Apple buys music streaming site Lala

Apple has bought streaming music service Lala for an undisclosed amount. A spokesman for Apple confirmed the acquisition to silicon.com sister site CNET News.com on Sunday

The Weekly Round-Up: 03.12.09

Yes, it’s almost here again. Christmas

Happy Christmas for retailers as UK shoppers shell out £5bn

Monday is set to be the biggest-spending day of the year with UK consumers shelling out £350m. According to retail association IMRG, UK shoppers will spend an expected £5bn this month – a year-on-year increase of 14 per cent

Whitehall’s G-Cloud gets clearer

Whitehall’s G-Cloud gets clearer

Photos: The top Christmas apps for the Apple iPhone

Feeling festive? Then you need silicon.com’s seasonal guide to the best Christmas apps for Apple’s iPhone. First up is the Solar System app, a cosmic take on the advent calendar that lets you journey to the earth’s neighbouring planets

Photos: The top Christmas apps for the Apple iPhone

Feeling festive? Then you need silicon.com’s seasonal guide to the best Christmas apps for Apple’s iPhone. First up is the Solar System app, a cosmic take on the advent calendar that lets you journey to the earth’s neighbouring planets.

Green light for UK IT skills school to arrive next year

The opening of a National Skills Academy for IT in the UK has moved a step closer, after the government announced it has approved the business plan submitted by sector skills body e-skills UK. In October 2008 the government gave the green light to a tech academy on account of IT’s “critical” role in growing the national economy, and because of strong and growing demand for tech workers – more than 140,000 new IT recruits are required by the industry every year, according to e-skills UK.

Green light for UK IT skills school to arrive next year

The opening of a National Skills Academy for IT in the UK has moved a step closer, after the government announced it has approved the business plan submitted by sector skills body e-skills UK. In October 2008 the government gave the green light to a tech academy on account of IT’s “critical” role in growing the national economy, and because of strong and growing demand for tech workers – more than 140,000 new IT recruits are required by the industry every year, according to e-skills UK.

IT gender pay gap getting worse

The IT gender pay gap is getting worse, according to results from the 2009 silicon.com Skills Survey. More than a third (35 per cent) of female IT workers responding to this year’s survey said they were on the bottom rung of the tech pay ladder, earning less than £25k, compared to just under a third of women (32 per cent) last year.