Oxford, United Kingdom, 2 July 09: Helveta Limited, the leading provider of global timber track and trace technology, today announced that it has raised £3m in a new funding round. French technology investor Succés Europe led the round to completion, supported by existing investors Albion Ventures and Oxford Capital Partners. The investment will finance the continued international growth and expansion of the company.

High Wycombe, UK, 1st July 2009 – GEAR4 today launched the multi-format CDM-D150, a DAB radio version of the already popular CDM-100 that was launched back in April.

Most of us here have iphones and like most people out there the battery life seems to be terrible!

I’ve just read an article on PocketLint where a bunch of people seem to be complaining about it, but it triggered me to look at the Apple’s website to see if they had any useful tips…

Where were you when you heard Michael Jackson had died?

Well, apparently millions of us were sat in front of a computer or on mobile internet devices frantically searching the web for more information on why/how/when it happened. So many people infact, that the web could not quite handle it…

Calling tech heads! If you, like me, pop out to get your lunch and then sit at your desk tucking away whilst browsing the internet for the latest news in the technology world, you may find this little feature handy.

In a previous life I use to work for a really smart guy called Andrew Forbes.

Andrew has now moved to Spain for a change of scenery, but is an exceptional provider of copy writing, photography and creative direction. If you are in need of such services and you are based in the UK or indeed anywhere in mainland Europe then get in touch via his website – www.andrewforbes.com

Its interesting that yesterday I wrote a post about the fact that company’s need to start taking Twitter seriously and evaluate individuals within the company that have access or have created these accounts.

As if to back up my thought process, Sky News have just published the article below that clearly emphasises the need for companys to start evaluating their Twitter communication strategy!

I’ve just been reading a really interesting report called ‘Online PR and Social Media Trends Briefing’ from the Econsultancy, which I must say I found very interesting.

One of the striking thoughts that I was left with was that if companies are not careful, Twitter use could really upset well thought-out corporate messaging/planning.

Have you upgraded your iPhone to 3.0 yet? We have!! Luckily for us we were able to let Chris Marshall share his experience with us first!

Cut and Paste is brilliant, syncing Notes is useful but we have all pretty much got used to not having it to be honest, and some of the new apps are awesome.

While in no way could we endorse any form of illegal activity, Tethering your iPhone is something a lot of people want to do, and many carriers allow. At the end of the day if your data plan has a ‘reasonable use’ policy then the mature approach for all parties surely is to allow tethering and monitor it, not to assume the worst!

For those that have not heard or seen Apollo surveys in the past, they provide vendors, analysts and PR representatives with a measurement of the volume of articles within the technology media.

iPhone 3.0 Software Downloads Reach Six Million

CUPERTINO, California—June 22, 2009—Apple® today announced that it has sold over one million iPhone™ 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. In addition, six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release.

That’s a lot of iPhones and more importantly accessories customers!

Check out the news link

Building a Twitter following is a great way of promoting your business, products and services, but you have to have the right strategy, the right skills, the right tools and above all the patience and commitment.

We recently read about TweeterLine which in the ‘right hands’ could be a very useful tool for growing your Twitter Following.

Three of the team ventured to the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) in London last night for the 2009 Macworld Awards, with everything crossed for the four Ranieri clients who were nominated.

The much anticipated ‘new iPhone’, now known as iPhone 3G S, was revealed a short while ago. However the dust has settled, announcements of compatibility have died down and well… is no-one is talking about the iPhone 3G S as much? Was it a disappointment?

Tomorrow evening (Thursday 18th June) is that time of the year again when the Mac industry comes together for a swanky awards ceremony and a beer or five. The MacWorld awards. These recognise the products and vendors that have made a significant contribution throughout the past year and award them accordingly, considered to be a benchmark of excellence throughout the industry.

Some of you may know that here at Ranieri we look after a client called HandiRack. They’re one of those clients that have a really cool product, and a really useful product at that. In fact the product is so good that their customers take the time to write a letter of thanks and take pictures of them using it!

Hi All,

I read an article in the Financial Times weekend, an Apple ‘media pad’ - using the same touch screen technology used in the iPhone could potentially be on the horizons…

The two reasons for a demand for new mid-sized devices, breaking down the old barrier between computers and handsets:

In case you’ve missed all the news, Google Wave looks like its going to be the next topic of discussion for the rest of this year and next. Although not launched yet, it promises to be really exciting, especially if your really into your real-time collaborative communication…

In celebration of its German heritage, last night we held an event for our client Medion in a bavarian beerhouse. It was an exclusive press party filled with beer, sausages, schnapps, ‘interesting’ german music and waitresses dressed in traditional Bavarian outfits. All very entertaining.

Twitter. Most of us are now signed up to the service and have integrated updates into our daily routine. Having breakfast, tweet it. Getting dressed, tweet it. Heading to work, tweet it. Something interesting happening at work, tweet it. News breaking, tweet it.

It is with great sadness that we learnt this week, our friends at Personal Computer World (PCW) are no longer in employment with Incisive Media (PCW’s publisher). After 31 years, the magazine has been forced to close citing the poor state of the advertising market as the reason behind the decision to declare the title as “no longer economically viable”.

Bluetooth is set to undergo something of a renaissance this year thanks to the new faster and more reliable 3.0 standard. A conference in Tokyo in April launched the new Global Wireless Standard with the aim of providing considerably faster connection and file transfer speeds, making it ideal for wireless home entertainment. However, will people be sceptical about this apparent new dawn?

As you will have read in the press over the last couple of months, we launched Etymotic’s HF2 Custom-Fit headset in April. The product is available exclusively through Apple and since the launch it has hit newspapers, magazines, websites, blogs and twitter just about everywhere!