Many professionals today spend several weeks of the year away on business trips. Whether it’s for a meeting or a conference, staying in contact whilst travelling used to be quite a challenge.  Staying in touch with colleagues, supervisors and family is not the laborious task it once was, however; today we have so much technology at our disposal, that there’s no excuse not to keep in contact when travelling. Some companies are taking the initiative, to ensure communications are continuous, even when staff are travelling on a business trip. On the website BusinessTravellerMe.com, it was announced...

Michelle Rodger, a columnist for the Scotsman, recently wrote about the importance of technology in attracting new talent to the workplace. Those who have just recently graduated are comfortable with using multiple gadgets on a daily basis, and if companies aren’t up to speed with such developments, it can be off-putting to potential employees.   A lack of technology in the workplace may suggest a stagnant and overly traditional company, which will most likely not appeal to younger recruits. So how do businesses find a balance between having the latest technology and their actual needs? The first...

iPhones, iPods, iPads… People are going nuts for them! And recent figures have shown that Apples profits have soared past sales expectations and actually doubled! It seems the slick stylish devices, notoriously known for their finely printed apple logos are being sold to thousands of Apple lovers, racking in a Net income of 4.6bn in the three months to 25th June. This involved a tremendous 20 million iPhones sold in the quarter and 9.25 million iPads. I’m feeling a little left out in all of this! The iPad has been on my ‘iWant’ list for quite some time now but I don’t think my...

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We love eco friendly gadgets; promotional products that run of green sources of energy. If you’re looking to spread your eco friendly message through corporate gifts, then have a browse of ecoproducts2order for a complete range of branded goods. Their friendly staff can advise you on promotional calculators, clocks, torches and many other gadgets that are powered by eco friendly means. One thing they can’t supply is promotional cars unfortunately, like the “poo-powered” VW Beetle which has taken to the streets of Bristol in an attempt to encourage sustainable motoring. The Bio-Bug runs on...

Promotional mobile phone accessories are big businesses, as they seem to physically attached to most people. However mobile phone users are being encouraged to find out if operators are doing enough to keep their calls secret.     Security researchers have released tools that, they say, make it easy to see what security systems operators use to stop eavesdropping. The researchers want to expose those operators that have not updated security systems to prevent others listening in.The tools are based on an attack first demonstrated in late 2009.     “We do want people to go out and study how...

USBs, data sticks, flash-drives, memory cards these are all popular names for the same thing, but many people don’t know much about them, despite being a very important product for all kinds of industries.   What is a flash memory?   In your promotional USB stick, you will find a flash memory chip, which is a component of almost every electronic device. This memory is super-portable, and importantly is constantly powered. This allows the user to program or erase data safely and quickly, without requiring outside power to maintain date stored on the chip.   Why is there often no prices on...

Apple’s iTunes system has revolutionized the music industry, with Johnny Cash’s Guess Things Happen That Way’, becoming the 10 billionth track to be sold at the ITunes online store.   Black Eyed Peas’ I Gotta Feeling was officially named the site’s most downloaded track, with their single ‘Boom Boom Pow’ the third biggest seller. Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Georgia bought the 10 billionth track winning a$10,000 (£6,500) iTunes gift card.   There are plenty of promotional products within the corporate gift industry, which enable your organisation to associate themselves...

Top promotional product supplier Gift Selection and Gadgets2order have added a new range to their technology business gift range, with the launch of a new range of audio speakers designed especially for the promotional products market.   The new range has ten models, with big flat surfaces which are ideal for vibrant full colour prints, at relatively low prices. You can have the majority of these quality branded speakers for under the ten pound mark.   There are three series within the range; the round ball series which features two separate speaker systems merged into a coloured ball design, the...

My favourite promotional product these days is still the branded USB men.  I’ve been spending probably too much time of late, living in my own little fantasy branded USB men land as you can see. The fact that I mainly pull their body parts off, probably doesn’t reflect well on my character, but there you are. In our office we have a range of branded USB men taken from the standard range. If you’re not interested in splashing out on a completely bespoke USB man, then you’ll want to know what standard branded USB men are available. My favourite branded USB man is the surgeon...