Smartphones are becoming ubiquitous but that doesn’t make them secure. In fact it makes them a target, as huge flaws were uncovered in two mobile phone operating systems – WebOS and Android.
August 12, 2010
July 30, 2010
Kinect for Xbox 360
Yeah it may be July, but it’s never too soon to get a head start on your holiday wish list. At the Microsoft Christmas showcase, I got to play with the new controller-free gaming sensation, Kinect for Xbox 360.
July 23, 2010
Nuance unveils Dragon Dictation iPhone app
Dragon Dictation for the iPhone is an app that lets you speak your emails, SMS messages or social network chatter. The company behind the speech-to-text app, Nuance Communications, recently acquired troubled SpinVox for a budget $102.5 million. Seven months on, we find out how they’re combining the two sets of technologies.
July 9, 2010
July 2, 2010
Plenty Ventured, Nothing Gained: Why Women Aren’t Getting VC Backing?
Last year, we went to Silicon Valley to look at why women are under-represented in the fields of science, engineering and technology as well as what initiatives may reverse that trend. We made a similar video here in England a couple months back, where we travelled up and down the country to hear what’s being done to attract and retain new female tech talent on this side of the pond. Now in the third episode in our special video series, we take a closer look at female entrepreneurs and raising capital.
April 23, 2010
Long Story Short – Books on the iPad & iPhone
E-readers and the new iPad are supposedly poised to shake up the traditional publishing industry, but at the London Book Fair, maybe the real threat is the smartphone? After all, if people have grown accustomed to reading text messages and emails on their mobiles, why not stories? Watch the video that includes an exclusive interview with famous author, Hilary Mantel.
April 12, 2010
3D – Third Time Lucky
The film industry is reaping the success of 3D. But in the past, the technology suffered from poor image quality and was considered a niche in the motion picture industry. But with the real moneymaking potential finally peaking with blockbuster hits like James Cameron’s Avatar and DreamWork’s How to Train your Dragon, it looks as if 3D is finally here to stay. Interviews with Avatar’s producer Jon Landau and Oliver Pasch, the Head of Digital Cinema at Sony Professional. Watch the Video (sadly not in 3D)!
March 25, 2010
Bedroom Developers Beware!
Operating System fragmentation is usually thought to be a real bugbear in mobile – making it harder for developers to get product to market at reasonable cost. But for established players with deep pockets, like gaming specialist Electronic Arts, fragmentation has an upside. It raises barriers to entry for those pesky “bedroom developers”. In this video, I speak with EA Mobile about its plans to penetrate the mass market via smartphones.
March 8, 2010
An N900 Future according to Nokia
Imagine a dancing robot controlled via SMS, or a vibrating navigation belt? Those were a couple of the conceptual applications Nokia was demonstrating on its N900 device at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
January 29, 2010
Everything You Wanted to Know About the iPad* But Were Afraid to Ask!
Apple finally unveiled the iPad.. But what is it? What’s it for? And why should we buy one? Confused? So am I.
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