Category Archives: Tech

Wiki’s Blackout Helps Repeal Anti-Piracy Laws

The latest fight between Silicon Valley and the US government has been decided -even if Congress reconvenes in February – and the winner is undoubtedly the former. After Wikipedia blacked out its services for a day (it’s amazing how removing … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Business, Government, Tech, Uncategorized

Veribo and The World of Online Content Management

The relatively new phenomenon of ‘full information disclosure’ online is still something to get used to. If you want to find a friend that you haven’t seen for twenty years, it’s possible with an online search; likewise, what the friend … Continue reading

20 Comments

Filed under Business, business news, Tech

Traditional media is on its knees

It’s not surprising that the Christmas season brings the latest wave of Kindles and iPads crashing against the door of traditional printed publications. And every year the figures get worse for the old school. As a recent Guardian newspaper piece … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Holiday, internet, Tech

In Memoriam: Steve Jobs

It’s quite interesting to read the press after the passing of an icon. Especially when the qualities that made that person, in this case Steve Jobs, a celebrity, are those that have nothing to do with traditional fame – not … Continue reading

15 Comments

Filed under Business, business news, Profiles, Tech

Google says, “We come in peace.”

In speaking recently at a conference of Europe’s broadcasting industry in Scotland, Eric Schmidt, Google’s Chairman, reassured all present that his behemoth company wasn’t gunning to change the face of television broadcasting. A huge sigh of relief could be heard … Continue reading

22 Comments

Filed under Branding, Business, internet, Tech

Alan Azizollahoff: Gaming and Giving in Equal Measure

Anyone who has spent time in Las Vegas can understand the thrill of casino life, a Mecca devoted to the big pay-out is almost intrinsically linked to the very notion of what America means; the idea that you start with … Continue reading

20 Comments

Filed under Branding, Business, business news, Economy, Marketing, Profiles, Social Media, Tech

Eric Schmidt Scolds the British

The recent annual MacTaggart conference in Scotland consisted of several key points from the Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, during his lecture. One of these was a friendly telling of the television industry, in so many words, not to fear … Continue reading

22 Comments

Filed under Branding, Business, internet, Tech, Uncategorized

Who will lead Apple now?

Just several weeks after it made the press that “Applehas more money than both Exxon oil and the United States government,” Steve Jobs, the company’s beacon and saviour from the trenches of being a mid-90’s has-been, finally decided to step … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Business, Tech

Hewlett-Packard’s Lateral Thinking

The news is awash with computer giant Hewlett-Packard‘s new purchase of software company, Autonomy. This is an interesting change and one that signals that CEO Leo Apotheker is turning his attention away from the battle to take-on Apple for it’s … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Business, Finance, Tech

Now Bigger Than Oil…Apple!

The unstoppable trajectory of Steve Jobsand ‘his Apple’ continue to amaze and confound. The latest chapter is that for a few brief hours a week ago, Apple was able to technically surpass Exxon as the world’s largest company. It’s slightly … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Business, Tech