Tag: azure
Tech Digest daily roundup: Ringtones preserve of old and middle-aged
Ringtones are now the preserve of the old and middle-aged, experts have said, and mobile phones ringing in public will soon become a social “faux pas”. App downloads for ringtones in the UK have slumped by nearly a quarter in recent years, with analysts saying one reason for the decline is young people keeping their…
Tech Digest daily round up: O2 to reintroduce EU roaming charges
One of the UK’s biggest mobile phone networks has announced roaming charges for Britons travelling to the EU, in a blow to Boris Johnson’s Brexit celebrations. Customers of O2 have been told they will be billed £3.50 for every gigabyte (GB) of data used above a new limit of 25GB, from August. The move comes after the Christmas Eve trade agreement…
IBM announce cloud computing service
Smart Analytics Cloud to take on Google, Amazon and Microsoft's offerings.
What the hell is Microsoft Azure?
Good question. Every single news story I’m reading about Microsoft’s new cloud computing platform, announced last night, is full of phrases like “foundational infrastructure”, “Dynamics CRM Services” and “hypervisor/virtualization technology”. Here’s an overview in tech layman’s terms…
