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Republic Signs Facebook Deal With One iota

Leading fashion retailer Republic has joined the likes of Debenhams and Argos to launch a new Facebook Deals service. Implemented and managed by One iota, the mobile and Facebook commerce provider, Republic will give shoppers access to exclusive offers and promotions. Deals will be activated when users ‘check-in’ on their mobile phone through Facebook to Republic stores in Manchester, Sheffield,

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Microsoft Next – Meet Microsofts next generation of innovators

From developing an online platform through Azure that helps ease the devastation caused by floods in Australia, to performing medical operations using Kinect, to developing the next generation of teachers in the Middle East, people are doing amazing things with Microsoft technology. Microsoft Next is a new internal competition that was created to showcase how these innovations are helping people

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Teaching community shares record number of classroom resources and ideas using TES Connect

TES Connect, the world’s largest professional teaching community on the web, saw a record five million classroom resources downloaded in March from its teaching resource bank www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resources – equivalent to a single resource downloaded every 2 seconds. A record five million classroom resources were downloaded by teachers in March 2011, from TES Connect That is equivalent to a single resource downloaded every

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Frequent Mobile Internet Users Love Their Mobile Operator

Research from mobile survey company On Device Research has revealed that the more people use the mobile internet, the more they love their mobile operator. The mobile research, which was conducted directly on the mobile internet, shows that frequent mobile internet users are more satisfied with their mobile operator, compared to those who only occasionally use the internet on their

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Britains superfast broadband lines set to pass 250,000 this month

Virgin Media and BT lead the way to NGA services High-speed broadband is starting to catch on in Britain, with the total number of superfast lines delivering speeds in excess of 25Mbps set to pass the 250,000 mark this April – according to the broadband analysts Point Topic. Whilst Point Topic’s Chief Analyst Tim Johnson says the number is quite