The Financial Times has an article on the growing number of startups in Europe, a region known for bureaucracy, high taxes and lack of entrepreneurial spirit, but now blessed with the arrival of . . . Seedcamp!
The FT article talks about Saul Klein, a UK-based British venture capitalist and entrepreneur, who created Seedcamp (”a week-long [...]
Since the day of its launch, hackers have been working on a way to release the iPhone from carrier jail, specifically, AT&T jail. Engadget announced yesterday that the folks at iPhoneSIMfree.com have applied a software hack that allows you to use any SIM card with the phone. Click here to see details.
Since the iPhone is [...]
The Apple rumor mill is working overtime today. I read in Adformatie, a local advertising industry paper, that Orange France will be the first to sell the iPhone this fall in Europe (together with FNAC, a retailer). T-Mobile in Germany and Vodafone UK are next in line to sell the device. It is expected that [...]
Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, has just released a report (The Communications Market 2007) that is hundreds of pages long but very interesting. Among the little tidbits of information in this report which covers TV, radio, broadband, Internet use, fixed and mobile telephony are:
women 25-34 spend more than 20% online than men;
of the 70 million [...]
Stylefeeder.com is the latest personal online shopping site that allows you to bookmark items you like (an iPhone, Gucci shoes, Dior bag), find “style twins” (people who share your taste), get product recommendations specific to your taste and solicit advice from others in the community about items you are thinking of buying. It’s a social [...]