This year’s National Manufacturing Week (NMW 2013) comes complete with a mobile app to help visitors get more from the event. The app provides a detailed guide to NMW 2013, including ‘What’s on’ listing, event ...
Nationwide Building Society has been hit by an IT glitch, with many of its customers flocking to social network Twitter to show their frustration. Chelsey Strode tweeted "thanks Nationwide for being a massive inconvenience", while Chloe ...
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The lighting industry has gathered in Philadelphia this week for Lightfair International 2013 (23-25 April) the annual trade show and conference. The architectural and commercial lighting trade show, hosted at Pennsylvania Convention ...
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A set of toys based on Alien is finally hitting shelves some 34 years after the movie's release. Super7 is launching the line in the US, after acquiring the action figure rights from toy maker Kenner. It also approached 20th Century Fox ...
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Oracle is looking to delay until next year the planned release of Java 8, citing a renewed focus on security, Oracle's Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java platform group, said in a blog post on Thursday. Java Development Kit 8, ...
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Dzhokar Tsarnaev, one of the suspects in the marathon bombing, is still on the run. (Image: FBI) Computerworld - Boston police today used Twitter and Facebook to reach out to residents during a manhunt for one of the men suspected of ...
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Nintendo developers are working on a new game set in the world of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, which launched for Super NES in 1992. The game makes use of the 3D abilities of Nintendo 3DS, and allows Link to become a drawing and ...
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Bike shops near Boston were closed Friday morning during a manhunt for a suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing. Landry's Boston store was closed, while the retail chain's locations in Natick, Norwood and Westborough were open, ...
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Americans are so fixated on social networks that they spend an average of 16 minutes out of every hour on them, according to a study by Experian Marketing Services. In the U.S., 27% of users' time online is spent on forums and social ...
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A $625,000 Ferrari FF has joined the ranks of the Dubai Police force, one week after a Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 was added to the patrol fleet of the United Arab Emirates-based law enforcement department. A 475kW/683Nm 6.3-litre ...
Tags: Ferrari FF, Lamborghini, Supercar Fleet
Intel has purchased Mashery, a provider or API management tools, in the chip maker's latest move to expand into software and services. The Mashery API management service will become a core element of a suite of cross-platform services ...
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Users on Twitter are now more likely to see ads based on what they tweet about. The new feature, which Twitter is calling "keyword targeting in timelines," is designed to give advertisers the option to place Promoted Tweets in users' ...
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Think you'll make a bundle when you put your Explorer Edition of Google Glass up for grabs on eBay? Just as the first Explorer Editions of Glass come off the production line, Google is making it clear that users selling or giving them ...
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Yahoo has released two new mobile apps, for weather and email, suggesting the company may be on track toward delivering on its promise of offering users a range of new mobile products over the next several months. The company, formerly ...
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Infotainment late-bloomer Volkswagen is releasing a comprehensive iPhone app that will allow users to stream Internet radio, socially network, and more. And to celebrate, they're planning a special-edition Beetle that will connect to it, ...
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