Google Glasses on sale by end of 2012?
February 21, 2012
Google’s HUD, augmented reality glasses are real and arriving sooner than expected. In fact, you could be wearing them by year’s end.
Category: Opinion
British Facebook hacker gets jail time
February 20, 2012
A British hacker who infiltrated the world’s most popular social network has been jailed for eight months. Which seems a little harsh.
Angry Birds in Space, on Facebook too
February 19, 2012
Those Angry Birds are getting everywhere. The furious feathered fliers. First Facebook, next Space.
Nomophobia (no mobile phone) on the rise
February 18, 2012
Nomophobia is on the rise, with two-thirds of people now suffering from the (admittedly made-up) condition.
DuckDuckGo hits 1 million daily searches
February 16, 2012
DuckDuckGo is not Google. Or Bing. Or Yahoo. Or Ask. Or AOL. But that’s a good thing. A fact which 1 million souls agree with.
Sony and/or Apple cashes in on death of Whitney Houston
February 13, 2012
Classy move Sony. Or Apple. Or both of you. Cashing in on the death of someone, and certainly within hours of them dying, is not a good move.
iPhoneography, a worthy college course
February 10, 2012
The first course in iPhoneography, or iPhone photography, is being offered at Kensington and Chelsea College, London. Which I personally think is a fantastic idea.
Almost 500k ‘App-Related Jobs’ In U.S.
February 8, 2012
Almost 500,000 “app-related jobs” have been created in the U.S. thanks to the emergence of smartphones, tablets, and social networks.
Amazon eyeing up chain of retail stores
February 7, 2012
When a company which has single-handedly killed off many bricks-and-mortar retailers plans a chain of retail stores itself, you know the world has gone mad.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note Super Bowl ad designed to tempt Apple fanboys away
February 6, 2012
How not to tempt Apple fanboys away from their beloved: mock them while trying to sell them a phone/tablet that does neither thing very well.
Apple clamps down on App Store fakery
February 4, 2012
Apple has removed several chart-topping games from the U.S. App Store. All of which are claimed to be copycats of other, better-known titles.
Apple fanboys demand ethical iPhone 5
February 1, 2012
Even the fanboys are starting to see how wrong Apple’s laissez-faire attitude to its supply chain workers is. Wonders will never cease.
Spotify’s freemium model comes good
January 31, 2012
Spotify continues to go from strength to strength. Proving its freemium model is the correct one for the business.
British tourists refused U.S. entry due to sense of humor bypass over tweets
January 30, 2012
I know we have to be careful in light of 9/11 and the increased security threats, but isn’t this taking things to the extreme a little?
HTC focuses on fewer Android handsets
January 27, 2012
Less is more, or so they say. They being Apple fanboys, usually. But perhaps it’s a good strategy for Android handset manufacturers to adopt at this point in time.
FBI faces MegaLawsuit over lost files
January 27, 2012
Whatever you think of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, and the way the site was being used for less-than-legal means, you should spare a thought for those who were using Megaupload completely legitimately. As they have lost out by the site’s takedown in a big way.
Stop Apple making Jailbreaking illegal!
January 26, 2012
The people need to stand up and be heard, to tell Apple that they want the option to open their ‘i’ devices up by jailbreaking.
