Tag: Business
Bizarre rumour of the week: Mormons make a bid to buy Facebook
Wow, this one’s rather out of left field. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, better known as the Mormons, have apparently made an unsolicited bid to acquire Facebook…
InFocus launching IN1100 and IN1500 series of video projectors
InFocus has launched two new projectors aimed at those in business and education. While they’re not the most sexy projectors going, they pack some nifty features that’ll make them the envy of the conference room or classroom (if that’s possible).
The IN1100 series of projectors are small enough to hold in the palm of your hand, so are easily transportable…
BlackBerry Bold coming in September: T-Mobile stakes first claim
We’ve had to wait all summer, but at last we’re in sight of the BlackBerry Bold.
T-Mobile claims it will be the first UK operator to offer the handset, offering decent and improving national 3G support, thanks to a radio access network sharing deal the company has done with 3 UK.
The Bold includes integrated GPS, Microsoft Office document editing, expandable memory, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and two megapixel camera (see full specifications and a comparison with the iPhone 3G.)…
Nokia E Series will only appeal to boring business folk
Perhaps it’s unfortunate for Nokia that there are so many decent mobile handsets being announced at the moment, but their E-Series enterprise handsets sound distinctly boring.
The £66 and £71 models are expected to launch in Europe in the third quarter, featuring GPS, 3.2 megapixel camera, and 128MB of memory. Booooring…
Pioneer and Matsushita collaborate on plasma TV business
Now that Pioneer has ditched plasma panel production, they’ve partnered with Matsushita (who manufactures the Panasonic brand) to strengthen their “KURO” and “VIERA” brands…
Toshiba unveils latest Satellite and Satellite Pro notebooks
Toshiba has announced a sleek new line of Satellite and Satellite Pro notebooks, available in a range of specifications designed to suit everyone from casual home user to demanding professional and business user…
Pioneer to stop making sub-42-inch plasma panels, as its TV business suffers
Japanese newspaper Asahi has reported that Pioneer will stop the production of 42-inch and smaller plasma panels as early as March next year, and instead buy those panels from Matsushita or Hitachi.
Pioneer’s plasma TV sales targets for this year, ending 31st March, are a mere 10 per cent of Matsushita’s (who use the Panasonic brand), at just 480,000 units compared to five million.
Pioneer will continue to manufacture its own plasma panels sized over 50 inches, while the company looks to sell the Kagoshima plant back to NEC. Pioneer already buys the panels for its LCD TVs from Sharp.
US business users get official iPhone tariffs
Though many people, including a good few geeks in company IT departments (sorry, but hey, I used to be one, so it’s justified), have said that the iPhone isn’t a good fit for business users. However, it would seem enough people have been using Apple’s wonder phone for business use — so much so that AT&T has decided to launch a business tariff.
It offers a similar feature set to the personal plans — unlimited data and visual voicemail, plus a varying amount of “free” SMS text messages depending on how much a user (or their company) stumps up per month. In addition, there are additional options for using data while roaming abroad.
It will be interesting to see how many business users are able to take up this offer. They’ll still need to gain the approval of their employer before taking the iPhone out, and that could well remain the sticking point.
LINDY launches Wireless VGA projector server
LINDY has announced its new wireless VGA projector server, which allows a projector or display monitor to be added, without cabling, to a local area network. It all sounds a bit "business-y", being targeted more at those running business…
Facebooking employees could be costing companies £130m a day
The rise in popularity of social networking sites, with Facebook being the scapegoat, could be costing British business at least £130m each day in lost productivity due to employees surfing these sites during the working day. That's according to a…
