Posted: Thursday, 12th January, 2012
Norfolk has secured a significant amount of funding from the Government to install the infrastructure required to improve broadband speeds and access across Norfolk. The Norfolk County Council now need to attract competitive bids from telecom providers to install the actual infrastructure, but before they do they need individuals and businesses in Norfolk to register their interest so [...]
Posted: Thursday, 6th October, 2011
It was sad, but not surprising to learn of Steve Jobs’ death today. He had been ill for a long time and his physical appearance on stage didn’t hide this. But his life should be celebrated as a great example of vision. innovation and love for life. No ‘Apple fanboy’ I’m certainly not an Apple fanboy but have much admiration for all [...]
Posted: Tuesday, 6th September, 2011
Back in time… Back in 1997, we designed websites for Internet Explorer 3, setting page widths to match the smaller 800 x 600 screen resolution popular at that time (resulting in narrow websites compared with today). We restricted ourselves to 216 colours which were considered as “web safe” (reliable on both a Windows PC and [...]
Posted: Saturday, 28th May, 2011
It was great news to hear that Norfolk has been selected as one of the 4 counties to receive government funding for faster broadband speeds. Josh.biz was one of the 200 businesses in Norfolk who backed the campaign (rallied together by the EDP). Sadly, Suffolks bid was unsuccessful. The BBC explains: ‘Currently more than 50,000 [...]
Posted: Friday, 25th March, 2011
This is the Apple Store in the Chapelfield shopping mall in Norwich at 11am this morning (6 hours to go). Apple fans were already queuing up to purchase the new Apple iPad 2, due for launch at 5pm today.
Posted: Tuesday, 22nd March, 2011
Last week saw the launch of Internet Explorer version 9 by Microsoft. The new version supports new web design technologies, is allegedly faster and boasts a clean and simpler interface (more like Google Chrome). Internet Explorer has been consistently losing market share against Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, despite the fact that Internet Explorer comes [...]
Posted: Tuesday, 8th June, 2010
Back in April we featured a sneak look at the new iPhone version 4. Today, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, formally unveiled the iPhone 4. It features an even slimmer design, a front facing video camera for video calls, a more detailed screen, an inbuilt gyroscope and a faster processor. Read about the iPhone 4 [...]
Posted: Sunday, 9th May, 2010
Apple iPads will go on sale in the UK from 28 May and will cost upwards from £429 (depending on the storage capacity and networking options available). The iPads are eagerly awaited with 1 million sales in the US already. Read more on this story at The Guardian.
Posted: Sunday, 9th May, 2010
As the popularity of smartphones and touch screen devices continues to rocket, up until now the Apple iPhone has been the only serious choice. And since Apple abandoned the iPhone’s exclusivity to O2 customers, sales have increased. But the cost of the handset is still off putting for many. For example, if you sign up [...]
Posted: Friday, 23rd April, 2010
Well, here’s a strange tale. An Apple employee allegedly left the next generation iPhone (version 4) in a bar 20 miles from the company’s Infinite Loop headquarters. The iPhone was eventually sold on to Gizmodo, a popular American blog about gadgets and technology. The device, cunningly disguised as an iPhone 3GS has since been dissected [...]
