Apple pundits and watchers had spent the best part of two weeks working themselves into fervour. The problem with events where everyone expects you to do something, is that – well – when you do, it feels like creeping downstairs on the night before Christmas and sneaking a peak at your presents.So did all...
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With its perpetual quest to squeeze more power into smaller spaces, it was only a matter of time before the portable computing world became unstuck. We’ve written a few articles recently on the so called exploding batteries and wondered if perhaps it might be a time to reflect on how we ended up in...
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French Connection, the apparel retail brand that struck gold when it changed its brand to closely reflect an old Anglo-Saxon profanity hit losses of £3.6 million for the six months as customers deserted the now tired and jaded brand.The clothing manufacturer has sold over a million T-shirts emblazoned with various adaptations of the word...
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Ask you mother about downloadable movies and she’ll probably look at you as if you’ve been taking drugs. She’ll probably say something along the lines of “movies, we’ve been getting those for fifty years on the TV”. Obviously, mum just doesn’t get it – or does she? With the expected announcement from Apple, mid...
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The UK’s Office of National Statistics released its inflation figures this morning with noted increases in both the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and in the older, but more inclusive Retail Prices Index (RPI). Figures for the CPI show that inflation accelerated to 2.5 percent in August, in the face of an expected levelling off...
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