LONDON.- Tate and Vodafone today announced a new partnership to develop online and mobile technologies for Tate’s galleries and website. The partnership launches with Tate Debates, a weekly online discussion on Tate’s blog to encourage people to share their ideas and opinions about art. In the coming year Vodafone will continue to support Tate’s digital activities, working together to bring new technology into use in the galleries and on the internet. Further projects will be instigated over the coming months, including the creation of mobile services to complement Tate’s website, which receives over 18 million visitors a year. Tate Debates, sponsored by Vodafone, launches this week as the latest way audiences can interact and engage with Tate. Hosted on www.tate.org.uk, it will offer online visitors a chance to come together and discuss artists, exhibitions and wider issues relating to galleries and the vi