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TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| December 18, 2011 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
Quite a mix of stories this week, from the expected (Zynga’s IPO) to the amusing (is Nicholas Sarkozy such a fan of the Beach Boys that he has resorted to stealing their music?) to the crazy (Apple’s legal documents being sold for how much?). We’ve also got a lot of news on Julian Assange and Bradley Manning in the courts, developments with SOPA, and many other things besides. So, read on to find out all about the latest and greatest tech news, and I’ll see you in two weeks time – even technology needs a Christmas break! Business As we reported it would a couple of weeks ago, Farmville maker Zynga this week held its IPO to become a publicly traded… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| December 4, 2011 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
Well, after a quiet week last week, the usual pre-Christmas lull seems to have evaporated as we’ve suddenly been flooded with news from all quadrants of the map! We’ve got Zynga heading for an IPO, the most money ever spent online in the US in a single day, the Carrier IQ scandal, printers bursting into flames, WikiLeaks returning from the dead, GCHQ failing to impress anyone, YouTube’s redesign, an angry Effin Irishwoman – and is that the Higgs boson? You’ll just have to read on to find out. Business Zynga, the mobile gaming company which makes Words with Friends (similar to Scrabble) and Farmville, is set to announce its IPO this month and begin trading on the stock market with the… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| November 20, 2011 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
In this week’s edition of TSR on tech, we’ve got all the major headlines from the last fortnight (we didn’t manage to publish last week, but watch this space for a good reason), and they sure are headlines! In the world of business, Apple is rearranging its board members, whilst Facebook is upsetting Europe and Oxford is upsetting privacy advocates. Gamers were thrilled (or repulsed, depending on how much they like Call of Duty) by the releases of Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim, and we saw the launches of iTunes Match, Google Music and the Kindle Fire. Not only that, but the US is preparing for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Yes, it’s all go for the technology world, so read on… more
TSR on tech: your weekly news summary
| October 2, 2011 | Posted by Elliot Davies under TSR on tech |
After a brief break, your regular tech summary is back! And what a week to come back to – there’s a lot of exciting news, and though it’s thankfully not all about legal issues for once, an unfortunate amount of it is about delayed games. But it rapidly improves again as we delve into speculation about the iPhone 5 due to be released this Tuesday, and take a detailed look at Amazon’s new Kindles. Read on for all that and more. Business Leo Apotheker has left his position as HP’s CEO and has been replaced by Meg Whitman, formerly of eBay fame. Whitman’s compensation package, as announced by HP, includes: a base salary of $1 per year (yes, $1 – this… more
