by Tom | May 13, 2011 | Tech
I needed to turn my HTC Desire into a development machine, as I’ve come far too close to bricking it several times since I’ve been developing apps in HK. This meant that I needed another phone, and luckily the SGS2 was just being released. First...
by Tom | May 5, 2011 | Tech
Top Five Disruptive Search Engines showcases some new thinking in search. It’s always fun to look at new things, but none of these hits many spots for me. Clearly Google isn’t perfect, but improving on it has to be a key success factor for any new search...
by Tom | Apr 30, 2011 | Tech
Signal to Noise on Twitter is a good summary from Adam Curry of what Twitter feels like when added to an RSS-based stream of information consumption. It just doesn’t fit. I find that I use Twitter and Facebook mostly on my mobile while in between other things,...
by Tom | Apr 4, 2011 | Personal, Tech
So I woke up last night thinking that there was someone in the house, and to some extent there was. The Sonos had woken up, started playing Radio 4 and had mysteriously tweeted the letter “j” on my behalf. How very strange.
by Tom | Mar 23, 2011 | Business, Tech
Amazon revokes Lendle’s API access is a regularly updating summary of an Amazon spat with one of its “who’d have thought of that” ecosystem companies. Amazon allows you to lend Kindle books to other Kindle owners for 14 days. During that time...
by Tom | Mar 22, 2011 | Business, Tech
Remember MySpace and Bebo? Most western people moved to Facebook, and there’s no reason why we might move again in the future. Yes, it seems unlikely, but that doesn’t mean it is forbidden. The Unfortunate Tale Of Two Twitters sums up how a single internet...
