Photo Album. In pictures: Manchester after an apocalypse. Gallery: Lego Christmas tree inside London's St Pancras Station. 3G mobile data network crowd-sourcing map by BBC News. 24 August 2011Last updated at 03:18 By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter WATCH: Rory Cellan-Jones takes a trip from Cardiff to London to measure the hot spots and not spots on 3G networks A BBC crowd-sourcing survey into the state of mobile Britain suggests that 3G has some way to go before it offers comprehensive coverage across the UK.
Despite operator claims of 90% or more 3G coverage, there are still many notspots, including in major towns and cities, according to the map. Those testers able to receive a data connection only got a 3G signal 75% of the time. For nearly a quarter of the time they had to rely on older 2G technology. 2G typically offers around one tenth the speed of 3G "mobile broadband". Mobile coverage has become a huge issue as people rely increasingly on their smartphones to surf the web and send email as well as making phone calls. London riots / UK riots: verified areas. Watch: 10 Shocking Scenes From The London Riots. As unrest continues in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and other areas throughout the country, the world is turning to social sites like Twitter and Facebook to find out what’s happening.
YouTube is also serving as a hub for video footage of the looting, rioting and cleanup. Amateur and professional videos have poured into YouTube, many of which are featured on YouTube’s CitizenTube. We’ve compiled a list of some of the most shocking and popular YouTube videos of the riots in the UK. The London Riots, for those of you that haven’t been paying attention to the news, began on August 6, 2011 in Tottenham, North London. The rioting began as a response following the fatal shooting of a local 29-year old man named Mark Duggan. Godwin: ‘Riot police numbers will double’ Tim Godwin, Acting Police Commissioner, tells ITN News talks about the riots, saying that riot police numbers would be doubled, in a video that was uploaded to YouTube yesterday.
Clapham Junction looting. The new London 2012 logo. LEGO CITY LOOTERS! « WHOISDOUCHEBAG. Dramatic Riot Photos as Woman Leaps from Burning London Building. With each huge news story, there is a scramble, it seems, to find the icon — the single photograph that resonates deeper and more powerfully than the rest and comes to symbolize the event in the mind of readers.
Amy Weston may have captured that image on Monday night. Weston, a photographer with the London-based WENN photo agency, had heard that there were fires in the Church Street area of Croydon and headed that way. “By the time I drove toward it, I could already see the fires from my windscreen,” she says. “There were six or seven people screaming and crying outside, and they looked like they lived at the flats that were burning. A man in a white shirt was screaming that a girl was at the window and that she was ready to jump. Photoshoplooter. "Anarchy in the UK" : les unes de la presse britannique.
Ce mardi 9 août, la presse britannique titre sur les émeutes dans le quartier de Tottenham, au nord de Londres, embrasé depuis la mort, jeudi, d’un jeune homme, victime d’un échange de tirs avec la police.
The Guardian : « The battle for London », la bataille pour Londres.The Daily Mail : « The anarchy spreads », l’anarchie s’étend.The Daily Express : « Flaming morons », ces crétins illuminés/ces crétins incendiaires. Daily Star : « Anarchy in the UK », anarchie au Royaume-Uni, titre des Sex Pistols (1976). Ces quatre quotidiens présentent la même photo de une : un jeune homme en survêtement, sous une capuche, masqué et ganté, qui marche près d’un véhicule en flammes.
UK's most expensive flat sold for 135.4 million. Where to...in London. Clapham Common To Become Camp Site For Royal Wedding. London 101. Hashtag-vertising in London. Saw this interesting approach to a campaign by free conference call provider Powwownow on the London Underground a few days ago.
London & NFC. London named best city for online payments. First London 2012 Olympic rings unveiled. 3 March 2011Last updated at 19:52 The giant Olympic rings were unveiled at London's St Pancras station A giant set of Olympic rings has been revealed at St Pancras International station in central London.
The set of rings was unveiled by London Mayor Boris Johnson and London 2012 Chair Sebastian Coe. The 20m-wide aluminium structure is suspended in the station's vast main space. It is the first of several sets of rings which will appear on key landmarks around the city in the run up to next July's Games. The rings, which were built in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, were secretly assembled and installed at St Pancras over seven nights. Several sets of rings will appear on landmarks around London in the run up to the 2012 Games.
Earlier on Thursday, people passing through the station could see a large structure shrouded in a cloth, hanging in front of Paul Day's sculpture of a kissing couple. 'Greatest' event It is traditional for Olympic rings to appear around the host city ahead of Games time. Visa apologises after sports fans unable to buy tickets for Olympics - Press & Journal. Campagnes Facebook recommandés: PetSmart, Virgin America, Warner Music, la Nouvelle-Zélande, du cinéma et des banques. 26 avr Aucun commentaire photo et concours vidéo ont été populaires sur notre tour d’horizon des campagnes Facebook vedette de cette semaine.