US president Barack Obama has used a conference call to issue a rallying cry to drum up political support for the Iran nuclear agreement, which will ban the middle eastern nation from arming itself with nuclear weapons.
Obama told the conference call participants: “You guys have to get more active and loud and involved and informed. This is a very good deal that we should be proud of. Iran under this agreement can never get a nuclear weapon.”
The government is considering increasing the penalty for violations of online piracy laws to include a jail term of up to ten years – a massive five-fold increase on the current maximum term of two years.
Ministers have launched a consultation to bring sanctions in line with those imposed on anyone who infringes copyright laws on physical goods.
Are you a loyal customer? Once you find a product or service you’re happy with, do you stick with it, keeping with what you know and like?
Well what would you do if you’d been using a service for a while, you were happy with it and had no complaints and then suddenly, overnight, it put its prices up?
What if it not only put its prices up, it increased them by almost half?
You’d probably not be happy and might even consider looking around for a comparable yet more cost-effective service.
And that’s exactly how customers of certain conference call providers must be feeling right now after a round of price hikes yesterday (July 1, 2015).
How much of your working day is spent checking and sending emails?
While you may not be able to put a figure on it, the chances are your emailing is taking up too much of your time – figures from The Guardian suggests nearly half (40%) of the working week is taken up dealing with internal emails that are of no real value to the business.
So tomorrow is the fifth annual global ‘No Email Day’, an awareness day aimed at making people more social, collaborative and social at work – but could you go a day without checking your inbox?
Blue chip tech companies are no strangers to scrutiny from the European Commission (EC) – over the past couple of decades tech giants like Microsoft and Intel have had their business models challenged by Europe’s regulators, and now it looks like it’s finally Google’s turn to go under the microscope.
Mobile phone users are throwing away billions of pounds each year by paying for calls, texts or data they don’t use or in extra charges because their phone package doesn’t suit their needs.
Over half of us (58%) have received suspicious phone calls angling for sensitive data like bank details and last year the amount of money lost to phone scams tripled – with fraudsters cashing in to the tune of a staggering £23.9 million.
They are the alarming findings of a study from Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK), which represents banks, building societies and card companies – so what should you be on the lookout for?
Did you hear the one about the US government, the terrorist leaders and the teleconference?
If you were ever to fall foul of the law – to the point where you’re looking at a stretch at Her Majesty’s Pleasure – you could find yourself landed with a hefty bill to make bail, which could see you selling off some of your valued assets.
‘Iron’ Mike Tyson fielded a conference call on Friday to discuss Iron Mike Productions’ return to the Turning Stone Resort on June 6 for another ESPN2 boxing show.
Back in August we reported how Tyson’s new business interest was holding the “Tyson is Back”event at the resort and now the former heavyweight champion of the world is ready to head up a second event.