The instant messaging and video calling application Skype is currently working on a Windows Phone product but the release date is still unknown.
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Posted on 19, Jan 2012 | 
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Yahoo’s co-founder Jerry Yang resigns after 17 years
Posted on 17, Jan 2012 | Posted by David Beharall
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Yang steps down Jerry Yang, who co-founded search engine Yahoo! in 1995 with David Filo, has officially resigned from the Board of Directors and all other positions at the company. The search engine’s new CEO Scott Thompson commented on the [...]
Continue readingiPhone app Shazam prepares to revolutionise TV viewing
Posted on 9, Jan 2012 | Posted by David Beharall
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The original mission for the Shazam app was to help users identify a song they didn’t know. The app simply listens to the tune and names the artist, the album and the song title for the user [...]
Continue reading2011 has been a busy year for technology trends
Posted on 21, Dec 2011 | Posted by David Beharall
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As 2011 comes to a close, I have had a look back at the new technology products we have seen this year. We have seen the launch of Google+ to rival Facebook, the iPad and Macbook Air, ebooks and the [...]
Continue readingGoogle adds a bit of festive frost to their search engine
Posted on 20, Dec 2011 | Posted by David Beharall
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Let it snow This week Google has gone all festive on us. Type in the words ‘let it snow’ and see snowflakes fall down your computer screen. Does it stop there? Of course not. Google wants to impress its users [...]
Continue readingCandidSky celebrates one year in Manchester
Posted on 15, Dec 2011 | Posted by Tom Lambert
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We are happy to be celebrating one whole year of trading from our Manchester address. We all love our office in The Triangle and have really enjoyed working from such a vibrant and innovative environment. It seems only a short while ago that we started the company, but it was actually 4 years ago!
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CandidSky’s social network wins business award
Posted on 12, Dec 2011 | Posted by David Beharall
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We are pleased to announce that we won an award for one of our social network sites www.oldhambusinessnetwork.co.uk on Friday at the Pride in [...]
Continue readingWhat does Apple have in store for us next year?
Posted on 9, Dec 2011 | Posted by Tom Lambert
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Everyone loves to speculate what product Apple will bring out next, after all the company is at the top of its game. According to the Telegraph newspaper, there is something in the pipeline that will excite many.
Continue readingFacebook’s Open Graph increases website traffic and engagement
Posted on 6, Dec 2011 | Posted by David Beharall
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The Facebook news app This week Facebook has released new research from some of its media partners that have started to use the new Open Graph feature and the feedback is impressive. The Guardian, The Independent and Yahoo! News have [...]
Continue readingYahoo! launches new Search Direct feature in the UK
Posted on 24, Nov 2011 | Posted by David Beharall
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Yahoo! has announced its new Search Direct feature in the UK and has made improvements to its image and video search. The new Yahoo! feature predicts search results as the person types each character. It will also show the person’s correct answer before the search button is clicked.
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