Category Archives: Local IT News

Bristol hosts South West CiviCRM meet-up

Posted on 16/05/2013 by Steve Woods

On Thursday 23rd May, Bristol once again plays host to a South West meet-up for people who are interested in, using or developing for CiviCRM, the free and open source customer relationship manager package (as used by Bristol Wireless! Ed.). … Continue reading →

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Bristol IT MegaMeet registration closes tomorrow

Posted on 16/05/2013 by Steve Woods

On Saturday 1st June, UWE will be hosting the 2nd Bristol IT MegaMeet on its Frenchay Campus at Coldharbour Lane Bristol BS16 1QY (map). The event itself will be taking place in Rooms 2Q42 to 2Q50 in Q Block; more … Continue reading →

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Thursday is GAAD

Posted on 08/05/2013 by Steve Woods

We learn from Accessible Bristol that tomorrow, Thursday 9th May is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). On that day people all over the world will be coming together to spread the word about accessibility and Accessible Bristol will be among … Continue reading →

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CMV enabling computers to detect human emotions

Posted on 30/04/2013 by Steve Woods

The Centre for Machine Vision (CMV), part of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, is one of only a handful of centres in the world dedicated to exploring the potential of machine vision. It is conducting some interesting research at present into … Continue reading →

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Bath Uni student named in top 10 ‘brilliant’ young web developers

Posted on 25/04/2013 by Steve Woods

A student from Bath University’s Department of Computer Science has been shortlisted in the 2013 ‘.Net Awards‘ as one of the top ten ‘brilliant young web developers’ to watch. Jack Franklin is a 3rd year BSc Computer Science student who … Continue reading →

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Bath University researches internet and cognition

Posted on 24/04/2013 by Steve Woods

The University of Bath has an interesting research project on the books at present, investigating the relationship between attention and internet use and is looking for volunteers. This study consists of two phases. In phase I, participants will be asked … Continue reading →

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Bristol’s no. 9 bus, now with added wifi

Posted on 23/04/2013 by Steve Woods

Last June FirstBus introduced free wifi on its X1 bus service between Bristol and Weston Super Mare (news passim). In the last couple of days, our sharp-eyed volunteers have noticed that First’s no. 9 service now have large ‘Free Wifi’ … Continue reading →

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Bristol University moves to Gmail

Posted on 04/04/2013 by Steve Woods

Bristol University’s news pages have announced that email for staff and postgraduate research students at the University of Bristol moved to Gmail over the Easter weekend. Most staff started to use the new service from Wednesday, 3rd April 2013. They … Continue reading →

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Free wifi coming to Severn Beach line

Posted on 01/04/2013 by Avril Poisson

The Severn Beach line, which runs between Bristol Temple Meads and Severn Beach on the Severn estuary, is a fortunate part of the railway network. Some 50 years ago it was the only branch line in the Bristol area to … Continue reading →

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Bristol Raspberry Pi Bootcamp

Posted on 05/03/2013 by Steve Woods

The BCS is collaborating with @Bristol and Bristol University to organise the Raspberry Pi Bootcamp at @Bristol, Anchor Road, Bristol BS1 5DB (map) on Saturday, 20th April 2013 from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm. This day will involve a range … Continue reading →

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