Category: Technology
School head threatens to expel under-13s with Facebook accounts
School head threatens to expel under-13s with Facebook accounts The threat, an attempt to curb widespread cyber bullying, was issued in a letter to parents by Leonie Hultgren, the principal of Harlaxton State School in Queensland. “We have spent the last five years teaching our students about respect, relationships and resilience,” she wrote. “It may [...]
Alastair Campbell and John Prescott’s battle for influence on Twitter
Alastair Campbell and John Prescott’s battle for influence on Twitter Mr Campbell shot back: “At least you don’t get me to write everything for you like old days.” He went on: “Trended most of Monday mate,” adding that, at 148,850, he has almost 20,000 more followers. In a further jibe he added: “I don’t have [...]
Betting big on live sports data, Perform lays €120 million on RunningBall
The Beautiful End of Canon EOS 650 The last days of my Grand Father’s old camera. Betting big on live sports data, Perform lays €120 million on RunningBall After online sports broadcast specialist Perform Group went public a year ago, it promised it would succeed its acquisition of Goal.com by buying more sports sites. Now [...]
Apple’s Siri set a new bar for voice control, says Nuance
Apple’s Siri set a new bar for voice control, says Nuance Peter Mahoney, Nuance’s Chief Marketing Officer, said that Apple was popularising voice technology just as they had popularised digital music or the computer mouse. He said voice commands were growing in popularity as more processing power became available, and claimed that adoption has now [...]
iZettle, Europe’s rival to Square, hits the UK
Elephant on the computer illustration Illustration By Frits hikingartist.com Free image – given to the Creative Commons Created by me, you can download and use it for free! But should credit me (hikingartist.com) somewhere iZettle, Europe’s rival to Square, hits the UK Swedish payments startup iZettle is making its most significant since coming out of [...]