Tag: technology
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How to Start a Startup in College
Do you have a money making idea and you’re still young? There’s a chance for you yet. Many important companies like Facebook and Google were founded around colleges and became some of the biggest mammoths online. To see why college is such an attractive environment and what’s the route to build your own startup, check…
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LA vs SF – Where Do Tech Workers Have It Better?
Over the last couple years, startups have increasingly passed over tech epicenter SF in favor of the burgeoning startup scene in the sunny south. Intrigued, we decided to dig a little deeper in an attempt to figure out where the urban living is best for techies. Which city offers the ideal combo of glorious weather,…
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How Well Do you Know Your HTML5? Test Your Knowledge
If you’re a developer, the most important career question you should as yourself as you move into the New Year is whether or not your coding skills are on par for the future of software development. If you’re not sure where you stand as far as your skill-set goes, there’s only one thing you can…
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How We Use Mobile Devices
It’s no secret that mobile is changing everything about how we cultivate and foster digital relationships. We treat our mobile devices like a cowboy with his six-shooter: he never wants it too far from him, even sitting on the nightstand while he’s in bed just in case some outlaws come crashing through the door. Our…
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Data Size Matters
Most people understand the relative size of their digital files. That report you just saved is 318 kilobytes (kB); those vacation photos tally 750 megabytes (MB); your new iPod holds 20 gigabytes (GB) of music. When data sets start to grow, however, their sizes become more difficult to explain. How much does a terabyte (TB)…
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CES 2014 in Numbers by Bell Pottinger Wired
Research by Bell Pottinger Wired, one of the UK’s leading digital consultancies, reveals that this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was mentioned more than 1.5 million times online, across media sites, blogs, forums and social networks, such as Twitter. Insights into online conversations around the event, held in Las Vegas on 7 to 10 January…
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The Beginner’s Guide to Different Satellite Navigation Systems
Did you know that “GPS” is not an umbrella term for satellite navigation? GPS is just one system that is owned and operated by the United States. Other countries have their own satellite navigation systems. This infographic covers what a satellite navigation system is, why there are different systems and what those systems are.
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How to Build a Lightaber
Some movie props are so iconic that we all want to own one. The lightsaber is possibly the coolest sci-fi gadget ever, here’s how to make your own (and brush up on your electronics skills at the same time).
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The Economic Impact of Shipwire
When we announced that Shipwire was joining the Ingram Micro team, we thought about how to best convey how we felt about this exciting new chapter. While the news got picked up far and wide, what we wanted to say could not be summed up through an article or a press release. We have worked…
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Teenage Clicks – Are you ready for the digital first era?
Nationwide survey of 13-17 year olds reveals economic opportunity from generation’s IT aspirations and expectations Slough, UK, 9 December 2013: A survey of more than 1000 UK 13-17 year olds points to a future workforce that is ‘digital first’ in everything it does, and whose digital talents could bring significant economic value to the UK.…