The ‘Sharing Economy’ is disrupting established industries and sending huge, powerful incumbents into a tizzy. Uber and AirBnB have shaken the taxi and hotel sectors, shifting power, control and profits from the RadioCabs and Hiltons of this world and into the hands of ordinary citizens armed with nothing more than a
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Why I’m Leaving Orange
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
Continue readingCanonical Launches Ubuntu for Phones, Brings Linux to the Masses
More information on the official Ubuntu for Phones site. If you’re a developer, take a look at the application ecosystem that goes with Ubuntu for Phones here.
Continue readingMozilla Launches Firefox OS 1.0 Simulator
I’ve spoken of my excitement for Firefox OS before, but now Mozilla have released version 1.0 of the operating system simulator into the wild. An entirely-web-based operating system poses an enticing, compelling experience for the user; an experience known as “continuous client” because it follows you across your devices as
Continue readingComing Soon to a Smartphone Near You: Indoor Positioning System (IPS)
Once the domain of only military pilots and smartbombs, the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system has now proliferated its way into every facet of our modern lives. From Facebook statuses, sat nav in car dashboards to geo-tagged photos taken with your digital camera you probably use GPS at least once
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As many expected, the Mozilla “Boot to Gecko” project has become “Firefox OS”. Gecko is the software behind the scenes of the Firefox web browser that reads the HTML, style sheets, etc. code and converts it into a webpage. Boot-to-Gecko is Mozilla’s plan to make a mobile phone platform based entirely
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