Daily News 16/02

Barbie’s a Geek Now, Just Like Us!

Mattel has announced that it plans to release an IT Manager Barbie. The doll comes with a pink laptop, a smartphone, a Bluetooth headset and a binary code patterned t-shirt. (Click here to view the doll)

Total Telecom – Operators join to develop open apps platform

Twenty-four mobile operators Monday said they had formed an alliance to build an open platform to deliver applications to all mobile phone users, in a challenge to Apple’s App Store.

BBC – Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 Series for mobiles

Microsoft has launched the latest version of its mobile phone operating system, called Windows Phone 7 series.

IT PRO  – Google insists Apple is a valuable partner

Google sees Apple as a valuable partner and sees no reason for that to change, a senior executive said today, amid rumours that Microsoft’s Bing search engine may replace Google on the iPhone.

The Times – Adam aims to take bite out of Apple in iPad war

It has already brought the world a £1,400 car, now India is set to release an “iPad for the masses” — a new tablet computer that technology experts say could mount a challenge to Apple’s latest gadget.

Computerworld UK – Opera 10.5 is ‘world’s fastest’ browser

The beta version of Opera’s latest browser, Opera 10.5, is currently the world’s fastest browser, benchmark tests show.

2 Responses to “Daily News 16/02”

1. speedcomms says:

   February 16, 2010 at 10:51 am

   Daily News 16/02 http://goo.gl/fb/PSvI (@richardspeed)
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2. Brad Jordan says:

   February 16, 2010 at 5:30 pm

   Found the barbie story hillarious! Colleague blogged about it earlier – http://www.chameleonpr.com

   “Who needs a good degree in computer science when you’ve got a tiny waist, disproportionately large boobs and a chic outfit. And what is that outfit? Do female QCs wear dresses with wigs printed on them? Do women police officers wear uniforms sporting burglars and swag bags? No, so why the dress with a laptop and circuit boards print? And the old intelligent therefore she wears glasses cliché. Truly dreadful…

   You wouldn’t mind, but she’s not even that good at IT by the looks of things. She’s got a Bluetooth headset from the 1980s, a watch that’s wider than her hand and that laptop has a decidedly blue screen…”

   Have to ask though, what’s going to be next? PR Barbie?

   I can think of a few in the Fashion PR world…

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