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  • Indoor Climbing and the Apple Watch

    Indoor Climbing and the Apple Watch

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIndoor Climbing and the Apple Watch are a bad mix. They are a bad mix because the Apple watch has an unprotected glass screen. The screen is so exposed that last Thursday I shattered the screen without realising until I got home and tried to use it but the capacitive screen did…

  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Apple

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI have read numerous articles and I think that Corporate Social Responsibility and Apple are hot topics at the moment. When it was found that European firms were cheating on their emissions reports it was a great scandal and the European and German automotive industries took a financial hit. Their cheating cost…

  • About the Ipad, which I will refer to as the Itablet in this post.

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesDesigners must understand that user interface as well as ease of use are the two most important features of any electronics device. The more intuitive the device the more likely people are to keep using it. As a first generation Ipod touch user and an iphone 3gs owner I see the value…

  • (CR)apple and authorisation issues.

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteNo doubt you remember that my laptop motherboard died. The effects are still being felt today. When you have applications, and when you have several computers you authorise them in order to have access to the same applications and music on more than one machine. This works fine most of the…

  • Two mobile content mentalities.

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen’s the last time you visited a wap site? Have you thought of how content displays on mobile phones other than the Iphone? I hadn’t until quite recently. Recently I moved back to Switzerland and have started to work for Allthecontent / Toutlecontenu.com and they provide multiplatform content for devices ranging from…

  • The Macbook Air

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI really wanted a small device mid way between the ipod touch and the macbook but Apple have decided to come out with a thin rather than small device with five hours of battery life and a solid state drive. These are great features but the device is so incredibly limited…

  • A MacBook, a MacBook Pro and a Remote

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I was lucky enough to be asked what the remote on the new MacBook and MacBook pros were for. I went to the owner of the Macbook’s room and picked up the remote. Both my machine and hers were side by side and I started to play. I was controlling…

  • O2 and iPhone

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to a number of articles, 02 and Apple are in final discussions about the iPhone and how they will distribute it within the European Union. So far we still have to wait until December of this year to get it in Europe. I don’t think I want to own this…

  • It’s A Nice Upgrade

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I passed an order through the online apple store and within a number of weeks I should get one of the top of the range machines and I’m really looking forward to it. The Ram isn’t maxed out but that’s because I’m going to upgrade that from an other distributor…

  • Apple’s phone

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s a nice screen, it’s a laptop replacement similar to the phone I’ve had for two or three months but the hard drive is much better. He advertised all these features as new yet I’ve got most of those capabilities already so I’m laughing slightly. I was just two months ahead…