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BT want you to pay 10% more for being a customer

BT want you to pay 10% more for being a customer

From October BT want to eek a little bit more money out of you to say thanks for being a loyal customer. They’re set to increase the monthly line rental by 50p per month, while also increasing the connection cost of each call by 1p, which tops it up to a nice round number for 10.9p.
Of course BT have their …

‘The Social Network’ Full Trailer out now – you can’t hide, join us

‘The Social Network’ Full Trailer out now – you can’t hide, join us

It’s the trailer you probably weren’t waiting for but heck, it is tech, it is social media, it should define a generation, heck it could be the next Matrix.
‘The Social Network‘ – depicts the early days of Facebook, you know when they has 22,000 hits in 2 hours. Before Zuckerburg had 500 million friends and a few enemies. Ah the …

Microsoft Outlook 2010

Microsoft Outlook 2010

Here we’re all big users of Google Mail, why? For all the same reasons you like to use it. About 6 months ago I stopped using a non web based email client and I haven’t looked back, well until I saw this video.

Somehow the new Outlook looks a little more functional and a little more social. I’m going to go …

RIAA throwing good money after bad

RIAA throwing good money after bad

File sharing copyrighted material is now as old as Napster which turns out to be more than 10 years old, where did the time go? Anyway I digress, last night the recording industry vs people report that the RIAA were throwing literally millions upon millions of dollars to recover tiny amounts in damages from the likes of you and I.

Image via Wikipedia

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$1372 for one app developer on first day of Apple iAds

$1372 for one app developer on first day of Apple iAds

iAds have landed and they are ringing the bells of the cash registers for developers/media owners. One reported on hacker news earnings on their first day of $1,372.20. That’s a fair chunk of cash when you consider the effective cost per thousand (eCPM) ad displayed worked out at $147.55.

Based on the chart above the developer (publisher/media owner) has shown the …

Chic chairs for contemporary living

Chic chairs for contemporary living

E3 is kicking off and we’ve sent editor @cr to bring us back some gossip. In a bid not to be a little jealous I’ve invested some time working out how to make my life a little more comfortable for gaming, movies and reading.
So today I present to you my uncrate moment, a chair! Granted no gizmos, no high tech …

Apple iAds will revolutionise mobile advertising

Apple iAds will revolutionise mobile advertising

Apple release of it’s own ad network iAds is the clearest signal that mobile advertising has reached a tipping point. Watch this segment grow up fast and become hugely influential in the future role of digital and traditional marketing.
iTunes in my mind has evolved Apple into so much more than a technology company. iTunes now sits at the very core …

LIVE: The Mashable Media Summit

OK, we’re not Mashable and you’re here for some Sporkings love but I highly recommend you watch the Mashable Media Summit. There are some excellent speakers covering some great topics.

Watch live streaming video from mashable at livestream.com

iAds Pre Launch $60 Million Golden Egg

The highly anticipated WWDC event yesterday saw Steve Jobs waltz on stage and proclaim that iAds, Apple’s advertising network has already taken bookings of $60 million weeks before the official launch on 1st July. To coin a word from Steve these revenues are phenomenal considering they have only started selling 8 weeks ago.
Steve Jobs went on to say “iAd offers advertisers …

Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-Ray Player and 12 LoveFilm Subscription

Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-Ray Player and 12 LoveFilm Subscription

Everyone loves a film or two, so why not get yourself the Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-Ray player  from Argos for the princely sum of £99 and enjoy 12 months of LoveFilm happiness.
Even if you search out the reviews online saying the Toshiba’s first efforts into the Blu-Ray market doesn’t live up to rivals, and that the disc load time is a …


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