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Vodafone Conference Audio Visual at Newbury RFC AVE Services provided a complete events package for Vodafone’s conference at the Newbury RFC yesterday. We were in charge of supplying audio visual equipment to three rooms at the Club; the Landon Room, the Kickers Bar, and the Wickers upstairs function room. “Looks incredible. Thank you so much […]
Sovereign Response Conference in Newbury On Monday AVE Services provided a selection of audio visual equipment and services to Sovereign Housing Association’s conference at the Newbury Rugby Football Club. We provided a projector, PA system, two wireless microphones, mixing console, LED uplighters (set to orange to match their branding), and a 42″ LCD screen on […]
Sandisk has created an SD card with 512GB or storage space – the highest capacity ever released. The card, which is aimed at film-makers using 4K resolution in their projects, will go on sale for £490. It is believed that a 512GB card could store 30 hours of HD footage. The launch comes only decade […]
“iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus are the biggest advancements in iPhone history” – Tim Cook, Chief executive UK Network providers EE, Vodafone, Three, 02, and Giffgaff are offering customers the chance to pre-order or pre-register for the iPhone 6 a week before the official release on 19 Setepmber. However there have been reports that […]
Star Wars Sightings in Newbury A man who was taking publicity shots at Greenham Common, Newbury for a flying school was surprised to find he had accidently taken photos of filming from the new Star Wars film. Matthew Myatt orgiinally thought the pictures were of experimental aircraft. He told the BBC: “It wasn’t too clear […]
Yesterday AVE Services provided unveiling curtains, a PA system, projector screen & green carpet to Reading Buses’ grand opening of their new gas bus filling station. The site is the first of its kind in the UK and was unveiled by Baroness Susan Kramer, Minister of State for Transport. She said: “Reading has been so […]
Chinese tech company Baidu has unveiled new electronic chopsticks that can detect whether food is safe to eat. “Chopsticks are the embodiment of Chinese wisdom,” a Baidu executive said. “And we have combined it with our advanced technology.” The utensils can detect unsaniary cooking oil, a common concern in the country. The search engine giant […]
Private car hire and taxi service Uber has launched a same-day grocery deliver service in Washington DC. Their main smartphone app has opened its Corner Store facility, which covers more than 100 items. The products are competitively priced against other high street stores and include no delivery fee. Uber has stated that the Corner Store […]
Google’s driverless cars are programmed to break the speed limit by up to 10mph according to the lead software engineer. Dmitri Dolgov told Reuters that when surrounding vehicles are breaking the speed limit, it is sometimes safer to speed and so, the Google car would accelerate to keep up. The UK is set to allow […]
The Cty of San Bartolomé de Tirajana has begun a new byelaw that requires bars and music venue owners to install centrally controlled sound delimiters. Those that fail to comply could face fines between 1,500€ and 15,000€. The municipal council has stated that they plan to start inspecting any venue that uses sound amplification equipment […]
Researchers have suggested that the factory reset option is faulty on a number of Tesco Hudl & Android devices, with potentially sensitive information being accessible. Three separate investigations successfully recovered information on second-hand Android devices sold via auction websites. The inquiries found that often a reset simply removed a list of where data was stored […]
1) You can’t stay in the bathroom for longer than three minutes. 2) You criticise every advertisement displaying DJ equipment because it’s not set up correctly. 3) You can watch this whole video and see nothing other than a faithful representation to one of your shows: 4) You can’t listen to songs without remixing them […]
Microsoft has stayed committed to the production of inexpensive mobile phones, announcing the Nokia 130, which costs just £15. The phone lacks internet capabilities, but can play MP3 and video files on its 4.6cm screen. The phone battery lasts more 36 days while on standby and will be released in both single and dual-sim models. […]
AVE Services provides projectors for corporate events, conferences, weddings, meeting, individuals and organisations. Our projectors range from 1600 lumens, ideal for small groups, up to stunning 10,000 lumens – perfect for large shows. We maintain our projectors regularly to keep them delivering an incredible picture – even under natural lighting. Our technicians are available on […]
By Mark Andrews – Guest blogger for AVE Services The UK’s culture secretary has announced today that more than a million UK homes and business have access to “superfast broadband speeds”. The EU defines superfast broadband as 24Mbps or above, the UK intends to meet this target for 95% of the UK by 2017, ensuring […]
Event technologies you can’t afford to miss Event Technology is one of the most fast paced industries right now, with hundreds of new hospitality start ups flooding the markets in recent years. Although some of the tools on these lists are not exclusively for event professionals – they are all definitely worth looking into. BitTorrent […]
Washington Hospitality Start-Up Raises $8 Million in Largest Funding Round So Far Social Tables, a Washington based Software-as-a-Service app has announced it has raised over $8 million in its most recent fundraising round, meaning that the company has raised $9.1 million so far. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, alongside Thayer Ventures, Militello Capital, 500 Startups, […]
Quality PA System Hire When you’re organising an event, it’s important that you have sound equipment that doesn’t let you down. Hiss, distortion and feedback can distract your audience’s attention and create an unprofessional feel to your day. At AVE Services, we pride ourselves on delivering audio excellence. When you hire a PA system from […]
