July 14, 2010
A recent report by accountancy firm Ernst & Young has revealed that only two profit warnings had been issued to quoted companies in the region during the second quarter of 2010. This was the lowest number to be posted in eight years.
Tom Jack, of Ernst & Young, has explained that greater public spending and the [...]
July 13, 2010
Everything Everywhere has recently released plans on its strategy for business customers, with T-Mobile to cease taking on new corporate customers, instead to concentrate on its Orange brand.
A statement released by Everything Everywhere declares that large sized companies who are currently signed up with T-Mobile will not notice any changes to their business relationship.
“Everything Everywhere [...]
July 12, 2010
Everything Everywhere, the new venture between the two big mobile companies, is all set to boost the mobility of businesses with plans to improve productivity by 15 percent within three years.
The company has stated that it is looking to open up the access of information for its business customers wherever they are located and are [...]
July 9, 2010
Microsoft has recently revealed that their strategy still includes a provision for enterprise mobility customers with the imminent release of the follow-on from Windows Mobile.
In a video message at an event for Motorola’s ES400 handset last month, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said to waiting journalists that the new enhanced platform, based on Windows Mobile [...]
July 8, 2010
When the new coalition government was formed a number of projects including the development of applications for mobile handsets such as on the Apple iPhone were put on hold.
The applications in the pipeline included a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) app that would have allowed drivers to renew their tax discs using their smartphone. [...]
July 7, 2010
These days the term ‘smartphone’ is bandied about frequently, with everyone seeming to understand what exactly this means. But when you look at it a bit closely, it is important to know what it really means to have a smartphone.
The main things which differentiate a smartphone with a usual mobile phone are the operating system [...]
July 6, 2010
The smartphone battle for supremacy really has started to hot up now in the UK following the release by Apple of its new iPhone 4 device. In response to this arrival, mobile operator T-Mobile has decided to slash the price on its HTC Desire handset.
T-Mobile will eventually be able to offer the iPhone 4, but [...]
July 5, 2010
Windows Mobile users in Europe will not now get to experience this unusually-shaped Kin mobile as Microsoft has declared it is to put all efforts into its upcoming revolutionary device instead.
Following its poor performance in the US the writing was already on the wall for the Kin, which had been rumoured to be set for [...]
July 2, 2010
Local businesses in the North West received news they didn’t expect to hear this week as the government announced plans to cut the Northwest Regional Development Agency’s annual budget by £52million.
At this moment in time it is uncertain which sectors will be affected by this lower funding for the area, but it could affect businesses [...]
July 1, 2010
In modern times there has never been anything quite like the phenomenon we are experiencing at the moment with the demand for mobile platforms. This innovative technology has produced products such as the iPhone, BlackBerry and the Windows Mobile operating system. Of course, there are also the new tablet computers and other mobile devices which [...]