Digital-Lifestyles pre-empted and reported thousands of articles on the then-coming impact that technology was to have on all forms of Media. Launched in 2001 as a research blog to aid its founder, Simon Perry, present at IBC 2002, it grew into a wide ranging, multi-author publication that was quoted in many publications globally including the BBC, was described by the Guardian as 'Informative' and also cited in a myriad of tech publications before closing in 2009
As sure as night follows day, another Apple MacBook range was launched yesterday.
Of course things about it are xTimes faster than the previous models and the clever Apple marketing leads you down the path that you can’t live without it — don’t get us wrong, we’re not immune and are tempted to trade up our 3+ year old iBook, especially with the reduced prices of the new machines.
You may have seen that every now and again we’ll point out new features in Google’s applications.
Anyone hoping that the next version of Windows was going to regale under a snappy moniker is in for a bit of a disappointment, with the word coming from the Redmond massive that the seventh version of Windows will go under the name of, err, Windows 7.
Pencil-scratching fisticuffs are expected to erupt amongst rival groups of boffins who are forecasting quite different outlooks for technology spending trends next year.
Gartner Research reckon that next year’s information technology spending will go from a modest increase to a virtual blip, while the soothsayers at UBS Securities are predicting a grimmer outcome.
New research from Reevoo claims that the average Brit spends just under £50,000 on electronic gizmos, gadgets and devices over their working lives.
Just had this latest update in from Gary McKinnon‘s legal representative. His legal struggles have been long.
This afternoon, the Secretary of State has advised via the Treasury Solicitors, that despite Mr McKinnon’s diagnosis with Aspergers she will now be making arrangements for his extradition pursuant to her order for Extradition of 4th July 2006. She has failed to make any request for repatriation to the UK when other countries make similar requests on behalf of their citizens.
We are now considering whether or not Mr McKinnon has a further judicial remedy and we are urgently investigating this issue.
If you’re the kind of person who think choosing the right handbag/coat combo is a life or death decision, the latest Prada2 Phone by LG may well start tempting your overstocked pockets.
Scheduled for release “before the end of the year,” the slim handset looks very similar to the original Prada touchscreen phone that pre-dated the iPhone, except they’ve wedged in an “ultra-thin” keyboard which slides from under the handset.
At Digital Lifestyles we’re growing increasingly moist at the prospect of the new Google Android mobile platform, currently only available on T-Mobile’s soon-come G1 handset.
It looks like we’re not alone in our enthusiasm for the shiny new OS, with stocks of the G1 handset set to be flying off the shelves quicker then, err, sherbet off a shovel.
In between enjoying the delights of various Soho hostelries last Friday afternoon, we came blinking out into the autumn sunlight to see a vehicle sporting a mini tele- communications tower on its roof.
We’re at the Future of Web Applications conference sitting in a presentation by Mark Zuckerberg – CEO Facebook.
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