Question: When is the only time a traffic jam is good news in the UK?

Answer: When you're sitting in the back of an Uber and you need reliable mobile signal. Boom! Sad, isn't it, dear reader? Travel all around the world and find relentlessly reliable 5G speeds all over the place, then fly back into the UK and spend a good 30 minutes wondering why everything doesn't work, keeps crashing or can't handle your operating demands. Yeah. In the...

Airalo: The easy way to roam globally with a data eSIM

Shortly before I began my FinTech & Banking Tour around the GCC, I popped into the Apple AppStore and searched ‘eSim’. I wondered if someone had easily sorted the roaming-in-a-random-country problem and made it stupid-simple...

Don’t move! You’ll jinx it! This looks like a tiny bit of innovation in the mobile world

It has been quite a while since I’ve seen anything in the mobile industry that’s caused me to want to write much. Just look at the latest S23 from Samsung. I actually thought...

The new BlackBerry movie trailer is here

Were you a BlackBerry fan? Of course you were. At some point, almost everyone was. I still remember the days and the joy that the device brought. Perhaps it wasn't the device itself...

Oh… wait, is that the phone I’ve already got?

I am delighting in the fact that I am able to write again - mostly over at FinTech Profile or LinkedIn - as I have a bit more time on my hands after completing my recent transformation role in Oman. Above is a screenshot of the email that arrived in my inbox a few minutes ago from Samsung. "S23?" I thought to myself, "Haven't I already got that?" I then looked a the image and thought, "Yeah... weird... why are they suggesting I buy it again?" Then I lifted my Samsung and looked at the cameras. Then I looked at the photo. The same. Or... Or is it? Don't I already have a 'head-spinning...

Do I need £229 Bose Sleepbuds?

This is a question I have been pondering. You see, as a Bose 'member' (ever since I picked up my Bose 700 wireless headphones),...

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What’s the best VPN for your mobile and desktop?

I'm asking for a friend. 😉 I'm really keen to discover what VPN you're using...

$35 a month for the new XBox X? Yes please!

Now then, now then, this is interesting. Long suffering readers of this blog will recall that I have, on occasion, been banging on about the possibilities of subscription. It is therefore rather exciting...

Come on Bixby

I have been trying, Samsung. I really have. Given Bixby - the Samsung 'AI' - is preinstalled by default on my new device I have been trying to give it a bit of...

I got my e-SIM real-time from 3DK. Love it.

My wife cracked her iPhone screen. It was still working adequately, albeit with the obligatory big cracks everywhere. Then...

Help me justify buying the Huawei Mate XS?

I'm having a serious case of I-need-it whenever I...

Microsoft Surface Duo: Yeah, I think I need one

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Huawei Mate XS: It looks fantastic!

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Kano looks awesome – have you tried it?

I've been meaning to buy some Kano equipment for...

Mesh wifi? I went with Google. Is now the time to change?

So, I'm moving back to the UK shortly and whilst I've been considering which internet provider to use (and whether it really matters), my...

What’s better? Sky Broadband or BT Broadband?

I'm moving back to the UK and, therefore, I need to get my internet connectivity sorted out. Here in Denmark I have 500mb broadband...

Hello, I’m back

Hello dear reader. It's me, Ewan. First, let us deal with email permissions. Quite a lot of people used to receive updates by email....

IoT & Wearables – Smart Kitchen

We have already covered various areas of the IoT & wearables industries in this content series, and now we will be focusing on various...

Android Oreo is coming – Notification badges and more await

Android Oreo, the eight version of Google’s mobile operating system, is now official. Android 8.0 O was not exactly a secret. The company has...