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Apple’s shortly fixing that Photo Stream delete function in iOS 5.1

By on December 29, 2011 in Devices, Services

Earlier this month I was delighted to note that Apple is finally fixing the photo stream functionality in iOS 5. The introduction of version 5.1 will enable you to delete photos from the photo stream. As I commented in my initial post on the matter back in October, Photo stream was a total screw-up. A [...]

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Yet another Apple NFC story: Come on Apple!

By on November 23, 2011 in Opinion

So another week, another Apple-will-have-NFC story. I’m sure you’ve seen it. One of the reasons I was so disappointed by the recent Apple keynote was the total lack of new hardware. One of the key points we were all looking for was Apple’s NFC strategy. The reasoning was pretty straight forward: It’s game over for [...]

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Is your house Siri-enabled yet?

By on November 22, 2011 in Devices

How do you like the idea of turning your heating up by telling Siri to sort it out? I like that a lot. A *lot*. I don’t want to have to arse about going into the kitchen — which is where our boiler/thermostat is — and open up the sodding boiler thingy and then screw [...]

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Introducing the Gmail app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and killing the BlackBerry app

By on November 11, 2011 in Applications

Right then, have a read of this — it’s direct from the Google blog post announcing their Gmail apps for iOS: Waiting. Walking. Watching TV. Working out. Winding down. Waking up. We check email pretty much everywhere these days. And when we do, we want easy access to our important messages so we can respond [...]

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I’m getting serious pain from Apple’s ‘services’.. enough to move away? Quite possibly.

By on November 7, 2011 in Opinion, Services

I think my problem with Apple began when, without any flipping explanation at all, the latest version of their operating system required me, by default, to start scrolling upwards instead of downwards. Or was it the other way around? I can’t remember. I don’t care. I don’t want to care. This is why I pay [...]

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Will enterprises embrace or restrict iCloud?

By on October 14, 2011 in Services

As far as most enterprise security officers are concerned, corporate data must be stored on company managed/controlled systems, eg the internal network. That’s the most basic interpretation of most policies. The definition of “systems” has widened recently to extend trust to the likes of Salesforce, Office365 or Google Apps. Indeed each of those services has [...]

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How useful are you finding iOS 5′s notifications screen?

By on October 14, 2011 in Devices

I’ve had a day with the iOS 5 notifications bar now and I’m split. Half the time I’m delighted that it fixes one of the stupidest issues with the iPhone by putting notifications all in one place. The other half of the time, I’m furious that, in order to find anything out, I have to [...]

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This iOS 5 update will delete all of your apps, media and purchases… thanks

By on October 12, 2011 in News

This is not quite the message I wanted to receive when I clicked ‘update’ on iTunes here in Houston this afternoon: Apparently it’s going to kill everything on the phone apart from the contacts and email messages. Joy. Hardly useful when I’m thousands of miles away from my main computer. I think I’ll need to [...]

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Thank you for the joy, Steve

By on October 7, 2011 in News

My good friend Tom introduced me to Apple, properly. My brother, Martin, had been using Macs for quite a while but I didn’t quite get that. It was only when Tom sat me down and discussed the appreciation he had for the stunning service, the product architecture, the seamless integration of hardware and software — [...]

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iTunes with iCloud: Finally the ‘frustration’ ends

By on October 5, 2011 in Services

For years I’ve been rather frustrated every time I think about iTunes. I’ve got 40GB free on my 1,000GB drive. Yes, I’ve got a *dedicated* iTunes hard disk in my main Mac Pro. It’s flipping ridiculous. Buy a 2GB movie for £9 and unfortunately it’s now your problem to manage the file. I want to [...]

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iCloud Photo Sync: Yup, this is very smart

By on October 5, 2011 in Services

After the disappointment of no additional new hardware beyond what man consider to be the bare minimum for the next generation, I think it’s right to point out that Apple certainly haven’t been staring at the wall for the last few months. It’s far too easy to forget that the glue that makes the iPhone [...]

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Quote: “Apple could eat Nokia’s lunch in emerging markets”

By on October 4, 2011 in Devices

I don’t quite agree with this one — there’s about a billion different points I’d like to make but I’m on-the-run. I wanted to post this particularly for the readers out there who have intimate knowledge of Nokia’s rather phenomenal position in the emerging marketplace. I thought it would give you a little chuckle. Have [...]

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