Threads
Bluesky
Mastodon
LinkedIn
Facebook
Instagram
Linktr.ee/nevillehobson

Month: January 2014

  • Dropbox outage shows the fragility of the cloud

    Cloud storage and file-hosting service Dropbox suffered a severe service outage this week that began on Friday night and, as I write these words on Saturday evening UK time, is still continuing. If you go to the Dropbox website, you’ll…

  • Is a (search) picture worth a thousand words?

    I’ve been having some fun this morning with Jelly. Jelly is a new mobile search service announced yesterday that works via apps for Android and iOS. The company was co-founded by Biz Stone, one of the original founders of Twitter.…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #737: January 6, 2014

    With this episode, we start our 10th year of The Hobson and Holtz Report; FIR Podcast Network News: Dan York’s first episode published on Dec 31: “FIR On Technology with Dan York, Episode 1 – Exploring Google+ Hangouts On Air”,…

  • Is your Facebook profile enough to prove your ID?

    One thing synonymous with air travel is declaring your identity, usually in the form of a passport or citizen ID card, depending on the country and other factors. In some countries, you can manage just fine with a driving license…

  • The dawn of 2014

    For some people (probably many people), early morning on January 1 in any year is characterized by the plink-plink-fizz sequence of two Alka-Seltzer tablets dropping into a glass of water. A few gulps and, a bit later, relief! These days,…