It’s been a few weeks since we first got our hands on Sky’s new electronic programme guide (EPG) software as part of a team of around 400 public trialists. In that time we’ve not lost a recording. We’ve not had to reboot our Sky+HD box. We’ve not had to power-cycle to overcome memory leaks and [...]
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New Sky EPG 2012 – Should you let your customers loose on your betas?
You’ve planned your new digital strategy to the nth degree, set your developers away on their task and they return with a beta. How comfortable would you be in letting the public loose on your ‘work in progress’? Are you ready to follow BSkyB’s lead? Sky+HD’s new TV guide now boasts an 8-channel HD view [...]
The new iPad is, erm, the new iPad : New Apple tablet sits alongside iPad 2
Apple has announced a new iPad – top features include voice dictation and a ‘Retina Display’ familiar to iPhone 4S users. Apple have also honed their app library with an emphasis on the creative and have plans to hone your TV experience. The new iPad, literally called the ‘new iPad’ lands on 16 March 2012 [...]
iPad 3 (iPad 2S?) set for 7 March launch – iPad fans rejoice!
Non-surprise! Apple’s set the date for the announcement of what we expect to be the next version of its iPad tablet – 7 March. Question is, will the wonder device’s feature set merit an iPad 3 moniker or should we expect a lowly iPad 2S? Confirmation that an Apple event was in the works came [...]
Digital textbooks head to iDevices…
Not content with reinventing the mobile phone and the portable music player, Apple have set their sites on academia. Those lofty and expensive bits of dead tree known as textbooks could be next to be confined to the (digital) history books. Phil Schiller took to the stage in New York yesterday to talk about Apple’s [...]
PlayBook discount : Keep taking the tablets?
Pity poor RIM, manufacturer of the Blackberry. It’s fair to say 2011 won’t go down as the company’s favourite year as BBM outages and security concerns in the Middle East and India tarnished the bramblely brand, once the darling of corporations the world over. Compounding the woes, just days into the new year, the PlayBook - [...]
4 top tech trends for 2012 – 12 (work) days before Christmas
With now just 4 (work) days left before Christmas we continue stringing together 12 posts culminating in a pear (tree) on December 23rd. Today – top tech trends for 2012. Time and technological tide wait for no-one. With traditional industries (Bookshops, Video stores, Print publishers) crumbling more quickly than we could have imagined just a [...]
OFCOM benchmarks international communications market
UK customers shop online more than any of their European counterparts although only 4% of UK homes are currently taking advantage of “superfast” (above 24Mbps ) broadband services. Moreover, only France can beat UK prices…. Those are among the findings of the latest International Communications Market report (.pdf) from OFCOM – the UK’s media regulator. [...]
9 things tech has killed -12 (work) days before Christmas
With now just 9 (work) days left before Christmas we continue stringing together 12 posts culminating in a pear (tree) on December 23rd. Today – things we don’t do any more because of technology. On the 9th (work) day before Christmas, Pear Digital gave to me… 9 things tech has killed… With the average Brit [...]
A night on the tiles as Metro comes to Xbox 360
Microsoft updates its Xbox 360 software later today – and whether you like it or not Redmond reckons your navigational future is tile-shaped. We recently wrote about Google’s efforts to bring all its products and services together with a more closely-integrated look and feel and consistent navigational elements. Microsoft’s also looking to tie-up its offerings [...]
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