Google Maps now provides live traffic updates to a host of European countries including – Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland with UK geting street level traffic updates and general road level to follow shortly.
Tesco in Korea have found that the use of Smartphones and QR codes can lead to an increase in sales online in this case by 130%.
The idea allows commuters on their way to or from work to shop virtually, checkout and pay. A quick scan of the product puts it in their online cart and when done it is delivered to their door just after they get home.
Here is a sneak peek at Microsoft’s New Operating System Windows 8 which is going to run on everything laptops, desktops, PCs with mouse and keyboard, touch slates etc etc etc.
It all begins with the Start Screen and its live tiles and apps; you cycle between windows by simply touching your finger at the side of the screen, and swipe it inwards to lay the new tab on top. By holding the floating tab for a few seconds, it’ll snap onto the side of the screen as a secondary window.
It all looks very nice and fast when we get more details we will post them here.