Digital-Lifestyles

#geomob Event Review: Highly Recommended: On Tomorrow

Simon Perry — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:08:14 +0000

If Geo or mobile stuff is your thing, #geomob is the place to be.

Royal College of Art Interviews Next Week

Simon Perry — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:29:46 +0000

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 [...]

Vodafone Access Gateway: Femtocell 1 July UK Launch

Simon Perry — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:11:06 +0000

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 … Quite why this wouldn’t [...]

Twitter Ban: Plymouth Council Bans Councillors From Twitter: UPDATED

Simon Perry — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:14:45 +0000

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. The root reason for the ban appears to be a Tweet sent out [...]

Live blogging iPhone 3GS UK Launch

Simon Perry — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:25:03 +0000

You can't deny people love their iPhones.

The Future Of Moore’s Law Questioned

Simon Perry — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:34:33 +0000

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, [...]

Media140 To Go “Around the World in 140 Days”

Simon Perry — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:02:40 +0000

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. Well, today the length of those legs have been announced [...]

Olympus E-P1 Micro Four Thirds Camera Looks A Real Hottie

Mike Slocombe — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:02:26 +0000

Old school compact with interchangeable lens fills us with unbridled desire.

Lord Carter, Digital Britain Report Author May Leave Government: UPDATED

Simon Perry — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:25:03 +0000

Is Lord Carter off to the commercial sector following the Digital Britain Report.

YouTube Streaming One Billion Videos A Day

Mike Slocombe — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:46:04 +0000

Google fess up to thumping big viewing figures.

AlertMe Raise £8m Funding

Simon Perry — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:36:25 +0000

Today we’ve had notice that AlertMe, a UK company that develops and sells alarm systems, has raised £8m in series B funding. Good Energies, Index Ventures, SET Venture Partners and VantagePoint Venture Partners were the investors. Smart Energy Originally AlertMe was a home security system – as you might be able to tell from the [...]

EU Cuts Euro Roaming Charges

Mike Slocombe — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:00:25 +0000

Phoning home set to become a little less fiscally painful.

Apple Unveil iPhone 3GS Handset

Mike Slocombe — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:38:24 +0000

It's the fastest iPhone yet, but we're feeling underwhelmed.

Palm Pre Round Up

Mike Slocombe — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:00:47 +0000

Has Palm's new handset proved a hit?

Is Twitter Over-Hyped?

Mike Slocombe — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:00:16 +0000

Research cast doubts on the real popularity of the IM service.

PCW Magazine Closes: End Of An Era: UPDATED

Simon Perry — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:35:03 +0000

PCW magazine was the backbone of the UK computing industry. Now it's gone.