New year, new toys, new danger?

2012 is off to a blistering start in Internet-land, to say the least… From Wikipedia turning the lights out on their service for a day last week to protest against SOPA (the U.S. “Stop Online Piracy Act” that was widely feared to threaten freedom of speech, and to make censorship online without due process a [...]

KC Lightstream

So, it’s arrived. KC Lightstream is here and being totally honest, it looks amazing. How about up to 100Mbps?! Kevin Walsh, the Chief Executive from KC announced: Our fibre deployment is the start of something special that local people can feel proud of. At its heart it’s an investment in the future of Hull and [...]

TEDx Hull

This is terrific news and looks like to be a superb event. It’s being organised by John Royle who has done a great job of getting together the speakers (check them out here). The first ever TEDxHull event will be held at the Hull Truck Theatre with the themeBeyond Limits. Take a look at our amazing [...]

Loving Vaultpress

Belt and braces is a term used for many things. Personally, when it comes to backing up websites, your computer, your files, media and memories, belt and braces and then some is what I’ve learnt to focus on. It’s a little similar to this… Question: What’s the best camera in the world? Answer: The one [...]

Are you backing Kickstarter?

I’m loving Kickstarter, and yet, have only really been aware of it since last year. It’s been a around a little longer - Kickstarter was founded in April 2009 by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler and is probably the best example of crowd sourced funding on the web. What is Kickstarter? Kickstarter is a [...]

Hull Digital Breakfast MeetUps

I’ve been wanting to get something in the diary, a regular meetup, organised for a while, and I’m pleased to say that this is now in place! From January 27th onwards, the last Friday of every month, at 10.30am at Fudge, we will getting together to hang out, chat, hear about new stuff and enjoy [...]

Business

Printing Revolution

by Jon Moss

Technology makes me smile. Especially things like the Makerbot. Thinking back to my childhood, never in a million years would I think that we could have a (relatively) inexpensive machine, that could print things. Stuff. Objects. Sitting on a desk. In your own office or house. Quite amazing. I’ve been loosely following the progress of [...]

Windows 8 – Metro vs Desktop

by simonhudson

Recently I was sent this YouTube video about an old bloke thrown in to using the new Windows 8. My reaction to this type of ‘journalism’ is fairly scathing. My measured response is that the example in the video is neither a fair test since the unsuspecting suspect was given no guidance at all on [...]

There has never been a better time to start a digital business

by pdyson

Ask pretty much any politician what the key to getting ourselves out of the current economic mess is and they’ll say “business growth”. Ask them where that growth is going to come from and they’ll say “Small- and Medium-sized businesses”. If I’m feeling generous I’d say that the credit crunch and the global recession have [...]

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