Author Archives: Digital Times

An ad that scores on many levels

Thursday, 18 February 2010 14:24
Written by Digital Times
We had to put this ad up. It’s going to win tonnes of awards and rightly so. Visa has already run ‘evolution’ themed ads but this one is for the World Cup in South Africa. Expect to see a lot of this ad in the coming year as well as lots of chaps in beards out [...]
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Make money from your plastic music

Thursday, 18 February 2010 10:39
Written by Digital Times
How many of us in the digital age still buys CDs? Do you have hundreds of the shiny discs hanging around, cloogging up space in your apartment/house? Well, if you do and have all your music stored digitally there’s a chance to make some cash from the plastic detrius. GameStop, the games retailer, is going into [...]
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Google’s mobile future plans

Wednesday, 17 February 2010 10:50
Written by Digital Times
Google CEO Eric Schmidt firmly decalred his company’s commitment to mobile communications at the World Mobile Congress. Schmidt confirmed that mobile is the key to Google’s future and its top programmers now have mobile as their primary focus. Google’s new mantra is ‘Mobile First’ and Schmidt said the three areas of computing power, interconnectivity and the cloud [...]
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A quick glimpse at Microsoft’s new Windows phone

Tuesday, 16 February 2010 09:38
Written by Digital Times
Windows Phone 7 from FayerWayer on Vimeo. Microsoft has unveiled its Windows Phone 7 Series, the long-awaited, new version of its mobile operating system for smart phones which the company hopes will reinvigorate support for the OS among handset vendors, mobile operators and developers. Microsoft has emphasised the OS’ consumer credentials, highlighting its social-networking and content capabilities, [...]
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24 giants mobilise to create open app store

Monday, 15 February 2010 11:50
Written by Digital Times
24 of the world’s largest mobile phone companies have announced they are teaming up to create an ‘open international applications platform’ to rival the success of Apple’s iPhone app store. The mobile operators include Vodafone, AT&T, DoCoMo, Deutsche Telekom and China Mobile made the announcement at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Three device manufacturers – LG, Samsung [...]
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