BlackBerry in last chance saloon… January 30, 2013 Blackberry – the company formally known as RIM – yesterday unveiled the handsets it hopes will help keep it in the smartphone space. The new devices, the touchscreen Z10 (out today) and the physical keyboard Q10 (expected in April), are also loaded with BlackBerry’s new operating system, BB10, in the biggest shake-up at the firm [...]
Google has a taste of Raspberry Pi January 30, 2013 Raspberry Pi is the sub-£22 PC that this week got a boost from internet giant Google, which will fund the distribution of 15,000 free units to schools around the UK. The plan follows news that the company has already sold 1m Raspberry Pi units in less than a year on sale. Google hopes the device [...]
Games you shouldn’t miss in 2013 January 23, 2013 The LIFESPAN of the current crop of consoles is almost over, with Nintendo’s next generation Wii U already on shelves and Microsoft and Sony preparing to launch an updated Xbox and PlayStation, respectively. But there is life in the old dogs yet, and 2013 looks set to be another milestone year in terms of industry [...]
The greatest show on earth January 16, 2013 The biggest, loudest, wackiest technology showcase in the world, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), came to a close in Las Vegas this week, leaving geeks drooling over the gadgets we can expect to see over the next 12 months. The six-day event saw an estimated 20,000 new products from the over-3,000 exhibitors. This year’s event [...]
Trained by Gandy January 2, 2013 ALONG WITH the smart phone revolution came the birth of the app. Nowadays we use them for everything from gaming and banking to music and editing photos but now, especially with the New Year in full swing, it’s all about fitness apps and UK model David Gandy is getting in on the action. Following the [...]
In defence of the skeuomorph September 19, 2012 Apple’s new phone has already become the single most coveted thing in the history of human existence, storming past the Holy Grail, basic sustenance, love and even existence itself (posing some difficult ontological questions that people are too distracted by the iPhone 5 to properly consider). Ahead of the official launch tomorrow, Apple has begun [...]
Vodafone top brass change under Colao September 10, 2008 Vittorio Colao, Vodafone’s new chief executive, announced a major reshuffle of the mobile telecoms giant’s top management yesterday – a move that will split its blossoming emerging markets division into two and see the departure of his most senior executive by the end of the year. Colao has appointed former France Telecom finance director Michael [...]
DSG cautious after sales dip at PC World September 4, 2008 Nine months into the job, John Browett, chief executive of DSG International announced yesterday he was not foreseeing a “chance for recovery until 2010”, following a first quarter slump in the market. Like-for-like sales in the 16 weeks to 23 August fell seven per cent on the same period last year, led by 12 per [...]
Microsoft beware: Google is moving into applications September 4, 2008 When Bill Gates stood down from Microsoft earlier this year, he was hoping his legacy would be secure. Windows Vista, the product of more than six years labour, was supposed to cement the firm’s hold on the computer desktop while the $10bn it had spent trying to topple Google should have at least allowed it [...]
Alcatel calls former BT CEO to the rescue September 3, 2008 Alcatel-Lucent named its new management team yesterday, handing the task of turning round the ailing French-US telecoms equipment group to former BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen and French business grandee Philippe Camus. The world’s biggest provider of fixed-line telecoms networks has seen its market value drop more than 60 per cent in the 21 months [...]