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iPhoneography, a worthy college course

Dave Parrack — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:41:23 +0000

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.

Veteran photographer Richard Gray is the man behind ‘iPhoneography: An Introduction to Photography with the iPhone’, a [...] Related posts:

Almost 500k ‘App-Related Jobs’ In U.S.

Dave Parrack — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:20 +0000

Almost 500,000 “app-related jobs” have been created in the U.S. thanks to the emergence of smartphones, tablets, and social networks.

Michael Mandel of SouthMountain Economics, in a new study sponsored by TechNet, estimates that the App Economy generated $20 billion [...] Related posts:

Amazon eyeing up chain of retail stores

Dave Parrack — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:57:39 +0000

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.

Amazon can be blamed for forcing many companies out of business. They, and the [...] Related posts:

Samsung’s Galaxy Note Super Bowl ad designed to tempt Apple fanboys away

Dave Parrack — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:08:52 +0000

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.

As a Brit the Super Bowl means nothing to [...] Related posts:

Apple clamps down on App Store fakery

Dave Parrack — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:51:13 +0000

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.

As first noted by TechCrunch, Temple Jump, Tiny Birds, and Numbers With Friends are no [...] Related posts:

Apple fanboys demand ethical iPhone 5

Dave Parrack — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:19:26 +0000

Even the fanboys are starting to see how wrong Apple’s laissez-faire attitude to its supply chain workers is. Wonders will never cease.

Much has been written about Apple’s suppliers and their workforces of late. They’re all in China, naturally, and [...] Related posts:

Spotify’s freemium model comes good

Dave Parrack — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:46:16 +0000

Spotify continues to go from strength to strength. Proving its freemium model is the correct one for the business.

Spotify has now racked up more than 3 million subscribers. It hit 1 million in March 2011, 2 million in September 2011, and [...] Related posts:

British tourists refused U.S. entry due to sense of humor bypass over tweets

Dave Parrack — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:18:57 +0000

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?

According to The Daily Mail, two British [...] Related posts:

HTC focuses on fewer Android handsets

Dave Parrack — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:17:37 +0000

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.

HTC exploded onto the market thanks to its classy adoption of the [...] Related posts:

FBI faces MegaLawsuit over lost files

Dave Parrack — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:24:02 +0000

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 [...] Related posts: