Tag: norway
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Norway To Shut Off FM Radio By 2017
Norway are to become the first country to shut down FM radio. The technology is apparently just too outdated for Norway to stand anymore, and therefore by 2017 the country will be fully FM free, instead using Digital Audio broadcast, or DAB radio as their default broadcasting method. The Norwegian Ministry Of Culture decided that […]
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Samsung Norway’s Response to Galaxy S6 Rumours is Unexpectedly Brilliant
While global tech giant Samsung busies itself with promoting the launch of the company’s latest flagship smartphone its Norwegian division has been cheekily mocking the rumours regarding the Samsung Galaxy S6 by releasing a series of teaser images of its own. Also See: Samsung Updates Twitter to Mark Arrival of The Next Galaxy The actual Samsung […]
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Apple’s Minimum Price for Apps Raised
Following the new implementation of local collecting of VAT in Europe, which sees online transactions being taxed in the country of origin, Apple has raised the minimum price of apps on their service in the UK up from 69p to 79p. The EU, Canada, Norway, Iceland and Russia have also been affected, with Apple adjusting […]
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Netflix Video Streaming to Launch in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland in 2012
Video streaming website Netflix has announced that it is to expand to its European territories by launching its video rental on-demand service in the Nordic countries of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland before the end of the 2012. Netflix launched in the UK at the start of the year against major competition Lovefilm and has […]
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Hacked Microsoft Kinect Used To Study & Scan Glaciers in Norway
A Ph.D student from the University of California has told of his innovative use of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 motion toy Kinect in researching rare rocks and glacial formations, proving the potential for the gaming gadget is far greater than its original expectations. Ken Mankoff studies the cryosphere, which means the areas of the Earth’s surface […]
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Hacked Microsoft Kinect Used To Study & Scan Glaciers in Norway
A Ph.D student from the University of California has told of his innovative use of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 motion toy Kinect in researching rare rocks and glacial formations, proving the potential for the gaming gadget is far greater than its original expectations. Ken Mankoff studies the cryosphere, which means the areas of the Earth’s surface […]