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• Short stories via vending machine

  By Shaun on October 14, 2016 • ( 0 )

  In a time where progression in every field of human endeavour involves ever smarter phones, virtual reality or colonising Mars, it is of some comfort to hear that a new innovation exciting people across the Channel involves none of the… Read More ›

• Walt Disney’s disappearing cigarettes

  By Shaun on October 14, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Walt Disney reportedly smoked three packs a day, so how come it’s so difficult to find a photo of Walt smoking when you’re walking around Disneyland or digging through the Disney Archives? The answer is simple: all of the cigarettes… Read More ›

• Apple’s Regent Street store re-opens (lots of empty space)

  By Shaun on October 14, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Apple head designer Jonathan Ive teamed up with architects Foster + Partners for the redesign. In a presentation to the media, Senior Vice President of Retail Angela Ahrendts explained that the company wanted to maintain the historic nature of the… Read More ›

• Dagadam Watch – Most Intelligent Smartwatch Ever?

  By Shaun on October 13, 2016 • ( 0 )

  There is so much wrong with the video at the top of this kickstarter page, so much, but the design of the Dagadam Watch is actually a decent mix of smart and real watch. What I struggle with is the… Read More ›

• My grail watch: a Bulova Accutron Snorkel 666 feet

  By Shaun on October 13, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  My father died on 18th September and so I felt the time was right to re-publish an article I wrote some time back. It’s about a humble watch which has become the most important material possession I will likely ever… Read More ›

• Dashed

  By Shaun on October 13, 2016 • ( 0 )

  You’ll be able to hear a deeper discussion on this between Michael Gartenberg, Serenity Caldwell, special guest James Thomson, and myself on the Apple Talk podcast very soon, but here’s the consensus: Restore the developer account associated with Dash and… Read More ›

• The Samsung ArtPC Pulse Premium

  By Shaun on October 13, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Samsung has announced the ArtPC Pulse Premium with a base spec of a Core i5-6400 processor, 8 GB of dual-channel DDR4 memory and 256 GB NVMe SSD storage. It looks like a pretty impressive computer. Would be nice to see… Read More ›

• Siri was five years old last week

  By Shaun on October 13, 2016 • ( 0 )

  The title and the image above came from one tweet by Raven Mrgan. It highlights how much Siri needs to improve and how to use Twitter effectively.

• Apple Watches everywhere

  By Shaun on October 12, 2016 • ( 5 )

  I bought some silicone spray for my car the other day. How exciting is that? Anyway, the lady serving me was wearing a stainless steel Apple Watch with a rather fetching leather strap and it looked pretty smart to me…. Read More ›

• The geometry of movies

  By Shaun on October 12, 2016 • ( 0 )

  It’s highly likely you have not considered the geometry of movies before, why would you? The video above, however, highlights something that will really make you think again about the next movie you watch.