years.
Len Jelinek, director and chief analyst, semiconductor manufacturing, for research company iSuppli, has raised the flag that given the economics of the chip business, it could well come to an end, in around 2014.
! Posted by Simon Perry on 15 June 2009 | Tagged as: Twitter
The Media 140 conference held back in May in London was an excellent event.
It brought together Twitter users, journalists, people from the PR world and others interested in what the possible effected of Twitter might be.
It was clear that the event had legs.
! Posted by Mike Slocombe on 15 June 2009 | Tagged as: Photography, Platforms
There’s been rumours circulating of Olympus prepping an old school Micro Four Thirds compact up their sleeves for some time, and the proof appears to have been delivered with these saliva-inducing, freshly leaked photos.
Named the E=P1, the classically styled compact is a truly handsome beast, resplendent in tried and trusted, cool-as-a-cucumber 1950s styling, causing a whirlwind of want in the Digi-Lifestyles office.
! Posted by Simon Perry on 12 June 2009 | Tagged as: Business, Government, Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK
It was most surprising to hear today that Lord Carter may be leaving the government.
He’s currently preparing the much-vaunted Digital Britain Report, that is intended to form the UK governmental approach to digital media and its distribution.
! Posted by Mike Slocombe on 11 June 2009 | Tagged as: Google, Services, Video Services
Despite spoddy techsters Nielson and ComScore calculating much lower figures, Google has ‘fessed up that their YouTube service is the most popular its ever been, streaming an incredible one billion videos a day worldwide.
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Jun 26 2009
We spent a thoroughly stimulating day at the press opening of the Royal College of Art yesterday for their end of year show. What was shown tickled the brain but many of the conversations explored ideas beyond those addressed by what was on offer. We’ll be concentrating on just the RCA interviews next week, so [...]
May 13 2009
A quick, pre-review hands-on with Ricoh’s high-def snapper.
Apr 24 2009
The ideas behind Poken are interesting, but does it fulfil?
