Year: 2011

  • More experiments with QR codes

    There’s a lot of experimenting going on these days with QR codes, those square images we see with increasing frequency on everyday items like utility bills, business cards, even building permits, and which you scan with your mobile device’s camera…

  • Get prepared with an IPv6 internet address

    As you may have heard, the Internet is running out of space. Specifically, the addressing system known as the Internet Protocol or IP address that uniquely identifies every single device connected to the global network is close to maximum capacity…

  • Top 20 UK tech blogs for March 2011

    This weekend, European search engine and news portal Wikio will be publishing the latest monthly ranking of technology blogs in the UK. As usual, they’ve given me a sneak peek ahead of publication at the latest top 20 from the…

  • FIR Interview: Steve Pinches on the FT, tablets and mobile

    An industry undergoing wholesale change is one way of characterizing the mainstream media as news organizations confront a digital future by planning and experimenting with different business models to help ensure their survival in a marketplace that bears little resemblance…

  • Communication is key to issue management, Vodafone

    Trouble in the UK for mobile operator Vodafone this Monday morning as thousands if not millions of customers across the UK have no cellular or mobile broadband service at all. I’m one of those. As I write this post, there…