The French band ‘uniform motion’ may not yet be on your playlist, but they are well worth listening to. And not just the music, for they have a thing or two to say about the economics of the record industry without a record label. In short, it’s not an easy place to make money to … Continue reading
Reliable market share statistics are often hard to come by. Do you mean share of new phones, share of unit sales, share of actual handsets owned, Smartphones, feature phones or all phones and everything in between. And then this quarter, the year as a whole or indeed this month? No wonder it’s confusing. This week … Continue reading
Gartner have provided updated statistics this month on the market share of tablets. It’s no surprise that the iPad remains the dominant player having created a market out of very little. In 2010, it had a massive 84 percent of the market worldwide. However, that figure is predicted to reduce by 15% to 69% in … Continue reading
I have something of a conversation piece on my desk – a bowl of brown rice. Not a week goes by without someone commenting on it, bemused by its presence, with only a solitary person recognising what it is there for (a mobile veteran). Having dropped one iPhone in the bath and another in the … Continue reading
Watching Lady Gaga blanking Jonathan Ross on his chat show was one of the most toe-curling pieces of TV on record, as she played the moody teenager dismissing his attempts at repartie. She was, however, in more respectful mood when visiting that other internet giant, Google, as part of their Musicians@Google series. Of course having … Continue reading
A few years back I used to scan and then clear out my RSS feeds everyday. Over time I’d narrowed the feeds I subscribed to down to a manageable amount and in twenty minutes could get through the days main news, plus the kind of serendipity you get from niche blogs to keep you on … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, a terrible thing happened to my favourite gadget. Yes, I dropped my iPhone in a sink full of water. Initially all looked fine and it worked as normal. However, the next morning the water that had penetrated the phone started to corrode its components and the Home button stopped working. … Continue reading