Category: Technology

  • Tesco connects busy shoppers with QR codes

    One of the critiques of QR codes I often hear is about the lack of imaginative uses being made of them.  Surely you can do better than simply get a company’s regular website – too often not optimized for mobile…

  • Time to get with the mobile program

    Another sign that mobile is increasingly the way more people access the internet, bypassing traditional computers in their hunt for information, comes in a post on GigaOM highlighting the growth is usage of mobile devices notably the iPad and Android…

  • The internet as you like it

    A rather good post today by Paul Sawers in TNW Industry assesses the state of the internet as it begins to noticeably evolve from being defined as an English-language network to a more homogenous system embracing other languages such as…

  • Touching Windows 8

    If you have an interest in PC software and, in particular, operating systems, you’ll probably remember the milestones in each consumer release of Microsoft Windows. You may have fond memories of some versions, eg, Windows XP. Others, like Windows Me,…

  • Top 20 UK tech blogs for June 2011

    On June 5, European search engine and news portal Wikio will be publishing their latest monthly ranking of the top 100 technology blogs in the UK. As usual, they’ve given me a sneak peek ahead of publication at the top…