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Apprenticeships for Tech City

Apprenticeships for Tech City

Original post by Hackney  Tech City is growing and needs good staff! Tech City: London’s dynamic technology hub Supported by Hackney Community College’s Apprenticeships for Tech City It started with Silicon Roundabout – the area around the Old Street roundabout which in recent years has become home to innovative technology companies. The industry has grown and […]

Pusher Sponsors TechMeetups App Hackathon: HTML5 & Cloud, London 20-22 July 2012

With only a few a days left to go before the TechMeetups App Hackathon: HTML5 & Cloud, we’d love to introduce you to our Sponsor Pusher! Pusher is a hosted service that allows developers to quickly and easily add realtime functionality into their web and mobile applications. That means it allows users receive new data, […]

Silicon Roundabout Accounting and Tax Advice Clinic

Original post by jeffreyshenry Jon Isaacs from leading Silicon Roundabout based accountancy firm, Jeffreys Henry LLP, will be holding a free 1-2-1 advice clinic for tech startups on Monday 23rd July from 1pm at Finsgate, 5-7 Cranwood Street, London, EC1V 9EE. Jon will be available to provide help and advice on a variety of accounting, tax […]

East London’s 20 hottest tech startups

Original post by James Silver via guardian What: A hosted, real-time visualisation tool-set that enables businesses to see all their data (web analytics, sales figures etc) in one place. Founder: Paul Joyce previously designed and built data warehouses for blue-chip companies, finally quitting his day job two months after Geckoboard’s beta launch. Launched: 2010. Their pitch: Geckoboard is a status board for […]

Caped Koala seeks $100,000 in crowdfunding to develop educational games for kids

Pora Ora (www.poraora.com), the ground breaking virtual 3D online universe that is transforming the way that 5-12 year old children learn, has launched an online Kickstarter (www.poraora.com/kickstarter) campaign to help raise funds. Pora Ora is made up of themed worlds packed with exciting and engaging games, puzzles and quests, all geared to a global school […]

Samba’s advert-supported 3G data service launches in UK

Original post by BBC A service offering an advertising-supported 3G data service for mobile computers has launched in the UK. Subscribers to Samba must first purchase a sim card – and optional dongle – and then watch video adverts to build up their credit. It describes itself as being the “UK’s first free broadband service […]

Adfonic Sponsors TechMeetups Apps Hackathon:HTML5 & Cloud, London 20-22 Jul.

How can I best monetise the apps I build?  That’s the question every mobile app developer asks themselves whether thinking about their next project or reviewing the success of what they’ve already got out in the market. To help answer that question Adfonic, the global mobile advertising marketplace, will be supporting the TechMeetups Apps Hackathon […]

Yammer presenting at July TechMeetups

@Microsoft new acquisition @Yammer supports #SiliconRoundabout #TechCity at London’s July #TechMeetups To keep up with the latest trends in Social Networking and the benefits it can bring to organisations, Microsoft acquired early stage (4 years old) company Yammer for $1.2billion last week. Microsoft would integrate Yammer with Sharepoint, its Enterprise collaboration platform already being used […]

Tech city in east London ‘bigger than thought’

Original post by BBC Tech city, an area around Old Street in east London which is home to number of technology firms, has more businesses and employs more people than previously thought. Previously Chancellor George Osborne, the boss of Google and others had thought the number of IT firms based in the area, also known […]

The Secret to London’s Tech Boom

Original post by RICHARD FLORIDA via The Atlantic Cities When the 2012 Olympics kick off at the end of this month, the bulk of the action will take place in East London. The area is virtually “unrecognizable from seven years ago when London celebrated its winning bid,” according to yesterday’s Boston Globe and is rapidly becoming “a new metropolitan center.” While […]