Technology and comment
Over the weekend Apple updated OSX from Lion to Mountain Lion. As far as I can tell, the main thing this update seems to have going for it is the price, a mere £13.99. There is also a new notifications element, which replicates a feature many of us are...
The increase in girls playing a wide range of video games is having a dramatic effect on the market and the gaming community. Devs are slowly but surely being challenged on their sexist errors ("girlfriend mode", Lara Croft being threatened with rape,")...
...A billion users. Today Mark Zuckerburg has posted on Facebook, claiming the network now has its billionth user. I am a bit sceptical of this number. While Facebook has been purging fake accounts recently, probably in preperation for this, it is likely...
High tech taxi company Uber are landing here, with their London launch tomorrow. They have previously been very succesful over the pond in the States, and are expanding in Europe too. The idea is a simple but very effective one - register with the service...
I can't really get too worked up about CES. Sometimes some interesting things come out of it. Most of the time it doesn't. The major firms have big events when they are making really significant announcements, so CES is no longer the place for really...
It's not often that I get to combine most of the things I like - tech, Tottenham Hotspur, and video games, into one succinct package. The launch of Spurs' third kit has done just that though. Instead of pictures, the club has revealed the kit as a video...
I'm not really sure what to make of this. When I first saw the video, and accompanying Mashable article, my first reponse was that it was load of patronising, degrading claptrap. Then I watched the video, and sort of got it. I'm not convinced this is...
"On bad days, I look at our revenue graph." - Travis Kalanick When Uber was forced to shut down its yellow cab hailing service in New York last week, founder Travis Kalanick threw a fit that ... This is a really interesting piece from Paul Carr, that...
While Facebook and Instagram face a backlash over privcy settings, Twitter is having a nice run in to Christmas. According to Techcrunch, they now have over 200m monthly active users: Twitter has announced via its own official Twitter account that the...
Women in tech, or the lack thereof, is still a hotbed issue. It might be increasingly dull to those of us (of either gender,) who are just getting on with being part of an industry we love, but that doesn’t stop people both inside and outside discussing...
After a couple of weeks settling in, Uber London had it's press launch today, at Apartment 58 in Soho. Attendees heard from CEO Travis Kalanick, who revealed his excitment at being in London. Indeed, although it's easy to say at a press launch, many employees...
I'd say welcome to my 'new' blog, but that wouldn't really be accurate. This is just a new site where I will post some of the interesting tech news, reviews, and views I get. I'll still predominately be over on digitalpoltico.net about tech based politics...
Yesterday Ceefax was switched off. I can't even remember the last time I looked at at Ceefax, but still a bit emotional to see it gone. I remember afternoons with football scores refereshing before Sky Sports Football Centre Apps and so forth, and news...
UK Vodafone customers with a Blackberry will notice that many of their services are not working currently. It seems that once again the Blackberry gremlins are back, after a significant worldwide service outagein September. When I turned my Blackberry...
Despite being an avowed Crackberry addict, Android based phones are begining to turn my head somewhat. (In particular I'm ratther taken with the Galaxy S3.) Critically, the ecosystem is growing hugely with some very attractive hardware and software coming...
Looking at the tightly worded copyright infrigement notice on his new Mega project, it looks like Kim Dotcom may actually have learned his leasson. A dawn raid on your manison will do that.
It's been tough for Facebook since becoming a public company, despite a generally well received first earnings call. Their shares are today down to nearly 20USD, early 18USD down on their IPO price.
Don't pretend you didn't laugh!
Every Sunday I settle into bed and watch This Week in Tech, the flagship program on Leo Laporte's TWIT network. The program normally has Laporte and three other tech commentators, and covers the big news of the week. Over the last few weeks though I've...
I've just booted up the upgraded app for the first time and it really is excellent. I have always liked Twitter for iPad, it was one of the best apps on there. Like many people I didn't really see the need for a major overhaul. However, now that I've...
Towards the end of last month Google released handwrite for mobile devices, a new service that allows mobile devices users to scrawl search terms over their screen instead of typing them. My flatmate got an alert about it a couple of days ago, and showed...
Tonight the latest Hackathon London will kick off in office space near Butler's Wharf. Small team will come together to create new products, companies, and share ideas. Teams will have 48 hours to come up with 'the next big thing'. Back in March Crowdpad,...
Ina Fried is reporting on AllThingsD that Apple have won a court ruling to stop the sake if the sale of "Samsung's Galaxy Nexus or any other product that is “no more than colorably different” and infringes on the Apple patent in question." The Apple patent...
I've been interested in sometime in the American tech blogopshere - I enjoy the podcasts, the posts, but most of all the personalities - Pete Cashmore, Tom Merrit, Leo Laporte, Sarah Lane, MG Siegler, Michael Arrington, Om Malik, Shira Lazar, Alexia Tsotsis,...
