by Ardrich
May 24, 2011 in Features
The NMM team is heading across to the Sage Gateshead to get its annual injection of digital inspiration.
We’ll be writing, tweeting, taking photos and interviewing people at the biggest digital event of the year.
You can read our thoughts and share yours with us on this site.
Hope to see you there!
by Ardrich
May 23, 2011 in News Roundup
(from left) Rev. James Webber, Chairman of Action for Better Access, with Chris Beveridge, Voluntary Disability Liason Officer Blackpool FC and John Kelly, Vice Chairman and Co-founder of Access Network Equality.
Football clubs in the UK are set to excel in following web accessibility guidelines with the help of a new cyber charity.
‘Action for Better Access’ uses cutting edge ROKTALK technology to convert text to speech in several different languages.
by Ardrich
May 20, 2011 in Features
According to Atau Tanaka, Director of Newcastle University’s Culture Lab, what it means to be a creative media lab in today’s society is fundamentally different to what it meant 25 years ago.
Back in the mid 80s, when the MIT media lab was founded and researchers were just beginning to innovate with mobile technologies, ‘being digital’ was still a concept.
“Today, the society is digital – the future has arrived and that changes what’s at stake”, Atau said.
“It changes the social relevance and pertinence of a lab like ours to have more of a social function.”
by Ardrich
May 16, 2011 in News Roundup
James Kingett (left) from the Centre for eBusiness with Bernie Callaghan from Sunderland Software City.
A new free search engine putting the North East digital industry in a single shop window has launched.
‘Supplier Search’ aims to match up local businesses with each other, providing an opportunity to find the right partners as well as new customers.
by Ardrich
May 11, 2011 in News Roundup
The digital world will never be same after the supremely annoying Apprentice teams created their very own apps.
(By ‘created’ we mean they came up with the brilliant ideas. The apps were made a reality by the leading development company Grapple.)
The winning app came from the girls team. AmpiApps featured a series of annoying sounds such as baby’s screams and animal shrieking. Of course they missed out on the most annoying sound of all – their own conversation.
by Ardrich
May 6, 2011 in News Roundup
With only two and a half weeks to go before the Thinking Digital Conference kicks off, event organisers have announced the full programme along with the last speakers and sponsors.
Herb Kim, the CEO of Codeworks and the founder of the conference, said it was a huge pleasure to release the full extent of the talent on display.
“It really is such an honour to have so many great people coming to Gateshead for the conference”, he said.
“We’ve always prided ourselves on being an ‘all-keynote’ conference and this year that has never been more true.
by Ardrich
May 5, 2011 in News Roundup
A team at Newcastle University have created digital ‘Lovers’ Boxes’ to enable couples to record romantic messages for each other.
The boxes, which have been described as digital storybooks, draw on the aesthetics of traditional wooden jewellery boxes, but actually contain the latest technology.
A computer with an integrated RFID reader is hidden inside the box. Other than the screen itself, all visible trappings of digital technology are hidden from view.
by Ardrich
May 3, 2011 in News Roundup
A new North East football magazine has generated a huge wave of interest across the globe in its first two weeks.
The Blizzard, a quarterly publication which takes its name from a Victorian-era Sunderland newspaper, provides a platform for a group of sports writers to publish longer and more considered pieces than possible in the mainstream papers.
The magazine launched in March with a digital ‘Issue Zero’, available for download on a pay-what-you-like basis.
by Ardrich
April 27, 2011 in News Roundup, Uncategorized
If you’re a new company in the region we’d like to write about you.
New Media Monthly is a digital news website aimed at the creatives of the North East. We cover news about new technologies and other digital stuff we find interesting on the web.
We also write about local companies and start-ups and are currently looking to track the progress of some new North East digital companies.
by Ardrich
April 27, 2011 in Features
Armed with a live YouTube broadcast, apps and hashtags, Kate and William are set to make internet history.
The couple has insisted on making their big day ‘the most interactive public event’ that will be accessible to everyone.
As big users of social media, the Royal Family is making sure there’s no escaping the modern Web 2.0 wedding.
