Category Archives: Tech
Blackberry continues to lose market share
BlackBerry continues to lose market share in the United States, down more than three per cent, from 19.7 per cent to 16.6 per cent in the three months to the end of November as users defect to Android or iPhone. … Continue reading
Getting connected
A report by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency, shows that more than 100 million European Union citizens have never been online. In the UK, Martha Lane Fox has been given the task of getting the 8.7 million adults in the … Continue reading
Trying to get people up to date
From January 2012, Internet Explorer users will be automatically updated to the latest version of the browser as Microsoft starts a project to update millions of machines to, amongst other things, improve online security.
Twitter redesign
Twitter is the latest social media platform to ring out the changes and has unveiled a new design which allows users to have a more detailed profile page and greater visibility of conversations between tweeters, giving a more similar feel … Continue reading
End of Gowalla is nigh
Facebook has announced it is hiring the co-founders and other developers of Gowalla, one of the location-based “check-in” social networks. As a result, it is expected that Gowalla will close in 2012. Facebook is also opening a software engineering centre … Continue reading
Taking the proverbial
Boredom? Can’t even imagine anyone whose just supped ten pints spending enough time to get bored, let alone anyone else! There has to be one place you can safely go to get away from ads! Toilet gaming technology targets urinal … Continue reading
YouTube revamped
YouTube is the latest Google product to undergo a significant facelift, Gmail, Docs and others having already been updated. The YouTube changes are the most comprehensive since the service began. Looks pretty good. Unfortunately, those who customised their pages, colour-wise … Continue reading
Buzz on its way out
Google Buzz, an ill-fated attempt to rival Twitter, is on its way out but users will be able to keep all their posts if they so wish. In some respects one has to admire Google for not being afraid to … Continue reading
Free wifi trial in central London
Nokia has switched on a trial of a free wi-fi service in central London which will continue until the end of the year. If the two-month trial is deemed a success, the Finnish company plans to turn it into a … Continue reading
Sony buys full control of Sony Ericsson
Sony has bought full control of mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson from Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson, agreeing to buy 50% of the firm for 1.1bn euros to make the mobile handset business a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony. The transaction … Continue reading
Another skirmish in the Patents War
In the latest round of the Patents War, a US judge has ruled that Samsung’s tablets infringe patents owned by Apple, but warned that Apple needs to prove the validity of those patents if it is to win an injunction preventing … Continue reading
Steve Jobs dies at the age of 56 years
Steve Jobs, co-founder and former chief executive of US technology giant Apple, has died at the age of 56. Jobs was generally regarded as a charismatic and visionary whose innovative ideas turned Apple into the most valuable technology company in … Continue reading
iPhone 4s or iPhone 5?
Apple has begun sending out invites to an iPhone event to be held on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, and although the invite does not specify, the event is widely expected to be the launch of the iPhone 5. However, there … Continue reading
For those offline moments
As they say, it is inevitable that you will find yourself without an internet connection at some time but that doesn’t mean you have to forego looking at your Email, Calendar or Docs if you are a Gmail user. Using … Continue reading
Via now suing Apple
As I sit waiting for my latest patent to be approved: An action or device enabling movement from point A to point B, I note that Taiwanese chip maker Via is the latest to resort to the courts for alleged … Continue reading
Google+ goes public
After two-and-a-half months of ‘invitation only’ testing, the Google+ social network is being opened up for anyone to join. Google+ has been praised for several innovative features including its multi person ‘hangouts’ video chat and the ability to group contacts … Continue reading
Google Flight Search
As one would expect in the early stages, Google Flight Search is only currently set up for use in the US but when it does roll out in Europe and the rest of the world it could be an extremely … Continue reading