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Did You Know? The word 'shire' means something which has been shorn off, or separated. The district of Gloucester was shorn off from the great territory of the Mercians, and became Gloucestershire. |
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Did You Know? The nickname 'Unready' is derived from the word 'un-raed' which meant 'lack of council' or 'ill-advised'. It seems that 'King Ethelred the Unready' was either easily persuaded or made bad decisions, or both! |
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Did You Know? Mercia was originally an Anglo-Saxon kingdom centred on the valley of the River Trent in what is now the Midlands. By 1007 it was a province of Saxon England. |
iPhone Apps Now Optimized for ECommerce
A tremendous advancement has been made in the handling of eCommerce platforms on the iPhone. Previously, it was difficult to navigate through 100s of items and "click" on the "Buy Now" button, adding to the shopping cart as you went along.
The latest apps allow up, down, left, right and zoom capability with just the flick of your finger.
A well known Gloucestershire business which specializes in glass ornaments worked with programmers so that Christmas shoppers could enter their information right into the iPhone.
This mobile technology also offers a combination of verbal data entry and manual. You can "flick" your way to the appropriate business page, select the item you're interested in, and then touch the icon for "voice".
The consumer then clicks the icon, speaks what they want on their personalized glass ornament, and then selects the "voice off - accept data" command. This extraordinary technology completed it's beta testing last year, and is now widely available through Cambridge shops.
