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• A new book about 1980s computers

  22-12-2021 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There’s a new book that’s in the crowdfunding stage that aims to tell the story of the golden age of old computers and retro games and consoles from the 1980s and 90s.
  This is the era of the ZX Spectrum, the BBC Micro, the Vic 20, the Dragon, the Oric, the Sinclair QL, the Memotec MTX, to name just a handful of nostalgic names.
  An era when computers came in a myriad of designs and styles, and each one was unique, whether it was the famous rubber keys of the Spectrum to the weird buil
  
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• Tours of the Lord Mayor’s Mansion House

  22-12-2021 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The grand mansion in the City of London that’s home to the Lord Mayor of London holds regular public tours of the main state rooms, and the resume in the New Year.Entry is through what is today the main entrance, but was originally the stables, until they quickly realised that smelly horses living under a house was a bad idea. Upstairs though is where the main tour starts, and it’s really a “look and wow” type of tour as the interior of Mansion House would put many a pala
  
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• T-Mobile limits presence at CES but the show goes on

  22-12-2021 14:19
  
  US operator T-Mobile says the vast majority of its team will no longer be attending CES, while Amazon, Meta, Twitter and Pintrest have reportedly pulled out entirely.
  T-Mobile announced yesterday it would  be ‘significantly limiting’ who it sends to CES in Las Vegas, and crucially that CEO Mike Sievert will no longer be offering a keynote in-person or virtually.
  “After careful consideration and discussion, T-Mobile has made the difficult decision to significantly limit our
  
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• Red Hat OpenShift 4 Migration: Modernizing your cloud platform

  22-12-2021 13:54
  
  So you’re still using Red Hat OpenShift 3 in your production environment, and everything is running smoothly. “Why should I update to Red Hat OpenShift 4? Version 3 works just fine,” you might say.
  Maintenance Support for Red Hat OpenShift 3.11 ends June 2022, followed by a final two-year end-of-life phase. You might not be sure how to start your migration to Red Hat OpenShift 4 or understand what it offers. In this post, we’ll walk you through some new features
  
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• 2021 was a record year for UK data use – VMO2

  22-12-2021 13:17
  
  UK operator group Virgin Media O2 has published the numbers on the use of its networks this year and revealed we downloaded more than ever.
  VMO2 punters downloaded 19% more broadband data per day than they did in 2020, while mobile traffic was up 45%. Initially this seemed surprising when you consider how much of 2020 we sent either locked down or unable to do the things that make it worth leaving the house, such as going to the pub. On the other hand we were totally locked down for the first qu
  
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• Plans submitted to revamp Grosvenor Square

  22-12-2021 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The large public garden, Grosvenor Square will reach its 300 year anniversary in 2025, and ahead of that, there are plans to substantially revamp the garden space.
  At the moment, it’s pretty bland as a space, with lots of lovely plane trees to cast shade, but most of the space is a uniform grass lawn with paths and seating. A new plan has now been presented to shrink the lawn and surround the edges with a “woodland walk” running all the way around the park. The lawn will also b
  
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• AT&T agrees to sell Xandr ad unit to Microsoft

  22-12-2021 10:40
  
  US network operator AT&T has agreed to sell its programmatic advertising operation Xandr, launched just 3 years ago, to Microsoft.
  The deal, which is subject to some regulatory reviews, would beef up Microsoft’s toolbelt in the digital advertising space with the abilities of Xandr’s data-driven programmatic advertising tech, which operated in the digital, TV and film arenas.
  “Microsoft’s shared vision of empowering a free and open web and championing an open industry
  
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• Pay a visit to St Albans Cathedral

  22-12-2021 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  In the centre of St Albans is a Cathedral, called an Abbey that’s also a church,  was built by the Normans but is mostly Victorian.
  With me so far?The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans sits on the presumed site of the martyrdom of a Roman soldier turned Christian convert who was executed for hiding a priest, and while at times a very important Abbey, it’s had a troubled history and at one point was nearly demolished due to neglect.
  So a visit is to a building that’s
  
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• MTN Launches RCS Business Messaging with Google and Dotgo

  22-12-2021 01:00
  Nigeria’s largest mobile network operator (MNO), MTN, is all set to launch RCS Business Messaging (RBM) Services in partnership with Google and Dotgo®, a Gupshup company and a leading cloud communications provider of RBM Solutions.RBM uses the rich and interactive features of Rich Communication Services (RCS)—the next generation SMS that allows sharing of audio, video, images…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Innovative technology approaches to building a 5Gigaverse Society

  22-12-2021 01:00
  "The next ten years are the years of mobile data. New 5G-powered Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) users will be ten times more than wired broadband. By 2030, the cellular network will be transmitting more data than wired networks. More data means more revenue," says Qiu Zheng, Wireless Marketing Director, Huawei, during a recent webinar on 5Grows Together: Wireless Innovation for a 5Gigaverse Society.   However, more data comes with its own challenges for the service providers. The ne
  
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• Innovative Technology Approaches to Build a 5Gigaverse Society

  22-12-2021 01:00
  "The next ten years are the years of mobile data. New 5G-powered Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) users will be ten times more than wired broadband. By 2030, the cellular network will be transmitting more data than wired networks. More data means more revenue," says Qiu Zheng, Wireless Marketing Director, Huawei, during a recent webinar on 5Grows Together: Wireless Innovation for a 5Gigaverse Society.   However, more data comes with its own challenges for the service providers. The ne
  
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• Hybrid cloud milk: Airtel and IBM deploy solutions for Indian dairy companies

  22-12-2021 01:00
  Today, Airtel Business and IBM have announced their collaboration to deploy a hybrid cloud solution for a group of five MPCs in India. Using Airtel Cloud and IBM Power servers, the transition to the cloud will support the enterprises’ resource planning (ERP) and other crucial applications, as well as accelerating their wider digital transformation…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ericsson rumoured to be eyeing up Russian manufacturing plant

  22-12-2021 01:00
  According to Russian news outlet Kommersant, Ericsson is currently auditing a potential site in Kaliningrad that the company could use to manufacture 4G and 5G equipment.According to sources, Ericsson could be looking to build a manufacturing plant at the location either alone or with a Russian partner…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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