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Siemens, Intel and Ferrari snap up charting software Visiblox as it launches new high-performing platform

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Charting experts Visiblox has secured a series of big name brands as it unveils its latest high-performance platform to transform complex data sets into charts in lightning speed. Visiblox Charts enables clients to produce powerful charting components for Silverlight WPF, WP7 and Windows 8, enabling them to easily plot up to 200,000 data points on

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HEDGEHOG LAB SPICES THINGS UP IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET

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Post-PC digital agency hedgehog lab is going international following the announcement it is opening an office in Hyderabad, India. New business partner Krishna Pediredla, who has been brought in to replicate the fast-growing success of the Newcastle–based digital agency, will head the new office in India. Thanks to a series of substantial contract wins from

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Thinking Digital launch Startup Competition

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In the days where we are seeing 12 man startups sell for $1 billion dollars, it is no wonder that the startup model has become so popular. If you think your startup is the next Instagram, then listen up as the Thinking Digital Conference are giving you the opportunity to pitch your start up idea

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Imagine Cup Finalist – Faizan Asghar

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Northumbria University Computer Science student and recent Imagine Cup Finalist Faizan Asghar, told us a bit about his experience of the competition. – What made you decide to enter the Imagine Cup competition? – I got an email from our university staff about the competition in January (I think) and I was straight away excited

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Imagine Cup Finalist – Riccardo Viglianisi

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In the storm of winning the UK Software Development Competition, Riccardo Viglianisi from winning Team Eyeworks, told us what the Imagine Cup journey has been like so far… – What made you decide to enter the Imagine Cup competition? One of our newer members of faculty Professor Alamgir Hossain had been trying to get taught

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North East team wins the Imagine Cup UK Final!

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Team Eyeworks win the UK Final of the Microsoft Imagine Cup and will be representing the UK at the World Wide Finals in Australia. Imagine Cup North East Team “Team Eyeworks” have won first place at the UK Software Development Competition in the Microsoft Imagine Cup, after stiff competition from rival North East Team “Teesside

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Paper – By 53

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Cameron Moll wowed the audience at DIBI 2012 when he created his slides live on stage using a Cosmonaut stylus and the Paper app – but could anybody do it with an app like that? Cameron’s ‘pen’ seemed to effortlessly glide across the smooth surface of the ipad, creating beautifully formed letters and sketches all

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What went down at The Start Up Weekend

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In just 54 hours 12 new businesses were created during Startup Weekend Newcastle at Newcastle University Business School last weekend. The weekend, which saw over 70 people attend, proved the global reach of the event with some attendees traveling from Spain and America.  It was also the first time Startup Weekend had ventured outside of

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MobiCart launches support for Android and new iPad

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Connect Members and M-commerce pioneer MobiCart has launched on Android phones and iPad tablets, following on from the launch of the successful iPhone m-commerce app builder at DEMO Fall 2010 in California’s Silicon Valley. MobiCart unveils its latest Google Android release that offers the same sleek user interface and features as the iPhone app, which

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Connect Members Ayo Media dip toe in local talent pool.

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Our friends at Ayo Media have had a busy time recently. In between building the Thinking Digital 2012 conference website, they have moved into the new Northern Design Centre and rapidly expanded by taking on several new talented apprentices. Amy Chambers, Jason Nixon and Sarah Denholm have all joined the firm through the Gateshead Council

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