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I’ve been with them since my very first phone in 1998, a Bosch 509e. Yep, Bosch used to make phones! In 2005 I spent three months working for them at their North Tyneside call centre while I was in between jobs. But now, after a spate of serious customer service failures, here’s why I’m leaving Orange. […]
Continue ReadingThere are already “promoted” trends, tweets and accounts, but these are typically the domain of big business. There is a much simpler, but far more lucrative, way to monetise Twitter. The 141 Character Dilemma We’ve all been there… #TheThingIHateMost about Twitter; finishing a good tweet, having -1 characters left, and then having to decide […]
Continue ReadingEven if you’re not quite the Audi obsessive that I am, if you haven’t noticed the evolution in Audis range over the last few years you may want to check you haven’t accidentally ended up living under a rock. The next mutation of the Audi design language incorporates “volume” design features – i.e. three-dimensional structures […]
Continue ReadingThe founders of Facebook, Microsoft, Dropbox, Twitter and many more top tech companies have provided their voices and recognisable fizzogs to this latest video from Code.org. Code.org promotes the principle that nobody is born with the ability to code, or play basketball, or drive a racing car: it is a learned skill. The biggest hurdle […]
Continue ReadingAcccording to various sources, Sony are set to announce the PlayStation 4, at an event in New York City, tonight! With many analysts saying Microsoft’s answer, the supposedly-title XBox 720, set for release in the Autumn, the buzz has begun for the next generation of gaming consoles. PlayStation 4 vs. XBox 720 vs. Project […]
Continue ReadingI was recently shocked and appalled by an instance of blatant, cheeky and hopefully illegal false advertising at Burton Menswear. I walked in their shop and, from a distance, I saw this below. What does that say to you? I know what it says to me! I thought it said “Jeans £10”. Which […]
Continue ReadingThis week, Oracle appealed Google’s win at the patent trial over the Java application programming interface (API) being used in the Android operating system. In a new document published this week (PDF), Oracle’s lawyers start by introducing a character called Ann Droid. And then tell a story about Ann ripping off Harry Potter: The Order of […]
Continue ReadingThis is the third part of my Learn to Code series. The previous part is here: Chapter 1 – Meet Bob. See Bob. See Bob Run. Run Bob, Run! We last spoke about making Bob run 5 miles. We were going to do that by performing an action – a “function” in programmer parlance […]
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