Segala News & Events - In the News

In the news

December 2006

• Talis: Talis interviews Paul Walsh about Content Labels and the Semantic Web
  15 December 2006
• PodLeaders: Tom Raftery interviews Paul Walsh about enabling trust for Web accessibility
  06 December 2006

May 2006

• www.segala.com: Segala Technology to Revolutionize Search on the Web
  18 May 2006
• British Interactive Media Association: Segala CEO, Paul Walsh, has successfully been elected as Chair of the British Interactive Media Association.
  05 May 2006

February 2006

• 160Characters.org: Paul Walsh, Segala CEO, judges at 2006 Mobile Messaging Awards, Islington, London. Paul Walsh, CEO of Segala, has been asked to judge the 2006 Global Messaging Awards. This is the third annual 160 Characters Mobile Messaging Awards run in association with Informa Telecoms and Media, with the gala awards ceremony being held on the 24th of May 2006.
  20 February 2006
• NMA: W3C's plans for metatags could let browsers filter out content. Web standards organisation W3C is introducing new machine-readable content labels that will make it possible to filter search results on the basis of whether sites are accessible or suitable for children.
  20 February 2006

• W3C Press Release: W3C Launches Incubator Activity, New Option Available for Exploratory Technical Work at W3C. Today, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announces the launch of its Incubator Activity, a new initiative to foster development of emerging Web-related technologies that complements the current W3C Recommendation Track.
  08 February 2006

December 2005

• Vnunet: The Challenges and Opportunities for the Mobile Web. Segala presents at the W3C Mobile Web Initiative's first European event. The challenges and opportunities facing the Mobile Web were debated during the first European event held by the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) in London last week.
  08 December 2005

November 2005

• Revolution: Dermot O'Mahony tells Susie Harwood why O2 is poring £2 million into making its site accessible. O2 is on a spending spree. On top of signing a £6 million-a- year deal to rebrand the Millennium Dome The O2, the mobile operator has kicked off an £8.5 million as campaign to promote its i-mode mobile internet service; its biggest budget since it broke free from BT in 2001.
  Segala was awarded the exclusive contract to create and manage the accessibility certification programme.
  02 November 2005
• EU Safer Internet: Segala's Trustmark used as a primary case study for EU Safer Internet Quatro system. Segala's Trustmark and governed self-certification programmes are being used as the primary case study by Quatro partners.
  09 November 2005
• E-business Briefing, November 2005: Trustmarks and accessibility - the Paul Walsh interview. Paul Walsh is the co-founder and CEO of Segala M Test, responsible for the strategic planning, aggressive growth and the day to day running of the company.
  November 2005

October 2005

• E-consultancy: Accessibility Roundtable Briefing Segala contributes to E-consultancy's latest accessibility roundtable, where key trends, issues, tips and tricks were discussed by attendees.
  26 October 2005

September 2005

• Helping to shape the future mobile Web: Segala calls for participants to take part in a field trial that will help shape the future of the Web on mobile phones.
  7 September 2005

August 2005

• Industry Report: Segala is once again at the centre of the e-commerce accessibility stakes. Segala, a pioneer behind web accessibility conformance certification, is once again at the centre of the e-commerce accessibility stakes. In a report released this week by the computing and disability charity AbilityNet, Segala is clearly at the heart of O2's plans to make its portal accessible to all
  15 August 2005
• Marketing Week: Segala is Quoted in a story about Web Accessibility Accessibility is a major issue in website design - in fact, it's the law - and it makes sense to make sure everyone can use a site. But it's not the be-all and end-all of the internet, says Martin Croft.
  11 August 2005

May 2005

• New Media Age (NMA) Opinion: Being usable by most doesn't mean a site's accessible to all. Usability and accessibility are two similar terms in the world of technology. However, they don't mean the same thing when it comes to Web site design.
  12 May 2005
• Computer Weekly: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has launched the Mobile Web Initiative, with the aim of making web access from a mobile device as easy as web access from a desktop device.
  11 May 2005
• New Media Age (NMA) Agency Republic joins Segala for O2 work. Agency Republic is partnering with accessibility experts Segala to ensure that work carried out for client O2 is fully compliant with Web accessibility standards.
  05 May 2005

March 2005

• Computer Weekly: O2 partners for Web accessibility. O2 has entered a partnership with Segala to validate all its web-based products against WAI AA guidelines, promoting a high degree of usability for people with disabilities.
  31 March 2005