Buyers of Windows 8 smartphones need to check that apps that offer vital functionality on their iPhone and Android devices are available for their new Microsoft-inspired handset. Apps can be either missing, of relatively poor quality ...
Tags: Windows 8, smartphones, apps
Budget phones can be miserable affairs. Poor screen and camera resolution, terrible keyboards and hand-me-down technology can make a user feel like the character in Barbra Streisand's 60s hit Second Hand Rose. This isn't so with Nokia's ...
EE, the UK's most advanced digital communications company, today announced that 4G will be switched on in a further 27 towns across the country by June 2013, expanding superfast coverage to more than 65 UK towns and cities in total. The ...
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USA - The creative forces of Blue Man Group (BMG) have been working for two years to bring an all-new production to the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. This international entertainment phenomenon - one of many adaptations around ...
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Germany - Rental company Sound Linear, based in northern Westfalia, has completed a diverse run of shows with its new Nexo STM modular line array PA, after taking delivery of the first system in Germany from Nexo distributor audiovation. ...
Tags: Sound Linear, STM system, line array PA
China - The 1912 blocks of the trendy Nanjing, China are draped in history and modern luxuries. The year 1912 is known as one of the most bustling and prosperous periods in the history of Nanjing and the district carries over the historical ...
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USA - Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley kicked off the Locked & Reloaded Tour on 17 January with concerts scheduled throughout the US. Lighting designer Chris Lisle carefully conceived a design to suit Miranda's rock'n'roll style and to ...
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UK - Sennheiser UK has reinforced its commitment to the sound industry's future by launching a partnership with Buckinghamshire New University, bringing many new opportunities for the audio professionals of tomorrow. Launched on 29 ...
Massive ERP (enterprise resource planning) software projects under way at the U.S. Army are in danger of missing crucial deadlines due to inadequate planning and management on the part of officials, according to a new auditor's report. ...
Qdos Event Hire has been appointed to provide cabins, luxury toilets and waste tanks for this year's Brit Awards. The contract was awarded by Brit Award Production Ltd and will see Qdos supply their cabins for use as production offices ...
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The award-winning W-DMX technology by Wireless Solution Sweden AB was once again used on Canada's prestigious Grey Cup halftime show produced by Electric Aura and featuring famed Canadian performer Justin Bieber. The Canadian Football ...
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The O2 arena in Prague one again welcomed thousands of electronic dance music fans from all around the world for another Transmission show. Following the theme The Spiritual Gateway each of the performing artists had their own show that ...
Tags: Lighting designer, GrandMA2, LED screens
TV and live arena spectacular, Sports Personality of the Year, saw Unusual Rigging apply its technical expertise to a complex and demanding set up. Both a TV show and a live event, this year for the first time, it was broadcast live from ...
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Denmark - Once confined to concert venues and festival stages, popular music is increasingly found in the halls of academia. Newly equipped with a variety of Meyer Sound wide-coverage loudspeakers, the Rhythmic Music Conservatory (Rytmisk ...
Tags: loudspeakers, subwoofers, loudspeaker management system
For those who call tablets personal computers, Apple Inc. is the world's top PC maker, according to research firm Canalys. Canalys reported Wednesday that one in five PCs shipped in the fourth quarter of 2012 was an Apple device, and most ...
Tags: tablets, personal computers, computer market