Plan would save Scarborough £10,000 according to legal and admin officer’s report Scarborough councillors are expected to vote out paper today and conduct future meetings to the gentle tapping of iPads and the like. A report to the Yorkshire resort’s cabinet from the council’s head of legal and support services Ian Anderson says that the move would save approaching £10,000 a year
Plan would save Scarborough £10,000 according to legal and admin officer’s report Scarborough councillors are expected to vote out paper today and conduct future meetings to the gentle tapping of iPads and the like. A report to the Yorkshire resort’s cabinet from the council’s head of legal and support services Ian Anderson says that the move would save approaching £10,000 a year
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Council plans to end paperwork and issue members with iPads
Our new e-book is out this week around the world and it talks about how data has shaped the planet • Buy it on Amazon.co.uk • Buy it on Amazon.com • Buy it on iBooks • Published as enhanced iBook soon We have a new ebook out for Kindle and it’s about how we work with data at the Guardian – and how that data is changing the world around us. It’s available now in the US, Canada and around the world – having been published in the UK just before Christmas
Our new e-book is out this week around the world and it talks about how data has shaped the planet • Buy it on Amazon.co.uk • Buy it on Amazon.com • Buy it on iBooks • Published as enhanced iBook soon We have a new ebook out for Kindle and it’s about how we work with data at the Guardian – and how that data is changing the world around us. It’s available now in the US, Canada and around the world – having been published in the UK just before Christmas
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Facts are sacred: the power of data – out now on Kindle and iBooks
Index on Censorship chief executive John Kampfner is stepping down this spring and taking on a part-time consultancy with Google. He has been with Index for three-and-a-half years, a period which has seen the organisation blossom. Kampfner said: “It’s been a fantastic privilege to run an organisation of such passion and stature
Index on Censorship chief executive John Kampfner is stepping down this spring and taking on a part-time consultancy with Google. He has been with Index for three-and-a-half years, a period which has seen the organisation blossom. Kampfner said: “It’s been a fantastic privilege to run an organisation of such passion and stature
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Trefor Davies aims to get more than 100,000 comments by 0600 on Friday – and he needs your help A Briton is attempting to set a new world record for the most comments on an online news article, in a scheme aimed at raising £100,000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Trefor Davies, chief technology officer of Timico, began the attempt at 0600 GMT and is attempting to get around 100,000 unique comments – more than 1 per second – in the 24 hours. His post, at http://www.trefor.net/2012/01/05/world-record-attempt-for-most-comments-on-an-online-news-item-in-24-hours-has-started-comment24-rnli/ , is also intended to raise money for charity: for every comment that people leave, Davies aims to raise £1 for the RNLI
Trefor Davies aims to get more than 100,000 comments by 0600 on Friday – and he needs your help A Briton is attempting to set a new world record for the most comments on an online news article, in a scheme aimed at raising £100,000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Trefor Davies, chief technology officer of Timico, began the attempt at 0600 GMT and is attempting to get around 100,000 unique comments – more than 1 per second – in the 24 hours. His post, at http://www.trefor.net/2012/01/05/world-record-attempt-for-most-comments-on-an-online-news-item-in-24-hours-has-started-comment24-rnli/ , is also intended to raise money for charity: for every comment that people leave, Davies aims to raise £1 for the RNLI
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Briton seeks commenters to held set record and raise £100,000 for RNLI
Revamp, dubbed Fly Twitter, is based around four key areas, Home, Connect, Discover, and Me Twitter has unveiled sweeping new changes to the social network in the biggest shake-up of the site since its launch.
Revamp, dubbed Fly Twitter, is based around four key areas, Home, Connect, Discover, and Me Twitter has unveiled sweeping new changes to the social network in the biggest shake-up of the site since its launch.
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After the annoyance of Vlingo’s app on the Galaxy S II which can’t be deleted or disabled pointed out, the company says it will have an update allowing just that. But when
After the annoyance of Vlingo’s app on the Galaxy S II which can’t be deleted or disabled pointed out, the company says it will have an update allowing just that. But when
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Samsung promise a way to turn off Vlingo’s Voice Talk app… soon?
Executive tells Dublin Web Summit that 350m of social network’s 800m worldwide users are accessing it via smartphone Facebook has admitted that it needs to move faster to keep up with mobile phone demand for the social network. Ethan Beard, Facebook’s director of platform partnerships, told the Dublin Web Summit that 350 million of its 800 million worldwide users are accessing the network through their smartphone. “The world is moving faster to mobile than any of us expected,” he said
Executive tells Dublin Web Summit that 350m of social network’s 800m worldwide users are accessing it via smartphone Facebook has admitted that it needs to move faster to keep up with mobile phone demand for the social network. Ethan Beard, Facebook’s director of platform partnerships, told the Dublin Web Summit that 350 million of its 800 million worldwide users are accessing the network through their smartphone. “The world is moving faster to mobile than any of us expected,” he said
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Facebook mobile users ‘more engaged’
Plenty of campaigns are currently taking place to encourage people to get online, but what about the many people who can’t get online whether they like it or not? Intrepid northern broadband campaigner John Popham takes his fight for broadband access on the road It’s only a few days now until I set off on the daunting task of touring the areas in England that the internet has largely yet to reach
Plenty of campaigns are currently taking place to encourage people to get online, but what about the many people who can’t get online whether they like it or not? Intrepid northern broadband campaigner John Popham takes his fight for broadband access on the road It’s only a few days now until I set off on the daunting task of touring the areas in England that the internet has largely yet to reach
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Campaigner heads off to talk about the internet in the places it doesn’t reach
Executive claims ‘we live in a post-PC world’ as data points to soaring use of apps So far the Dublin Web Summit is all about numbers. The most surprising stat was that 98% of iPad use is in the home. The general theme is computer use has already gravitated to mobile and tablets
Executive claims ‘we live in a post-PC world’ as data points to soaring use of apps So far the Dublin Web Summit is all about numbers. The most surprising stat was that 98% of iPad use is in the home. The general theme is computer use has already gravitated to mobile and tablets
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Dublin Web Summit: smartphones’ success in numbers
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