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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 a few weeks back and was well received. This Friday, London’s Westfield shopping centre will have Sky TV showcasing 3D TV content; this event is the first of many planned displays to showcase the company’s [...]

Microsoft may not have got it all right with some – or most, depending on once perspective – of its product and software launches over the past few years and Apple’s iPod may be way ahead of Microsoft Zune in portable media players, you could bet your iPhone on Microsoft not sitting idle  and letting Apple’s  much hyped and awaited iPad take all the glory and time under the sun Around [...]

I often hear from industry analysts that the worst  global recession is now over and it’s a matter of time before  all big companies start hiring people again. However, the story at Vodafone seems to be a little different and it is planning to axe nearly 500 jobs at its Newbury headquarters. The Newbury headquarters currently has 3,000 Vodafone employees. 500 jobs were axed from Newbury last [...]

UK may be the biggest producer of computer games in Europe but a recent survey shows that nearly 30% UK game developers believe that their salary is not even enough to cover their living costs. This recent survey was done by ‘Develop’ and it narrates a rather sorry tale of game developers in the UK. A Junior QA tester gets £15,000 per year. What’s even more shocking is that a lead developer [...]

Image via CrunchBase DST (Digital Sky Technologies), the company owned by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner has outlined its plans for the next 5 years and it’s hardly surprising that the company plans to put in a billion dollars to further tap the potential of social media. Clearly, the phenomenal success of DST’s 2 major social media investments – Facebook and Zynga will pave the path [...]