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Bus will take Ringtons to nation of tea drinkers

AFLEDGLING digital agency has landed a lucrative deal to strengthen one of the region’s oldest brands. Newcastle’s Orange Bus IT has won a contract to develop the web presence of century-old Ringtons Tea. Read

Downturn could help games group soar

A VIDEO games seller has laid out an ambitious three-year plan to double turnover to £20m and create 70 jobs. Read

Ray’s avatar predicts end of the end

THE tech world’s movers and shakers generally don’t travel well – but one of them trekked thousands of miles to Gateshead last week without budging an inch. Read

Touchscreen computers by early 2010, says Gates

BY 2010, personal computer users will be able to control objects on the screen by touching the surface with their fingers, says Microsoft. Read

Thinking Digital conference: Kiva.org

WHILE most fledgling online enterprises target rapid growth in the hope of an eventual multi-million pound sale, Kiva.org was set up with a very different aim in mind. Read

Thinking Digital conference: Greg Dyke

WHAT do the Hutton inquiry and Roland Rat have in common? Try Greg Dyke, chairman of the British Film Institute. Read

Thinking Digital conference: Mobile 2.0

BACK in the late nineties, mobile phone users were promised full use of the internet no matter where they were or what they were doing. Read

Thinking Digital conference: Tired of getting old?

IMAGINE living to the age of 1,000, watching empires rise and fall, space technology reaching new boundaries and maybe even witnessing Newcastle United lifting a trophy. Read

Thinking Digital conference: Caspar Berry

SPEAKING at the Thinking Digital conference, pro poker player and advisor on risk Caspar Berry explains his route to the top. Read

Thinking Digital conference: Digital mapping

THE next 20 years will see online mapping systems such as Google Maps completely replace their paper counterparts according to a leading digital entrepreneur. Read

Thinking Digital conference: Barcamps

TOMORROW night up to 100 self-confessed geeks will gather in an art gallery in Newcastle to take part in the latest online phenomenon. Read

Thinking Digital conference: Telepresence

THE influx of 300 technological innovators to the North East for today’s conference may give a huge boost to the region’s reputation as a digital hub. Read

Thinking Digital conference: Hyper-local

WHILE most news stories come from hacks like us at nebusiness towers, in the future it could be your neighbour or milkman that bring you the headlines that matter to you. Read

Bringing entertainment to Norwegian travellers

INTERNET provider Nomad Digital has revealed plans to roll out its services across Europe after landing a multi-million-pound deal to supply broadband to Norway’s national train network Read

More serious games as firm goes Stateside

A FIRM which makes educational 3D video games is set to break into the lucrative US market after landing £1.5m in funding. Read

Crunch crushes chances of IT positions in finance

NORTH East IT specialists are finding it increasingly difficult to secure jobs in the finance sector as a result of the credit crunch. Read

Winners all: North East Digital Awards

A RUGBY club website, a software developer and a PR agency landed the top honours at this month’s North East Digital Awards. Read

Cast net wide for ideas, even into cyber world

Andrew Mernin speaks to the boss of one of the biggest IT firms on the planet and to a scientific pioneer. Read

Tech Notes: Beware of attention poverty

OVER the past few years, we’ve seen a major change in how information is published – and by whom. Traditionally we’ve been spoon-fed our daily information doses by major publishers; the communication channels were throttled and information only flowed in a single direction. Read

Advert firms to ramp up their digital divisions

ADVERTISING firms across the region have revealed plans to ramp up their digital divisions as a major survey predicts UK online ad spend to soar 60% this year to £385m. Read

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