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Tech Digest daily roundup: Google opens its first UK tech centre for disabled

An alarm clock for people who are deaf is on display at the Google tech centre. Image: Google If you design technology with disabled people in mind, you design technology better for everyone. This was the sentiment from Google as it opened its first UK research and development centre dedicated to…

5 December 20225 December 2022 Chris Price News

London’s Shoreditch is world’s most expensive tech district

ClubRooms in Shoreditch. Image: http://www.shoreditch-officespace.co.uk According to a survey by estate agent Knight Frank, Shoreditch is now the most expensive tech district in the world, with intense demand for office space pushing rents higher than those in Mid-Market, San Francisco, and almost double those in Brooklyn, New York. The 2018 Global Cities report, which…

28 September 201728 September 2017 Chris Price Business tips, Gadgets

Billionaire inventor Ray Dolby, Founder of Dolby Labs, dies aged 80

Very sad to hear about the death of Ray Dolby, Founder of Dolby Labs, and sound pioneer. Ray had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for several years and was diagnosed with leukaemia this summer. Born in Portland, Oregon, he grew…

13 September 201316 February 2021 Shinychris Home audio, Home cinema, Projectors, Tech Digest news

Steve Jobs confirmed as WWDC 2010 keynote speaker

Steve Jobs has been confirmed by Apple as the keynote speaker at their annual WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) 2010 event in San Franscisco on June 7th. That really isn't much of a surprise, given that Jobs pops up every time…

24 May 20107 April 2017 Gerald Lynch Apple, iPad, iPhone, WWDC 2010

iPhone 4G set to come in white too?

There have been so many leaks relating to the new model of the iPhone that if they all turn out to be the real deal, there hardly seems any point in Steve Jobs going through the motions of a glitzy…

24 May 20107 April 2017 Gerald Lynch Apple, iPhone, Tech Digest news

Google to enter cloud music-streaming battle

Google in partnership with streaming pros Simplify Media, are to reveal their own take on music and cloud-based streaming, according to a briefing at the I/O conference in San Francisco. Having recently purchased Simplify Media, Google will use the streaming…

21 May 20107 April 2017 Gerald Lynch Digital Music, Google, Tech Digest news

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Tech Digest daily roundup: Google opens its first UK tech centre for disabled

London’s Shoreditch is world’s most expensive tech district

Billionaire inventor Ray Dolby, Founder of Dolby Labs, dies aged 80

Steve Jobs confirmed as WWDC 2010 keynote speaker

iPhone 4G set to come in white too?

Google to enter cloud music-streaming battle

Second iPhone 4G found in Vietnam

More evidence of iPhone 4G HD video recording uncovered

iPhone 4G to be delayed by court ruling?