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GodisaGeek to organise a Football World Cup in London

GodisaGeek to organise a Football World Cup in London

Fifa  Football World Cup has started today and all the action and attention has shifted to South Africa. If you are regretting not booking your trip, now is your chance to be not only a part of a special one-off football tournament event and what’s better you could also participate in it.
Leading online gaming magazine and community GodisaGeek is organizing  …

Apple iPad hits UK stores

Apple iPad hits UK stores

Apple’s iPad made it UK store debut this morning on Regent Street, London at 7am and it was a spectacular scene with  scores of  Apple fans  queuing all night, a  few celebrities  including Stephen Fry were spotted , and the media – more than 50 cameras at a rough count –   was out in full force. The line …

Wi-Fi plans to cover London by Olympic Games

Wi-Fi plans to cover London by Olympic Games

London Mayor Boris Johnson pledged a blanket Wi-Fi coverage in time for the Olympic Games in 2012 while speaking at the Google Zeigeist event in Hertfordshire. The statement comes as the city continues to upgrade its infrastructure in time for the Olympic games in 2012. Johnson said his vision was that “every lamppost, …

Huddle gets $10.2 Million

Huddle gets $10.2 Million

British web start-up Huddle, which is a  web-based team collaboration and project management tool  announced a $10.2 million second round of funding, Huddle has now raised more than $15 million in  total. The funds will help the company stay competitive in the crowded collaboration market which is dominated by Box.com.
With focus on …

New London Bus design revealed

New London Bus design revealed

Image by wallyg via Flickr

It will be a red-letter day in the lives of London buses. The new London bus design was unveiled by London mayor, Boris Johnson yesterday.
The design of the London Bus is based on the old Routemaster model which is an icon on London, but the iconic 1954 design is getting a much needed revamp.

The new bus …

Sky’s 3D Channel Comes to Westfield

Sky’s 3D Channel Comes to Westfield

Sky Television kicked off UK’s first 3D channel with a live Premier League football match between Arsenal and Manchester United which was broadcasted in nine pubs around the UK few weeks back and was well received and appreciated.

Social Media ’09

Social Media ’09

Yesterday in a warm Thistle Hotel in the West End of rainy London, team mashup* presented the Social Media ’09 conference.
With a kick-off at 2pm, SM09 featured four hours of case studies and presentations from around 20 people, all from different backgrounds, with something to share about how their company uses Social Media. In the audience were 200 of London’s …

Cambridge Geek Day

Cambridge Geek Day

The Sporkings team can often be found at events in and around London, where a lot of the technology events take place. But every now and then, something outside of our radar catches our attention.
On the 21st November 2009, something very cool is happening in Cambridge. ‘Cambridge Geek Day’. Organised by the very young, but very smart Jamie Rumbelow, this …

The 140 Characters Conference London

The 140 Characters Conference London

17th November 2009 at the O2 Indigo, London. [12% discount code: KJCXIDKA]

Themes that will be discussed are twitter as a platform and as a language we speak. “Over time it will neither be the only platform nor the only language. #140conf is not an event about microblogging or the place where people share twitter “tips and techniques” but rather where we explore the effects of the real-time Internet on Business.” The take aways from this event will provide the attending delegates knowledge, perspectives and insights to the next wave of effects twitter and the real-time internet will have on business.

Microsoft Bing Screenshots

Microsoft Bing Screenshots

We just received two brand spanking new screenshots of Microsoft’s new search engine. Not yet launched, the Microsoft Live Search replacement will go by the name of Bing.
Although we find landscape pictures of London’s Tower Bridge and the Dover Cliffs very nice to look at, we’re not sure that huge backgrounds are a good idea for a search engine page. …


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