by Ardrich
May 18, 2012 in News Roundup
We love infographics we do.
OK, so this hasn’t anything to do with the world of digital really, but its an infographic and we love infographics. In fact, we would present all of our blog posts in infographic format if we were any good with Illustrator. But we aren’t so we will stick to the magic of words. After all, the keyboard is mightier than the sword….
by Ardrich
May 18, 2012 in News Roundup
Zuckerberg, laughing....
The frenzy of hype and excitement surrounding the flotation of Facebook peaks this morning as its shares go on offer in the biggest flotation of an internet-based company in history.
The social network turned multinational corporation will be floated on the New York based Nasdaq exchange at $38 (£24) a share a price that values the company at $100bn (£63bn).
From 2.30pm UK time the market will determine the share price and value of the company.
by Ardrich
May 17, 2012 in News Roundup
Gigaom has recently issued a series of interviews with Steve Blank – author of The Startup Owner’s Manual.
He talks about, among other things, small startups, big execution & Steve Jobs.
Blank co-founded the CRM software company E.piphany and the video game business Rocket Science. He is currently an entrepreneurship professor at Stanford, UC Berkeley and Columbia which give him a unique insight that combines a historical perspective with a look at the next generation of entrepreneurs.
There are five interviews in total which are viewable here.
by Ardrich
May 17, 2012 in Events, News Roundup
Accenture have now been named as sponsors of Thinking Digital 2012 – in particular the workshop “A Practical Guide to Predicting the Future.” As part of their sponsorship deal, Accenture have part subsidised 3 sets of tickets which can be won by freelancers, university academics, students & North East Digital SME’s. Read the rest of this entry →
by Ardrich
May 10, 2012 in News Roundup
Fancy a punt on Facebook when it (eventually) floats? Well here’s a quick guide for you. We think it’s risking a tenner.
by Ardrich
May 2, 2012 in Events, News Roundup
The Thinking Digital Conference are looking for five promising startups to do a 3 minute pitch to a panel of stars from the startup world, as well as to large live audience of startup fans, amplifiers, possible partners and financiers. If you’re one of our chosen five, you’ll get a free pass to Thinking Digital 2012 (or 2013 if you already have one), some great exposure and experience and a chance to win two great prizes designed to help your startup.
by Ardrich
April 30, 2012 in News Roundup
We all like a good statistic don’t we? Well here are a few to kick start your week. Now, back to our Brazilian m-commerce strategy….
by Ardrich
April 30, 2012 in News Roundup
Fancy a job at a tech start-up called Google? You may have heard of them.
Apparently, their recruitment process is rigorous to say the least.
According to William Poundstone, author of ‘Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?‘, you may get asked trick questions, Zen-like riddles and insanely difficult puzzles.
Here are a bunch of questions you may get asked if you fancy a desk at Googleplex. We’ll post the answers soon. Not that you will need them. We didn’t (cough):
1) How much toilet paper would it take to cover the entire state?
2) It is difficult to remember what you read, especially after many years. How would you address this?
3) If you had a stack of pennies as tall as the Empire State Building, could you fit them all in one room?
4) A man pushed his car to a hotel and lost his fortune. What happened?
5) Add any standard arithmetic signs to this equation to make it true: 3 1 3 6 = 8
And believe it or not, they are some of the easier questions.
by Hanna
April 26, 2012 in News Roundup
A team of North East students has won the UK finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup and will be representing their country in the worldwide final in Australia.
Team EyeWorks, combining talent from Northumbria University and Newcastle College, has impressed the judges in the Software Development category of the national finals.
The 2nd spot was grabbed by another North East team, Team Teesside 0×32.
Huge congratulations for both teams on their success! The exceptional talent in the region means the whole of the North East has more reason than ever to be proud of our digital sector.
by Hanna
April 26, 2012 in News Roundup
Following their high-profile launch in Silicon Valley in 2010, Newcastle-based Mobicart has now made their m-commerce app builder available on Android.
The user interface of the Android release follows the same style as their iPhone app enabling retailers to take full control of their m-commerce stores.
The company has also released an updated version of the app builder to be used with the New iPad.
The platform has been uniquely designed to replicate a magazine with the ability to turn pages and flick through your product catalog, a press release from the company says.
“This now means MobiCart’s app builder can be used on the majority of mobile phones and is great news for retailers as it means their products can reach a bigger market by being available to a wider audience”, MobiCart Director Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine said.
