Category Archives: Apple

Crap Apple

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

  In Britain we have a breed of small, wild apples which tend to have extremely sharp flavours. They are called “crab apples”. I have just had a run in with the other Apple. It left a bitter taste in … Continue reading →

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What next?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by

  About this time of year lots of technology pundits write columns about what they think is going to happen in the upcoming twelve months or so. I have decided to join in. You don’t need to be Einstein to … Continue reading →

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Brussels makes a move

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

  Neelie Kroes is a Vice President of the European Commission. She is responsible for the European Union’s ambitious Digital Agenda. Robert Madelin is her CEO, being the Director-General for Information Society and Media. In an earlier blog I said … Continue reading →

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Lost in translation

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

  A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth has got its trousers on.  Thus spake Winston Churchill, Mark Twain and many others who used variants of it over the centuries.  In the internet age we have this … Continue reading →

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Location hits the headlines

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

  Location apps (geek-speak for applications) are little computer programmes which tell you where things are in the real world. They get the information that enables them to do this from many different sources, including you. The problem is the … Continue reading →

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