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The Growth Factory Report, 21st Century Industrial Strategy

Damian Collins | Posted 25.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Tech City, Industrial Policy, Economic Growth, Unemployment, Tax, UK Politics, Growth Report, Financial Aid, UK Tech, UK Politics News
Damian Collins

The best economies are the ones that produce the best ideas and for the UK to remain a successful and creative economy it has to be a centre for ideas, risk taking and innovation. The role for government should be to create the conditions which make the best and most creative people want to stay in or come to the UK.

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100 Years Of Innovation - The Mobile Phone

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 25.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: UK Tech, UK-Innovation, Gadgets, UK News, The Mobile Phone, Mobile Phone History, Tech News, Mobile Phones, UK Tech News

2.5 pounds, 9 inches long, 5 inches deep and 1.75 inches wide. Those are the specs for the first handheld mobile phone, developed by Marty Cooper for ...

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Nokia Lumia 610, World's Cheapest Phone, To Launch In June

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 25.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Nokia, Gadgets, Nokia Phones, Cheap, Tech News, Mobile Phones, Smart Phones, UK Tech, Nokia Lumia 610, UK Tech News

The cheapest Android phone on the market will launch in June, according to Nokia. The phone caters for the lower end of the mobile phone market, a...

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4G Internet: Will It Revolutionise The Internet?

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: The Internet, Gadgets, Fastest Internet, UK-Innovation, Tech News, UK Tech, 4g, 4g Ipad, 4G Internet, UK Tech News

The introduction of 4G internet could result in the safeguarding of thousands of jobs, £5.5 billion investment in the UK and could save workers 37 mi...

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Empathy Download

Stephen Carrick-Davies | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Young People, Cruelty, Empathy, Poke, Bridge Academy, Ping, UK Tech, Empathy Online, E-Safety: Cyberbullying, UK Universities & Education News
Stephen Carrick-Davies

What did we do before Facebook and Twitter? Were we more tolerant and polite or perhaps just more repressed? Yes these platforms have made it easier and quicker to settle scores, but do these new online tools actually fuel people's thirst for revenge?

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Wall Eyed at Waterloo

Ashleigh Brown | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Waterloo, UK Tech, Iphones, Apple, Apps, Technology, Ipad, Gadgets, UK Lifestyle News
Ashleigh Brown

Anyone who entertains a complex based on the idea that computers will become self-aware and start taking over the world has undoubtedly been labeled neurotic in days gone by... But it seems that the more paranoid segment of the population have finally solidified evidence for their doubt.

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Brooke Roberts: Knitting Brains Into Fashion

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: UK-Innovation, UK News, Style, Brooke Roberts, Tech News, Fashion Design, UK Tech, Knitwear, Fashion, British Fashion, UK Tech News

At first glance, it's just a pretty pattern. Swirls and curves follow the sway of the female form. But when London knitwear designer Brooke Roberts ex...

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Parking Douche App Names And Shames Moscow's Worst Parkers

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: UK Tech, Moscow, Ice Cream Sandwich, UK News, Apps, Android Phones, Tech News, Android, Android Apps, UK Tech News

Bad parking is on par with aggressively standing on the left on a Tube escalator, drinking out of the milk carton at work and leaving one square of to...

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Google To Help Change 'Catastrophically Boring' Computer Lessons

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Google, UK News, Eric Schmidt, UK Students, UK Tech, UK Schools, David Willetts, School Lessons, National Curriculum, UK Universities & Education News

Google is to fund computer science teachers in a bid to save the "sorry state" of computing education in the UK. Eric Schmidt, the company's chairm...

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Neil Armstrong Rare Interview: People Love Conspiracy Theories

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Neil Armstrong, Leadership, Video, UK News, Tech News, The Moon, Space, Apollo 11, UK Tech, Cpa, Alex Malley, CPA Australia, UK Tech News

His unbeatable feat of being first man on the moon is rare, but landing an interview with Neil Armstrong is almost as historic. The man who shook ...

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100 Years Of Innovation: IVF

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: UK Tech, UK-Innovation, UK News, Parenting, In Vitro Fertilisation, Tech News, Ivf, Video, UK Tech News

IVF is a remarkable innovation, for the simple reason that without it, we wouldn’t have Louise Brown. Brown, the first ever test tube baby, w...

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Let's Talk About Sex(ting)

Peter Watt | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Sexting, Internet, Nspcc, Parenting, Children, Mobile Phones, Child Abuse, UK Impact, Sexual Abuse, UK Tech, UK News
Peter Watt

Quantitative research on sexting varies but the statistics suggest that between 15 and 40% of young people are involved in sexting, depending on their age and the way sexting is measured.

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Have Women Rejected IT as a Career Choice?

