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Amazon launches “AWS IoT” Internet of Things service

Amazon already has a cloud business called Amazon Web Services, already one of the most popular in the world. The company has just launched...

We’re getting there with BT’s Quad-play and Google’s Project Fi

I am pleased to see the mobile operator trend toward commoditisation. Long term readers will recognise that I have a rather binary view on...

Can Google please put the mobile operators out of their misery?

Google? Amazon? I really don't mind, but I would like one of the key industry players to start mopping up the business. When the ONLY...

The worst technology failures of 2014

The end of 2014 will soon be upon us, and even though there is still more than a month left for some major newsworthy gaffes and...

Fire Phone fails to spark interest

Millions of Fire Phones left unsold It was obvious that a smartphone marketed mainly on gimmicks would fail. The confirmation came in Amazon's latest earnings call, in which it revealed revenue...

Is £399 still too much for the Amazon Fire Phone?

I logged into the web version of Amazon yesterday and was greeted by this take over screen: It's the promo for the UK version of...

Update on the WiFi/IP camera post for monitoring an elderly relative

Thank you to those who commented on my post last week ("Can you recommend a good IP/Web camera for monitoring an infirm pensioner?"). After...

Is this why Amazon needs to get into mobile?

As I was setting up my new LG G3 piece of Android joy the other week I inevitably searched for the Amazon app. I...

Here’s my backup strategy for my 300GB Picturelife account

Picturelife has done it again: They've just released the latest version of their service on mobile and it's even better than before. The price...

Have you ever bought a phone from Simply Electronics?

After my post yesterday about my wife selecting an Android phone, I decided to have a look at the most efficient way of buying...

I’m synching my 101GB DropBox at 21mb/sec right now

…thanks to Amazon. I’ve setup an instance using Amazon Workspaces to see how it performs as a secondary ‘backup’ computer that I can always access...

Survey: 27% of UK consumers would consider purchasing Amazon Fire Phone

While I’m writing about the Amazon Fire Phone, here’s a survey conducted by Gorkana THIS morning (i.e. the day after the launch). Depending on...

Amazon Fire Phone: Too expensive to matter today

At $649, the Amazon Fire Phone appears to be a really good piece of engineering and software design. It's just too expensive to matter...

Amazon’s Fire Phone: 12 executives give their opinions

What did executives across the wider mobile industry in the UK make of last night's launch of the Amazon Fire Phone? I asked a series...

Is it time to subscribe to a printer service from HP?

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MWC: What device highlights did you miss?

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