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WWDC 2011 – Part 2: iCloud
I think iCloud is fantastic. When it was first announced, we assumed generally that it would be the name for a new iTunes streaming service but it ended up being so much more, and all of it great. I’ve been saying for such a long time now that I thought Apple should compete with Google [...]
Chromebooks are finally here, but they cost how much?
I honestly don’t understand the pricing strategy on the new Samsung based Google Chromebooks. These go for £350 and £400 and are primarily cloud computers. The £400 3G model may be worth the price if you do get the 3G service for free, although that may be a limited time offer or for the long [...]
Quick Recap of Last Week’s Tech News
There have been a number of things I’ve been meaning to comment on in the last couple of weeks and not got around to it until now. Rather than write long posts on each, I’ll quickly summarise what I think of these points. AOL wants to buy Yahoo! This is I think good news. They [...]
FaceTime to the Desktop and Beyond?
This is interesting news. It seems the next logical step is to bring the technology to the desktop and laptop space by incorporating it into iChat on Mac and maybe as a separate app on Windows. With the advances in browser-based communication and HTML 5, it may even be possible to bring all of this straight [...]
Google Instant Search
Google have been teasing a big new announcement for a few days now. They had the dynamic doodle with coloured balls, then the following day they teased instant search further by introducing another doodle which started off gray, but coloured in each letter of the logo as you typed. Later on Wednesday they launched instant [...]
GMail Updates: Google Voice and Priority Inbox
Google have been doing a lot of interesting things with everyone’s favourite free email service recently. GMail has been a bit stagnent for a long time up until recently. They started with a little refresh of the left navigation. They made contacts and tasks a bigger focus at the top of the page, while also [...]
Google IO: HTML5 and Chrome Web Store
The main focus of Google’s first keynote at Google IO was HTML5 and the future of web applications. In recent times, it’s become possible to do more and more things in the browser that we used to have to download dedicated apps for. With new technologies like HTML5, so much more is possible and Google [...]
Google IO: Android 2.2 Froyo Thoughts
Android has really been picking up steam recently and I have to say I didn’t expect it to start challenging Apple so soon. Yes, it has been 18 months, but that isn’t really that long when you’re faced with a monumental task of creating a brand new mobile operating system from scratch. Not only that, [...]
Google TV in Depth
Since my last quick post on Google TV, I’ve had a chance to watch the press conference in its entirety. At first I thought it would be more of a bespoke system specifically made for TV that would be more akin to an Apple TV in its presentation. While there are elements of Apple TV [...]
The Future of TV: Where does Google fit in?
The future of TV really does appear to be up in the air at the moment. How will cable, satellite and freeview fit in to the increasingly web based streaming model? Can Google succeed in bringing this kind of service to the mainstream where Apple haven’t done exceptionally well as of yet with the Apple [...]
