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Downtime
Taking a look at the lighter side of IT - technology may be a serious business but it rarely fails to raise a smile too.
July 2015
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Ghost cars plague Uber app users, claim researchers
- Senior Editor, UK 30 Jul 2015 -
Technology grabs the Rhino by its horns to save it from extinction
- Business Editor 21 Jul 2015 -
Vaizey and Campbell in Twitter-Winners-mobile-security spat
- Editor in chief 17 Jul 2015
In Downtime's experience, Uber users tend to be a smug bunch, who love boring on about how much cheaper their cab journeys home have become since downloading the taxi-booking app. No longer do they ...
A group of UK conservationists have begun using GPS tags, heart rate monitors and cameras on Rhinos to deter poachers. The project is run by the not-for-profit group Protect which developed the ...
The prospects for light-hearted political point-scoring were high at this week's TechUK annual dinner in London, with Conservative digital economy minister Ed Vaizey and former Labour spin doctor ...
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Smartphones are making us dumb, finds Kaspersky
- Senior Editor, UK 03 Jul 2015
Are you a smartphone user that's ever struggled to recall the mobile phone numbers of your significant others? Then you, dear reader, could be a digital amnesiac. According to Kaspersky Lab, it's a ...