Apple may have started the current smartphone era, with the introduction of iPhone, but Google’s Android has taken a substantial lead in the market since then. Apple Insider reports the company might have a way of recapturing some of its lost ground, with the introduction of the first free iPhone later this year.

Traditionally, Apple has debuting the new iteration of its iPhone at its annual developers’ conference, but the company broke that tradition this year by instead introducing its iCloud service. Read full article…

A recent audit at the University of Newcastle revealed that the 1,001 employees that had corporate credit cards managed to spend $19 million last year.

According to the educational establishment, many of those issued to workers were for travel or repeat supplies.

The processes surrounding use of the universitys plastic were questioned by New South Wales auditor Peter Achterstraat, who recommended that a complete review be conducted.

Nearly 15 per cent of employees used their credit cards for personal expenditure, although all but $2,625 had been recovered by the end of the year.

A spokesperson for the establishment said: “The university agrees the number of credit cards needs to be reduced and a reduction program is already being implemented.”

With 293 cards suspended and 46 cancelled last year, some staff may be going online to compare credit cards to get their own plastic.

This comes after a study by RMIT University found that men are more likely to make impulse purchases than women, reported the Herald Sun.

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BRISTOL

By the end of this week, shelves at Bristol Community Food Pantry will be empty.

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While attending events and experiencing the buzz of the crowd and the interaction with other delegates is the ideal, being at a live conference or event is not always possible due to time or budget constraints. Introducing Social Media into your event allows for much wider audience participation and interactivity.

Often speakers and attendees will have built up a huge online influence and will already be profiling their activity as part of their usual routine. By encouraging their participation in online forums as part of the programme; your potential reach and exposure can expand to hundreds of thousands of individuals and add considerable value to your pre, during and post session value.

Web Connectivity

Factor wireless broadband into your event budget.

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