I ordered a Tesco Hudl online as soon as they were available, and got mine delivered 24 hours later – which was faster than expected. It is an excellent device – especially at that price point – but mine turned out to be one with a defective display (grey areas were heavily red-pixellated).. I returned the device to … Continue reading →
So, the usual rumours about Facebook making its own (smart)phone turn out to be somewhat premature… http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/05/facebook-home-apple-google/ After all, why go to all the trouble of making your own phone, when you can just ‘hijack’ an existing one? This reminds me of the interminable attempts by various online organisations to ‘take over’ your browser, by tempting you … Continue reading →
Facebook became popular because users liked the sharing of ‘friends’ information, especially among their family groups, but since those early days, every move the company makes seems more and more to be for the benefit of Facebook itself, and the users are the ones who lose out. This may not true all of the time, but – … Continue reading →
And now for some festive comic relief.. Zuckerberg’s sister has been whining about the ‘sharing’ of one of her ‘private’ photos, originally posted on – guess where – Facebook! She naïvely assumed it was ‘private’, but apparently a Facebook-friend-of-a-friend had access to it, as well… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9767266/Zuckerberg-private-family-photo-exposed-by-Facebook-sharing.html Apparently this was such a heinous and unspeakable crime, that it … Continue reading →
GoPro – the makers of HD ‘sports’ compact video cameras – have gone from strength to strength in the last year or so. In 2011 they acquired Cineform – who develop high-end video encoding software: http://support.cineform.com/entries/20000142-cineform-acquired-by-gopro And recently, Foxconn – better known as a supplier of Apple’s hardware – took a stake in the company: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20807327 GoPro … Continue reading →
The ongoing ‘patent wars’ between Apple and Samsung took another twist, recently, when the dear old EU took another leap away from reality, and decided that it was Samsung who had ‘abused’ its patent position to the detriment of poor little Apple.. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/21/us-eu-samsung-idUSBRE8BK0UJ20121221 The article could have equally been written with the references to ‘Samsung’ and ‘Apple’ … Continue reading →