Vodafone will be looking to fill 200 new retail jobs as it announces plans for a further 50 stores across the UK – taking them to 400 stores – starting in Bristol and White City in west London. The design of the stores works hard to lure in lucrative business customers with separate areas to showcase mobile internet and email – well over half a million laptop plug-ins have been sold in the last five months. The high street finally news good it has.
Tags: Growth, High Street, job opportunities, Mobile, new jobs, Retail
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Where would you work if you wanted to build Apple iPods? Why Wolfson Microelectronics in Edinburgh of course! Or not. The microchip designer has lost its contract to supply components for the iPod. Gutted. Due to non-disclosure agreements, the firm cannot supply parts to an Apple competitor for the rest of this financial year. Double gutted. It will still make parts for the iPhone. The firm also makes parts for the the X-Box, Tom-Tom satellite navigation systems and Samsung handsets. Get your kilt on, get up there and get them back on track!
The Smashing Pumpkins are suing their record label of 17 years, saying their name and music was used illegally for promotions. The spat broke out when Virgin Records used the band’s name to promote Pepsi Stuff - a joint venture with Amazon - “thawrting” their “artistic integrity.” Basically, bands are brands too.
A security breach on FaceAche made Paris Hilton’s private photos briefly public. Itonically, the glitch happened after the site upgraded its privacy controls. The new systems were tested by a Canadian hacker who was able to break the code. The embarrassing pictures of Hilton showed her discussing Nietzsche; playing chess; and screwing in lightbulb. And everywhere else. Probably.
