1st Touch Mobile Technology Conference: Dent Claims Bedroom Tax Adds Unprecedented Pressure To Evolving Social Housing Systems

Southampton, UK 3rd October 2013; In his opening remarks at the 1st Touch Mobile Technology Conference 2013, company CEO Robert Dent highlighted the increased pressures that social housing organisations face in coping with the new bedroom tax legislation.

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Nexus 5 pictured in the wild (again)

We've been seeing the Nexus 5 pop up all over the place. First it was the FCC, then in an official Google video, later at a bar — this is one Google phone that definitely gets around. Today the device is popping up in another unlikely place, on the Apple-centric MacRumors forum. Forum member weespeed was the lucky fella who got to spend a little time with the device. While he doesn't reveal much, he was able to shoot off a quick pick of the back of the device (covered by what appears to a Moto X to hide the FCC labeling).

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GM 6.2L EcoTec V8 rated at 21 mpg by the EPA

General Motors is already laying claim to best-in-class power for its new 6.2-liter V8 that will be offered in the 2014 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra this fall, and now it has released fuel economy numbers for the big engine. Available as an option on the Silverado LTZ and High Country (shown above) models as well as the Sierra SLT and Denali trims, the 6.2L EcoTec3 V8 will return 15 miles per gallon in the city and 21 mpg on the highway on rear-wheel-drive trucks; these numbers drop by one mpg each on four-wheel-drive models. New Chevrolet, GMC light duty pickups also deliver best towing capacity in class and strong fuel economy.

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In-store trumps online for place to shop for Brits

Traditional shopping methods still winning the hearts, minds and wallets of British consumers81% of the public prefer to shop in-store while 59% will shop online60% of shoppers say long queues are their number one shopping frustration65.5% predict a cash free 2020 with 54% predicting contactless payments as main way to payLondon, UK, 2nd October, 2013 Payment Generation Gap, a new analysis of British shoppers’ payments habits carried out by Kalixa Group, a next generation payments company, reveals that Brits of all ages still prefer to shop in-store but want faster payment systems to overcome their number one gripe – long

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Moogsoft Announces Appointment of Andy Brown to its Board of Directors

San Francisco, CA and London, UK– October 1, 2013 – Moogsoft, the leading provider of demand-driven service assurance software, today announced that Andy Brown has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors, effective August 1, 2013. Mr.

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Perforce Software Announces Free, Cloud-Based Document Collaboration Service

Commons Cloud Makes It Easy for Teams to Edit Work Together without Losing Time on Version Control and File Management Challenges Key Points:Commons Cloud from Perforce lets anyone set up an online team of 20 in just minutes, for free. Users can join as many teams as they like. Commons Cloud is the only collaboration solution that maintains a complete, permanent and easily accessible record of every edit, version, and comment about every file.The File Valet feature automates file management, merge and compare capabilities, enabling concurrent editing capability without conflict.

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Channel challenged in hybrid IT model

Process, Automation and Partnership[London, 1 October 2013] The channel has to change; it has been guilty of keeping cloud away from smaller and mid-sized businesses. New routes to market are by-passing both IT departments and traditional channels, however just as channel selling methods need updating; it is likely that most salespeople won't survive the transfer to the new models.These were some of the key messages delivered to the Managed Services and Hosting Summit by Tiffani Bova, Gartner Distinguished Analyst.

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