Technology

Best and Worst of 2011: A Landmark Year in Computing – Bright Side of News*

Qualcomm’s SoC package was used in dominating number of mobile phones, powering the vast majority of Google … the fact that James Cameron and Peter Jackson alone ordered over 100 cameras speaks of growing shift in the movie industry.

World’s Highest Paid African Soccer Star Launches Cellphone Company – Forbes

The four-time African player of the year, who in August signed a record $28 million-a-year deal with Russian soccer club Anzhi Makhachkala, is preparing to launch his own mobile phone network … It will be Cameroon’s third mobile network …

Can Britain Really Prosper ‘Unfettered’ by the EU? – Wall Street Journal

For all the jingoism offered by Mr. Roberts, with those absurdly anachronistic quotations from William Pitt the younger and George VI, and notwithstanding Prime Minister David Cameron’s unfortunate posturing at the EU summit, Britain today still …

Samuel Eto’o to launch own mobile network in Cameroon on 2012 Afcon opening day – goal.com

is intended to provide mobile Internet service alongside telephony. The market penetration for mobile network in Cameroon is currently at 49 per cent below the fast growing rate of 75% in Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal and Ghana, which local observers …

Central Africa: Visit to reinforce bilateral cooperation between Chad and Cameroon – AllAfrica.com

Before the Unity Palace luncheon, the Ministers of Posts and Telecommunications of Chad and Cameroon signed an accord for the optical fibre interconnection between both countries as the Heads of State of Cameroon and Chad watched on. The Head of … Continue reading

COMMUNITY NEWS: There’s an app for Farm Show – Reporter

The free app can be used on any mobile device or smart phone and includes all the capabilities of the online tool. Digital map kiosks will be located in the Cameron Street Lobby and in the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture … Continue reading

Labour is working to avoid the trap – The Guardian

Ben Jackson and I were disappointed to see our Comment piece (How to avoid the Tory trap, 29 October) and Policy Network pamphlet, Cameron’s Trap: lessons for Labour from the 1930s and 1980s, reported online (29 December, Politics section …

The Throwback: Cameron Crowe’s ‘Singles’ – CNN

Writer/director Cameron Crowe’s latest effort … Funnily enough, it also foreshadows the no-less-absurd meticulous profile cultivation of Internet dating sites.

It’s real: British leader to get bespoke iPad app – Gigaom.com

Mr Cameron will be able to see at a glance the latest NHS … Possibly, but it would largely rely on public data streams that are already available online. Who is building it? That is not clear — the Cabinet … Continue reading

COMMUNITY NEWS: Guess Flyers and win today – Reporter

The free app can be used on any mobile device or smart phone and includes all the capabilities of the online tool. Digital map kiosks will be located in the Cameron Street Lobby and in the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture … Continue reading