Author: Christopher Roberts

Christopher's Author Bio: Founder and editor of Technology Bloggers, Christopher is passionate about sustainable technology and environmental initiatives. He wants to popularise critical thinking, promote responsible innovation, and excite you about the world around us.

Sponsored: Samsung launches Samsung Memory campaign

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Samsung has recently started an innovative new campaign, to raise awareness of ‘Samsung Memory’.

Their campaign includes three evil characters: Battery Brutus; Fiona Freeze; and Loading Ball Larry. These three characters are presented at the ultimate enemy to any techie! After all, who wants their device (be it a TV, smartphone, tablet etc.) to run out of juice, freeze or take forever to load?

Battery Brutus, Fiona Freeze and Loading Ball Larry - SamsungSamsung have been working really hard to improve user experience, which is why they have decided to launch the campaign, to let people know about it!

Taking an Environmental Approach

As time goes on, more and more firms appear to be altering the way they provide their products and services in order to make them more environmentally friendly. Unfortunately there are many firms which still refuse to take environmental factors into account, however Samsung is (I am sure proud to say) not one of them!

In their recent upgrades and updates, Samsung have gone that step further to ensure that your devices stay ‘alive’ longer, need fewer charges, and perform better for longer.

That means you should be able to keep Battery Brutus at bay for longer! Check out the video (Samsung ad) below to see him in action.

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The below image shows just how much power Samsung’s devices conserve. That saving means less charges, which means less power being used, which is ultimately better for the environment!

Power savings Samsung devices haveSamsung also take into account the environment in terms of the materials they use. Below is a quote directly from Samsung.

“Our products continuously evolve. We use the latest technology. The most advanced materials. The safest components for you, and for planet earth. Samsung Memory is only manufactured with the most environmentally responsible materials.”

Top Speed Processing

Samsung’s latest devices are fitted with the high-spec memory and processors, to ensure that you can multi-task with ease, without your device freezing or loading. This means that you can also keep Fiona Freeze and Loading Ball Larry at bay!

Here is the Samsung ad which features Fiona Freeze at work.

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The last of the characters in the Samsung campaign, Loading Ball Larry, demonstrates just how frustrating loading can sometimes be. Please don’t smash up your device though, next time it loads!

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To find out more about the campaign, the characters and the technology involved, please visit the Samsung Semiconductor webpage.

Cloud reality check infographic

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Below is a really interesting infographic I want to share with you. It is a survey done by Rackspace who have found that server management seems to be a lot more costly than many businesses think.

Some of the figures are astonishing! In 2012, 59% of people bought the wrong amount of servers in the UK. This is even worse at a staggering 67% of people in the US. Think of all that time wasted, because there aren’t the right number of servers in place. Too many can be a financial burden, whilst too few can mean that people aren’t able to access the resources they need, when they need to.

More and more firms appear to be choosing to outsource their cloud needs to bigger, more capable firms, however there are still many which choose to host their own servers.

One of the most saddening (for me anyway) statistics of the whole infographic is that 90% of UK firms don’t thin their approach to new technologies is cutting edge.

Scroll down to see the full infographic!

The reality of cloud computing infographic by Rackspace UK.

What is your opinion on infographics, do you like them? I do, and am wondering whether we should publish them more often. Your thoughts?

Monitive competition winners announcement

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Today, our Monitive account giveaway ended. The competition saw over 100 entries and it is now time for us to announce the winners!

As we used Rafflecopter to design the competition, it was really easy to select the winners, and announce them on the giveaway widget. Below is an image of the winners as they appear on the widget.

The winners of Technology Bloggers Monitive account giveawayThe order the winners appear in will determine the upgrade they are given. Peter Lee, Nikki Robak and Andrew Roberts will receive a 1 year Premium account upgrade, whilst Devon Page, Chadrack Irobogo, Alan Tay, Jean-marc Coulombe, kathleen mayo and Ciprian Hriscu will receive a 1 year basic account upgrade.

We have sent the emails winners to Monitive, so that they can upgrade their accounts. I will shortly be emailing the winners to congratulate them and thank them for taking part in the competition.

Thank you to everyone who took part in Technology Bloggers first ever giveaway! What are your thoughts on future giveaways? Should we continue and do another, if so, what would be a good prize?

Our thanks go out to Monitive, who provided the prizes for the competition, and have been a fantastic sponsor. If you would like to know more about Monitive, check out the competition launch article, as there there is an explanation of the services Monitive offer.