Newport solar tech accessory maker signs distribution agreement with major electronics wholesaler
by Nicholas Fearn , August 31
Newport-based solar tech accessory maker GCell has signed an exclusive keyboard and accessory distribution agreement with major wholesale electronics distributor Ingram Micro. This commences the introduction of the GCell Solar Power Keyboard Folio, a solar-powered Bluetooth keyboard compatible with Apple’s iPad Air and iPad Air 2. Instead of relying on batteries or an electrical socket, like many...
Read More >North Wales digital agency and expert geologists create online London fossil map
by Nicholas Fearn , August 28
North Wales digital agency Livetech has created an interactive map of fossils embedded in a number of London’s historic buildings – including the Houses of Parliament. The company, which specialises in website and app design, teamed up with retired geologist David Wallis to build the website called London Pavement Geology. It’s been able to reveal that the...
Read More >VFX and motion graphics house Bait Studio nominated for two BAFTA Cymru Awards
by Nicholas Fearn , August 27
VFX and motion graphics house Bait Studio has been nominated for two awards at this year’s prestigious BAFTA Cymru Awards. The nominations recognise the studio, based at the Welsh Government’s creative industries hub in Cardiff Bay, for both its visual effects and motion graphics work. BAFTA Cymru takes place annually and honours excellence in broadcasting...
Read More >Should Bitcoin be regulated?
by Phillip George , August 26
There are many arguments for and against the regulation of Bitcoin. For it to succeed in the medium to long term, there must be some sort of fair regulatory framework in place for certain Bitcoin businesses and start-ups to adhere to. The currency, as it stands, is a legal grey area that nobody is 100%...
Read More >Meet the former teacher who’s now running a successful tech company in North Wales
by Nicholas Fearn , August 25
Life doesn’t always take one particular path, as an ex-teacher from Colwyn Bay in North Wales can tell you. Paul Levy, who’s 47, become frustrated by the bureaucracy and paperwork involved in his teaching job and ended up quitting the profession to set up his own technology business, Livetech, in 2000. It’s a digital creative...
Read More >Cardiff telco toasts landmark development in £450 million project
by Nicholas Fearn , August 24
Cardiff-based Telco TWL Voice and Data has played a key part in the £450 million development of Cardiff and Vale College. As part of a five month project, it’s worked on the site of the new college – located just off Dumballs Road in Cardiff – installing 2200 Cat6a Data points, 500 Cores of fibre...
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