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Fitness expert, app developer, servant to a Jack Russell. A bit obsessed with stock Android. Weird combination or what. Well, those are the things I'm interested in. Full time geek. I love mobile technology - its truly "magic" how it has revolutionised the world. I remember how PC's changed things, mobiles are doing the same - just even faster and in deeper ways.

Jawbone UP Review: Getting Fit With Technology

The UP band I’m a proud geek and fitness fanatic. This combo means I just love fitness gadgets! There’s been a wave of fitness tracking apps and wearables but the first to gain traction (and a lot of criticism) is the Jawbone UP. v1 was pretty much a disaster (Google it if you want to find out more), can Jawbone ... Read More »

Google Play – The Killer Content Provider?

The Knowledge Graph for UNKLE

I’m sitting here hitting refresh on my laptop. You’re wondering why I’m doing this, probably. Well, I’ll tell you. I’m playing with Google’s Knowledge Graph. I’m buy generic viagra a big fan of Nordic Noir, and the third season of The Killing is imminent. The trailer features a song from UNKLE, one of my favourite bands when I was younger. ... Read More »

Developers – it’s time to take Android tablets seriously

There’s been a long in the tooth joke going around tech circles that there is no such thing as a tablet market, there’s just an iPad market. Unfortunately, if you’re still using that line you’re about as funny as getting repeatedly kicked in the nethers because a new report out on tablet computer marketshare today shows that the iPad, from ... Read More »

Developers – it's time to take Android tablets seriously

There’s been a long in the tooth joke going around tech circles that there is no such thing as a tablet market, there’s just an iPad market. Unfortunately, if you’re still using that line you’re about as funny as getting repeatedly kicked in the nethers because a new report out on tablet computer marketshare today shows that the iPad, cialis ... Read More »

Google Now – your smartphone personal trainer?

Google Now New Cards

I woke up this morning to find this on Google Now. Yes, it’s order viagra a bit damp and chilly today but the interesting card is above – Google Now is measuring how far I walk and cycle. It doesn’t take too much of a leap in imagination to see this expanding into FitBit style data tracking. It seems a ... Read More »

We've seen the hardware (ooh, shiny) – now for the apps…

If you’re remotely interested in tech you can’t have missed the big Android / Nexus launches. Touch of genius from the Big G to time it so precisely that it overwhelmed something else that was meant to happen, what was it? Windows Phone something or other. There was the Nexus 4, which wasn’t much of a surprise but looks pretty ... Read More »

iPad owners. I'd like to feel smug but I share your pain

In case you’ve been asleep under cheap viagra a rock or have spent too much time watching X-Factor and have fallen into a catatonic state, you’ll have seen the New New iPad being launched. I bet some new iPad owners are pissed. After all, their new toy has already been supplanted in the space of a few months! However, as ... Read More »

Does Android have iOS on the ropes?

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Like any self respecting gadget geek I was watching the Apple event yesterday with much anticipation. And ended up rather disappointed. You see, I quite enjoy the one upmanship you get at these events. I hate the patent fighting (more on that later) but when Google wave a spanking new feature (NFC, beautiful notifications, widgets) at Apple, and Apple retaliate ... Read More »

Are Apple terrified of Android? Shady legal dealings prove they are

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You’d think with all the smack talk from Apple that they’re confident their product is superior in every way to Android. The profit margins reflect this too but I suspect that Apple are genuinely terrified of Android. So terrified they are willing to ”help” Microsoft establish Windows Phone! Really? Read on to find out how. Here’s an interesting legal twist to ... Read More »