Sheila Flavell | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Women in IT, FDM Group, UK Graduates, Undergraduates, IT Service Providers, Sheila Flavell, UK Tech, UK Women, Youth Unemployment, UK Universities, UK Tech News
Sheila Flavell

I believe that one of the main reasons for the shortage of women in IT is due to the lack of female role models in the industry - what if Steve Jobs had been a woman?

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Microsoft So.cl, The New Social Network Powered By Bing

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: The Internet, so.cl, Gadgets, UK-Innovation, Microsoft so.cl, UK News, Search Engines, Social Networks, Social Life, Fuse Labs, Google Plus, UK Tech, Poll, Facebook, UK Tech News

They brought us the first popular free email service in Hotmail. Now Microsoft is playing catch up to Facebook, opening up its So.cl social network to...

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Jonathan Ive, Apple Designer, Knighted At Buckingham Palace

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Steve Jobs, UK-Innovation, Gadgets, Apple, Tech News, Northumbria University, Jonathan Ive, UK Education, UK Tech, Poll, UK Tech News

Sir Jonathan Ive, head of design at Apple, has been knighted at Buckingham Palace. The BBC reports that Apple's senior vice-president of industria...

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Virtual Orchestra At London Science Museum

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: UK-Innovation, Gadgets, UK News, London Science Museum, Science, UK Tech, Travel, Virtual Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, UK Tech News

Love classically music, or did you never quite get into it? The London Science Museum has injected a philharmonia orchestra with a jolt of tech, to cr...

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Eugene Polley, Inventor Of The TV Remote Control, Dies

BBC | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Tv Remote Control, UK Tech, UK-Innovation, Gadgets, UK News, Tech News, Eugene Polley, Zenith-Remote-Control, UK Tech News

The inventor of the television remote control has died at the age of 96, his former employer has said. Zenith Electronics said Eugene Polley passed...

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The Pulpable Singularity

James Poyner | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Waterstones, Kindle, UK Tech, Amazon, UK Tech News
James Poyner

I am a reader and a Kindle owner, I have seen the demise of music and book shops on the high street. Going digital is not the answer W is looking for. The nature of the Singularity, of any Singularity results in the eventual destruction of historical preservation of the former.

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Play The Moog On Google's Doodle

PA | Sara C Nelson | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Google, UK Tech, The Beatles, Moog, Video, UK News, Robert-Moog, Beach Boys, UK News

Today's Google doodle is more than a little special, and it comes in the form of an interactive musical treat that can be played using your mouse. ...

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100 Years Of Innovation - The Satellite

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: UK Tech, Science, UK-Innovation, Video, UK News, Satellites, Tech News, UK Tech News

They study weather and climate, help you text your mum when you'r abroad and now even North Korea have one. Satellites are the orbital gadget bundles ...

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Jonathan Ive: What Apple Is Working On Now Feels Like The Most Important Work

Telegraph | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Gadgets, Apple Iphone, Apple Ipad, Apple, UK News, Tech News, UK Tech, Jonathan Ive, Technology, UK Tech News

"It's a really tough one. A lot does seem to come back to the fact that what we're working on now feels like the most important and the best work we'v...

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Jonathan Ive: What Apple Is Working On Now Feels Like The Most Important Work

Telegraph | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Gadgets, UK News, Apple, Apple Ipad, Apple Iphone, Jonathan Ive, Tech News, UK Tech, Technology, UK Tech News

“It’s a really tough one. A lot does seem to come back to the fact that what we’re working on now feels like the most important and the best wor...

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Giselle's Copycat Fears

Nickee Todd | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Style

Read More: Uggs, Nicole Hilton, Faith Shoes, Giselle Bundchen, Jamie King, Fashion Fretter, Joan Rivers, Dorothy Perkins, Crocs, Hollister, Levis, Sun-In, UK Tech, Fashion Apps, UK Style News
Nickee Todd

When I have been faced with the possibly awkward situation of wearing the same get up as someone else, it can normally be brushed off with a simple "Clearly we both have good taste!" comment and made into a bonding experience as opposed to a polarising effect, with both fearing you will feature on "B*tch Stole My Look" on Joan River's Fashion Police.

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Digital Shoreditch Festival Launches In London

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: UK Tech, UK News, Digital Shoreditch Festival, Tech News, Digital Shoreditch, Silicon Roundabout, UK Tech News

A celebration of all things digital has sprung up in Shoreditch today. The Digital Shoreditch Festival has taken over a new, pop-up building called Ha...

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Martha Lane Fox To Offer £159 Computers With Free Broadband

Telegraph | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Free Broadband, Gadgets, Martha Lane Fox, UK News, Tech News, 159 Computers, UK Tech, Get Online @ Home, Digital Divide, UK Tech News

Get Online @ Home, a partnership between Microsoft, Talk Talk and Simplify Digital, aims to give millions of Britons who can't afford to get online th...

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