Zynga has launched the company’s first real money games ZyngaPlusPoker and ZyngaPlusCasino powered by bwin.party, in the UK on Wednesday. Barry Cottle (Chief Revenue Officer and executive vice president, Zynga): Our long term vision is to offer our players the…
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Cisco is acquiring privately held Ubiquisys, headquartered in Swindon, U.K. Ubiquisys is a provider of intelligent 3G and long-term evolution (LTE) small-cell technologies. Upon the close of the acquisition, Ubiquisys employees will be integrated into the Cisco Service Provider Mobility…
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Microsoft has released its first law enforcement report, for the year 2012. The report provides data on the number of requests the company received from law enforcement agencies around the world, relating to Microsoft online and cloud services, and elaborates…
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Fusion-io has acquired ID7 for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2006, ID7 is a UK-based storage technology company working in the development of storage software solutions across all types of interfaces including iSCSI, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand. ID7 is the primary…
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Netflix has launched the Netflix ISP Speed Index, a website that provides insight into how the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are streaming Netflix. Updated on a monthly basis, the site compares ISPs, s and is based on data from the more than…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Rackspace has hired an additional 300 employees in 2012, and increased its total server count by more than 10,000 in UK. The company is now working with Digital Realty Trust to bring a bigger UK datacentre facility online. Taylor…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] William J. Hague, secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, has signed the World Economic Forum’s Partnering for Cyber Resilience initiative. In signing the initiative, the United Kingdom joins over 70 companies and…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Improvements in technology, and lowered barriers to entry, enabled indie game developers in 2012 to address and develop for more platforms than ever before. 95% developers continued to make games for the browser and 86% planned to make…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Intuit has launched a pilot program in the UK. Intuit Pay allows small businesses to get paid on the spot, and includes a free mobile app with a chip and PIN card reader. Businesses can use Intuit Pay to accept credit…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] India-based Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has won a multi-million, multi-year contract from the Home Office, a key department of the United Kingdom government, to manage the technology needs and support services of the newly formed Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).…
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