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Food for Thought at Mobile Monday

5 August, 2009 by Jessica Williamson

Mobile life - gotta love itI could hardly sleep at night knowing there was a meetup I’d never been to, and I’m happy to report that my visit to Mobile Monday (MoMo) on 3rd Aug was a delightful and enlightening experience. For those of you still out of the loop, MoMo Edinburgh is a new group for anyone interested in the mobile scene, and folks meet monthly for lunch in Centotre to discuss the latest happenings. Turns out they’re a lot of fun!

It was a very friendly and welcoming bunch, and the cozy size (6 of us on this occasion, as holiday appeared to be a priority for others) made it easy to have group discussions. I was brought up to speed on Blyk, the mobile phone company that offered free minutes/texts to the youth market Continue Reading »

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Winners announced for the Informatics Touch Competition

3 August, 2009 by Kate Ho

Winners announced for the Informatics Touch Competition
The winners of the Informatics Touch competition was announced last Thursday (30th July 2009), with yours truly having a stake in the competition …
Staff track:
1st Prize: Neelima Alluri (Personal Banking application)
Student track:
1st Prize: Kate Ho (Interactive Mortgage Guide)
The judging panel was comprised of the Research and Innovation team at RBS, alongside Dave Robertson (the new Head of Informatics).
Provisionally (pending on confirmation from HQ), Neelima and I will present at the next Techmeetup about developing for the Microsoft Surface, and the applications will be able for demo too.
If you missed out this time round, Microsoft themselves have recently launched a Surface competition, which you can find out more about here

Microsoft SurfaceThe winners of the Informatics Touch competition were announced last Thursday (30th July 2009), with yours truly having a stake in the competition …

The remit was to design and build an innovative branch-based personal banking application for the Microsoft Surface. Here are the results … Continue Reading »

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Hold on tight, Spotify is taking us on a ride!

29 July, 2009 by Thomas Drapier

Last week, Spotify announced their App for Apple’s iPhone. Unfortunately Apple is known for controlling tightly the Apps available to iPhone users. As Spotify is a service changing the way people consume music, it could potentially harm the already in difficulty music majors, and compete with Apple’s hugely successful music store: iTunes. The Spotify people, knowing this, have made sure to make the release of their App a matter of public interest involving as many press agencies as possible. The spotlight is now awaiting Apple’s reaction. Continue Reading »

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60 Second Interview: Fraser Doherty (SuperJam)

29 July, 2009 by Jessica Williamson

Fraser and his super fruitsOur entertainment this week comes from jam boy Fraser Doherty, a humourous and inspiring entrepreneur with jam in Waitrose, ASDA, Tesco, my fridge, and beyond. Thanks to him, I woke up craving rhubarb & ginger this morning and tend to put jam on any snack possible.

We met Fraser back in Feb ’08 when he joined us as a judge for the Apprentice Edinburgh competition run by iCUE (along with last week’s interviewee Hamish coincidentally), but luckily we didn’t ask him about any regrets!  Fraser runs loads of tea parties for lonely elderly folks as well, which are always a hoot, and volunteers are being lined up for a big bash on 13th August if you’re in the mood. Continue Reading »

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Ali Eslami’s quest to keep you productive (Keepmeout.com)

28 July, 2009 by Kate Ho

KeepmeoutLast week, I caught up with Ali Eslami, a recent Informatics graduate who created Keepmeout.com – a website that prevents you from checking facebook, your gmail, and any other website too often.

This is the pitch: You tell keepmeout which website you are addicted to, and what interval you should only allow yourself to check it and it provides a little link which you could use to bookmark. If you’re like me, and use the bookmark bar extensively, this tool becomes invaluable. Continue Reading »

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Vidiowiki Beta Invites

27 July, 2009 by Kate Ho

VidioWikiEdinburgh based startup Vidiowiki is a web app giving away 10 beta invites to staff or students with a valid *.ac.uk email address (first come first serve).

Vidiowiki is a web app which allows researchers to communicate their research through video summaries: Continue Reading »

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Student start-up Gaming magazine wins incubator space competition

24 July, 2009 by Guest Blogger

Square-GoThis week, the University of Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club announced the winners of its incubator space competition writes Guest Blogger Hilary Singer. First place: Edinburgh entrepreneur Josh Wilson and his start-up gaming magazine SquareGo. The competition, sponsored by the Abbey Santander Group, offered local entrepreneurs the chance to win up to £2500 worth of office space. Continue Reading »

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Notification of death – received via text

22 July, 2009 by Bela Hamid

Facebook newsA month ago I was walking home after a particularly productive poi spinning class and as I reached George IV Bridge I received a text informing me that a family member had been ‘killed brutally’. The news was shocking enough without THE ENTIRE MESSAGE ALSO BEING WRITTEN IN CAPITALS. I of course Continue Reading »

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Hubdub Team launches FanDuel

20 July, 2009 by Kate Ho

Fan DuelThe team behind Hubdub (Nigel, Lesley, Tom, Rob and Chris) have just launched Fanduel.com – a daily fantasy sports game website. The premise is this: 1. Pick a team for that night, 2. Set the stake and choose a victim an opponent, 3. Get paid when you win. Continue Reading »

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Celebrating Failure: Is Sucking the New Winning?

20 July, 2009 by Jessica Williamson

Is this what we're teaching ourselves?The harder you fall, the better the story, and it seems that tales of failure are a very strong social currency at the moment. With outlets like fmylife, failblog or #epicfail to broadcast your lowest moments, the online world is embracing failure and extrapolating the entertainment value from misery, embarrassment, and devastation. What’s behind this obsession with failure, and is it a good/healthy/concerning thing? Continue Reading »

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