Archive for Everton
Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.
3 To Launch Wireless Multiplayer Games
3, the UK’s first 3G network, is to launch multiplayer games in April that are played over the network. Up to four gamers can play each other in real-time over the network. The games will be available for purchase or rental.
I think that network games that can be played over the network, will succeed [...]
Digital UK Driven By Net And TV
The UK’s adoption of digital TV and broadband has helped make it the fourth most digitally-savvy nation in Europe, according a report by Jupiter Research.
But the UK still lags in terms of broadband speeds compared to others.
The most digitally sophisticated Europeans, in terms of use of digital goods such as mobiles, TV, net and cameras, [...]
iPod Tipped To Boost Apple’s Desktop Share
Apple could soon control 5 percent of the desktop computer market, Morgan Stanley predicts, thanks to the success of the iPod. Apple can look forward to gaining market share on the desktop as iPod users ditch their PCs in favour of Macs.
Analyst firm Morgan Stanley forecast on Friday that the Mac, currently on three [...]
HP To Acquire Snapfish
It’s been a busy week for acquisitions in the online photos sector, with Yahoo! announcing the acquisition of Flickr and now HP acquiring Snapfish for an undisclosed amount.
San Francisco-based Snapfish is an independent business unit of District Photo, a massive mail-order film processor with operations in the United States, U.K. and Canada. The company boasts [...]
Gmail Nearing Full Launch
Google is beginning to slowly roll out its Gmail service. Since Monday, approximately 1 in 20 users to the Google.com homepage have been allowed to register for accounts. Previously,tto get a Gmail account, a user had to be invited to the service by either Google or an existing Gmail user.
Marissa Mayer, Google's director of consumer [...]
IAC To Buy Ask Jeeves For US$1.85 billion
Media conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp agreed Monday to buy search and portal Web site operator Ask Jeeves Inc. in a stock-swap deal the companies valued at around US$1.85 billion.
AC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Barry Diller said he sees Ask Jeeves as a company with “the potential to become one of the great brands on the [...]
PSPcasting
Interesting article on Gizmodo, about how “PSPcasts†can be setup on the PSP, downloaded over BitTorrent, converted to PSP-playable format and uploaded to a docked PSP.
This will allow PSPs to carry along newscasts, TV episodes etc
Exclusive! - Plaxo To Launch New Premium Suite
In response to my feature, questioning how networking sites like Plaxo were going to make money, Stacy Martin, Plaxo’s Privacy Officer, informed Connected that Plaxo will be launching later today Plaxo Premium Suite. Plaxo Premium Suite will include two additional premium services combined with existing VIP Support offering. The two new premium services [...]
21Mar2005 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued2005 Top Blogs: Wk1
Well I’ve come to the end of my first week blogging - and what a week it has been! I never knew that there was so much information on the internet or that blogging could be so much fun! I’ve chatted with people from all over the world and I’m still amazed by [...]
21Mar2005 | Everton | 0 comments | ContinuedAT&T CTO sees WiMax replacing 3G
Two corporate customers in New Jersey will have broadband services delivered by AT&T Corp. using WiMax technology on a commercial trial basis beginning the first week of May, with plans for full deployment in 2006.
These are trend-setting contracts, according to Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T’s CTO and chief information officer.
“WiMax will take over the 3G networks [...]

