Amazon, masters of online retail, have opened a new warehouse just outside Swansea to house its stock; the clamour for which shows no signs of abetting. What is so special about that I hear you ask?
The impact of digital and electronics businesses on the environment is difficult for the everyday person to understand, but like all industry, the likes of Sony and Microsoft are currently feeling the pressure to adopt greener practices.
Quickly type ‘Iraq War blog’ into Google and you’ll find over nine and a half million related articles. The war is of course a hotly debated topic and therefore a hotly blogged topic as well.
The world of search engines has been dominated by the so called big four for several years, and just like their footballing namesakes, the four in question are worshiped and chastised in equal measure. I am talking of course about Google, Yahoo, AOL and MSN.
What a kick in the teeth. That was my first thought on hearing that Yahoo! plan to move their European Headquarters from London to Geneva.
The world’s first Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held at the House of Parliament last week, and online crime was the first topic for discussion.
Despite the fact that over two thirds of us are regularly surfing the net, the survey says that along with less well-educated and poorer people, it is retired people who use the internet less than any other group. They are also less likely to use other digital devices.
In an apparent attempt to end Apple’s domination of online music, MySpace are in talks with four major record labels to create a rival music download site which, as well as competing with iTunes, will help distinguish MySpace from rivals Facebook.
