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If you ever needed evidence that mobile telcos (MNOs) are moving their business focus from telephones to data, then look no further than a recent post on Three's blog. Phil Sheppard, the company's Director of Network Strategy, revealed that 97% of the traffic flowing through Three's network was data. Only 3% was voice. Also staggering was the growth in smartphone
I was given the pleasure of seeing the new Ford Focus ST at Ford Motor Company on Tuesday Night. The new Focus ST model available early next year, is destined to have a cult following, as it is a serious high performance vehicle that will delight drivers young and old. Ford's long racing history and historic muscles cars are well
Ford is unveiling its vision for a future high-performance Fiesta ST at the Los Angeles Auto Show this month. The Ford Fiesta ST Concept signals the next step in Ford Motor Company’s global performance vehicle strategy and hints at how a future Fiesta ST model might look when it joins the Focus ST in the global small car portfolio “With
Yahoo is releasing a new weather app for Android and it looks like they have finally found a use for Flickr - not a profit from it, but a use for it, at least. Yes, there are literally hundreds of weather apps for Android, and there's a Flickr app as well, but Yahoo found a way to combine the two
Ford today announced that the new Ford Escape SUV would come with a powered liftgate that opens and closes when you kick your foot under just below the bumper . Using gesture-based technology similar to games consoles, it ensures that the liftgate doesn't open accidentally. Todd's Noytes: Having actually seen this work at a Ford Demo today. It's pretty cool
In the UK, Android is beginning to dominate the smartphone space, with 50% of handsets sold in the last quarter running Android. RIM (Blackberry) and Apple are almost level pegging on 22% and 18% and with half of UK adults now owning a smartphone, Android has an impressive lead. Breaking the Android figures down, HTC is the top dog, with nearly
Gadget Professor Don Baine steps in for the traveling host Todd Cochrane to bring you a very cool edition of the Geek News Central Podcast.. Make sure you subscribe to Don's weekly Gadget Professor show here at Geek News Central. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video | Mobile Video | iTunes | Zune Download the Show File Follow me on Google+
Studies have shown again and again that the weakest link in securing a customer's information for a business is the customer service representative who deals directly with the customers. I worked as customer service representative for almost 20 years and trying pleasing the customer, while maintaining security is never easy. The customer is always right is a mantra that is
Sony announced that starting tomorrow, they will be re-organizing their TV division into three parts. The LCD TV, outsourcing, and next generation TV divisions. The idea is to better define the market to make better TVs. Sony missed their July-September results last Wednesday, and analysts outlook is going to be under 200 bn yen (2.63 billion). It's an eighth annual
ZDNet is reporting that Canonical is intending to make the next release of Ubuntu, 12.04, a LTS (Long Term Support) release with intention of then expanding Ubuntu beyond desktops and laptops into smartphones, tablets and smart TVs, with a target of 2014 for an all-platform release. Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, in an interview said, "This is a natural expansion of
Twitter has always come in for criticism over the inanity of some messages; people describing what they're having for breakfast or other mundane activities that are of no interest except to their own ego. However, the Internet and Twitter will always reflect the composition of the real world so it's irrational to expect every tweet to be worthy of the
Does Silicon Valley have a diversity problem. That question is raging today on Twitter and Google Plus after the screening of the show Black in America 4 produced for CNN by Soledad O’Brien which will air in a couple of weeks. One of the participants in the show was Michel Arrington, who said “I don’t know a single black entrepreneur”. He then
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