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The Future of Education

Technology is fast-becoming a fundamental part of life but how far does the influence spread? Bill Gates, amongst others, believes that tablets and other technological advancements could and should transform the face of teaching and learning in the next decade. Although the iPad and other tablets are still relatively early in their development, there are [...]

Camrons iPad

£20,000 for David Cameron’s personalised iPad app David Cameron is obviously a very busy man. He’s got a country to run, an economy that needs fixing, unhugged hoodies just waiting for the Prime Minister himself to give them the love they never received whilst growing up. What better way to optimise his time spent on [...]

Over a third of Facebook traffic comes from search engines

Business News Over a third of Facebook traffic comes from search engines. According to a new report from PageLever, search engines are crucial to driving traffic to Facebook and marketers should not overlook the use of basic SEO strategies to increase visibility and Likes. Google accounts for more than a quarter (27.6%) of external traffic [...]

MySpace falls even further behind…

After MySpace had injected a new lease of life into its self, recent stats have shown that this may be failing. In one month figures show that MySpace could have lost as many as 10 million unique users all over the world. This astonishing loss happened between January and February. In February 2011, there were [...]

The first helium cloud set to be launched…?

Scientists at a University in Qatar have possibly designed a solution for the sweltering heat and humidity in the Middle East. This will be an option to use during the 2022 World Cup. The model is made from lightweight, strong carbon fibre. The interior of the design will be injected with helium gas to make it [...]