A few weeks back I invested in a Fibit. I figured that as a tech blogger, I am on my arse for too long each day and could use something that will feed back how active I was, and make me want to do more. I’ve been logging my progress for the past three weeks, [...]
Last night, during the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympics, Apple aired three new Mac-centric commercials (1,2,3) that center a helpful Genius Bar employee, coming to the aid out confused members of the public with their questions and computer problems. They’ve come in for some serious criticism. While I agree that they aren’t Apple’s best ads, [...]
I was skeptical, but Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games was phenomenal. There were some fantastic skits, but this was the best by a clear mile. The people of Twitter went mad for it. Shame one of the biggest audiences — the US — had to watch it on a delay. Fuck NBC. [...]
My wife’s 18-month iPhone 4 didn’t age well. The microphone was shot, meaning she had to shout at the top of her lungs on every phone call, and it was suffering from the dreaded ‘sticky’ Home button. Hearing all of these “Apple replaced my iPhone free-of-charge” stories on a daily basis, I figured we should [...]
In a somewhat puzzling move, Facebook has launched a new standalone iOS application called Facebook Camera, which — put simply — mimics the app it just acquired for $1 billion: Instagram. My key takeaways: It’s another native app from Facebook, meaning it is slick, fast and easy to use. There are nice animations and for [...]
When I first started blogging, it was WordPress that powered my first websites. It was easy to install, provided a huge selection of themes, plugins and was easy to customise for my needs. For years I poured my thoughts into my personal WordPress blog, spinning off into a new technology-based website, before using the latter [...]