It’s a well-known fact that Disney has managed to keep Mickey Mouse out of the public domain for a much longer period than is usual. To understand how the company does this, have a read of How Mickey Mouse Evades the… Read More ›
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Newsletter: 23rd February 2016
“As the standoff between the Department of Justice and Apple Inc. continues over an iPhone used by one of the suspects in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks, 51% say Apple should unlock the iPhone to assist the ongoing FBI investigation. Fewer… Read More ›
A back door: FBI, hackers, regimes and so on…
Brilliant cartoon posted by Amitt Mahajan. Thanks to David.
Leaked images of the Galaxy S7s show little change
The Verge is showing a selection of leaked images of the upcoming Galaxy S7 and S7 edge and I must say that I am disappointed. I like how the Honor 5x looks, the Wileyfox Swift offers something different, the new… Read More ›
Ad-blocking at the network level
“Three UK and Three Italy have successfully collaborated with Shine Technologies on implementing Shine’s ad blocking technologies in their networks. This will enable rapid roll-out of the technology to all other Three Group operators. Network-based ad-blocking is a more powerful… Read More ›
Newsletter: 20th February 2016
The death of Harper Lee is of course a very sad moment, but all of the adoration coming forth is well deserved in my opinion. I kind of meandered through school, and in particular English classes, until we had to study… Read More ›
Smart watches outsell Swiss watches. So what?
“The shipment of smartwatches outstripped those of the Swiss watches for the first time ever during the final three months of 2015, according to new figures released this week, which also showed that Apple Watch is dominating the market.” The… Read More ›
Error 53 is over
Apple has done the right thing by releasing a new version of iOS which releases ‘error 53’d’ iPhones to be used again, and the fact that only Touch ID will not work on these phones makes perfect sense. What does… Read More ›
Newsletter: 16th February 2016
The Phones Show Chat is a popular podcast centred around the world of phones, obviously, and this week I was pleased to be a guest on the show. Myself, Steve and Ted discussed iPhones, Apple and the dreaded error 53 plus… Read More ›
Newsletter: 15th February 2016
Happy Monday! What better way to start the week than by checking out some classic album covers. The difference with these is that they have been animated and the end result is rather enticing. Maybe one day, animated digital album covers… Read More ›
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