In the UK for a long time we used to think of STDs not as something untoward in our health, but as a way of communicating over longer distances. Changes…
Vodafone and O2 create Cornerstone for shared infrastructure
Vodafone and Telefonica's O2 have done the deed and started the process of merging their mobile telecoms infrastructure, in a similar fashion to the merged EE and Three infrastructure deal…
Happy anniversary – Android is 4 years old
I can't quite believe that the android platform is already four years old. (well I can, since the recent Android 4.0 (Ice-Cream Sandwich) announcement.) Google were expected to make an…
RIP: Steve Jobs, Apple founder
Just over a month ago, I asked Has Jobs really left the core of apple? Today, sadly, it is certain that he has. In the news, pictures show the Apple…
All change on the mobile front: LiMo becomes Tizen, Meego no more.
The LiMo and Linux Foundations have announced Tizen, a new operating platform for internet connected devices and phones. “LiMo Foundation views Tizen as a well-timed step change which unites major…
Polymer Gel Batteries provide more flexible power sources
BBC Radio 4's Material World is a great program, presented by Quentin Cooper, full of useful information on the state of materials science (and several other things besides). But the…
Google says “Hello, Moto!” for acquisition
So Motorola Mobility is to be acquired by Google . Motorola Mobility is the mobile phone business that was finally spun out of the Motorola parent organisation in January 2011,…
Nokia suspending N9 sales in major markets
So in the latest twist in the long death of Nokia , there is news from the States and the UK that the suspension of sales of Meego phones (the…