Can More Things “Just Work” in 2014?
One of my main hopes for 2014 is that things should start working better. In many ways, I feel that both iOS and Android have taken a step backward in achieving this ideal this year. One notable example I ran …
Facebook’s Price Hike (and How to Opt Out)
This was originally posted to Facebook – now I am posting a summary post here, as it relates to a previous post I’ve made on this same issue on the G+ service (“Shared Endoresements”): As reported in the NYT over …
What’s ‘Over the Air’? Think overnight hackathon meets developer conference | Telefónica Digital Hub
I finally managed to put together a blog post on the +Telefonica Digital blog about last month's +Over the Air event. #blogthis #ota13 The ‘Over the Air’ event series feels more like a festival than a tech event.
NYT: Google to Sell Users’ Endorsements
So – The first thing I did this morning on reading this New York Times article on Google’s new plan to use users’ data (+1s, etc…) on their own ads was hunt around for how to opt out, which I …
Reflections on Siri on “her” 2 Year Birthday
Read this great article in The Verge today on the voice behind Siri. I’m finding myself using #Siri more and more these days, especially for quick tasks that would otherwise take multiple steps and involve unlocking the phone. For example, …
Dyson sues Samsung over new vacuum
This strikes me as a good example of “good patents” but where the patent system none-the-less is failing to protect innovators – i.e. here is a company, Dyson, that has come up with some revolutionary new technologies, which they have …
Launch of #TheOpenAgenda at Telefónica
I’m proud to be a part of an activity called “The Open Agenda” as part of my work at +Telefonica Digital. It’s a combination of blog posts, video interviews, panels and media and events that will all focus on the topic …
SXSW PanelPicker
Hello Google+ peeps! It's shameless self-promotion time, I'm afraid. I've put a panel submission into next year's South by Southwest #sxsw panel picker and I would really appreciate your support in voting it up. Personally I think this panel is …
Getting started with building Firefox OS apps – Tools, Touch and Responsive Thinking
Another instalment of the video series I recorded with +Christian Heilmann on #FirefoxOS – this time touching on developer tools, responsive design and some of the elements that developers need to worry about on mobile – e.g. touch events. (Also see …
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Content Transformers 2: Dark of the SPDY
So I read with some interest a tech note from Google on the impeding use of a transforming proxy server for Chrome for IOS & Android. The idea is to speed up the Web on mobile devices where network bandwidth …