February 2013

PayPal Here and Greedy Goat at Mobile World Congress 2013

Mobile World Congress is quite a show. Over 70,000 people descend on Barcelona for the annual…
The Times and Sunday Times Newsstand app – crash!

I wrote last November that Apple’s Newsstand app was seriously flawed. It promises to deliver your…
Is your car connected to the internet?

I was intrigued by a BBC story this week suggesting that by 2014 every new car…
Pope Benedict, Regensburg and me

Today’s dramatic news that Pope Benedict XVI has resigned brought back memories of my near encounter…
STEAM at Swindon: a worthy tribute to the GWR

As a child, I enjoyed going to the Great Western Railway Museum in Swindon. I loved…
Flickr and Yahoo : why is it so hard to recover your password?

I used to love Flickr. I didn’t use it regularly, but I liked being able to…
Social Brands: Lego and Chiltern Railways

I love Lego. So it’s no surprise that Lego’s Lars Silberbauer was the star of today’s…
Richard III, Leicester and me

I took this photo of Richard III’s statue shortly before graduating from the University of Leicester…
Chris Huhne: the liar who put lives at risk

The disgrace of former Liberal Democrat cabinet minister Chris Huhne is a tragedy – in the…
I love my first generation iPad – but its days are numbered

I got my iPad on 27 May 2010 – the day before it went on sale…