If This Then That is a great new service that componentizes many of the social features we use today to create new and novel combinations. There are many examples, from tweeting on your behalf when you post a new photo on Flicker to making coffee when you have had a bad nights sleep. Making coffee… Read more »
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Coursera: Technicity
I have just started on the Technicity course on Coursera. Already the ideas and insights are getting my creative juices flowing and I am very hopeful that this course will help me reflect on my understanding of the City both as a technologist and as a citizen. So far I have gone through some of… Read more »
How Apple Is Dominating China
Dari FitzGerald and Eric Bleeker at Motley Fool have created a really good overview of Apple’s Chinese market penetration in this wonderful infographic. For the original article you can see it here
Windows 8 changing the game?
Windows 8 does seem like a genuine attempt to bring something new to the table from Microsoft but will they pull it off? In the past Microsoft’s shameless attempt to copy Apple was a completely flawed strategy epitomised by the failure of Vista and the Zune. With Windows 8 it seems like they are truly… Read more »
Arstechnica: German court bans Galaxy Tab 10.1: looks too much like iPad
German court bans Galaxy Tab 10.1: looks too much like iPad Apple has won a more stringent ban on Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1 tablet in Germany. On Friday, a Düsseldorf court upheld its previous ban on the device, with Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann ruling that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 looked too much like the iPad Community Design… Read more »
iPhone 5 doesn’t stand a chance! Really!!
International Business Times: ‘10 Reasons Why iPhone 5 Doesn’t Stand a Chance Against Motorola Droid Bionic I think Daring Fireball’s John Gruber response says it all with regard to this article. Ignore the hyperbolic headline. Forget about just how jackasstic it is to compare a just-released Android phone against an iPhone that is nothing more… Read more »
iPhone and iPod
A seemingly small change in a recent update saw the “iPod” on the iPhone change from iPod to Music. At first I felt this to be insignificant but this must have been a big decision for Apple, so until yesterday I didn’t think much of it then I saw the recent iPhone 4 advert. The… Read more »