Andrew Watson

iSandwich 4G

What would you do, if Steve Jobs is coming for lunch? Be creative and make an iSandwich 4G! YouTube proves its worth again and shows you how to Do It Yourself. The tutorial is for everyone: Don´t play with the food – enjoy it!

Microsoft / Yahoo Search Alliance

Following the clearing of Microsoft’s plans to buy Yahoo’s internet search and search advertising businesses by both European and US regulators yesterday, a new search alliance website can be found explaining the tie up in more detail. Essentially the tie up is based on more volume, and less effort – for a period of 10 years. [...]

Windows Phone 7 Series

One of the great things about being involved in the digital / web industry is the recent plethora of new smartphone devices. We are verging on a transformational market, talked about for years, going mainstream in a major way and I can’t wait. One of the key aspects that is driving this growth is that developers [...]

Search Engine Market Share (2010)

Will 2010 see the continued market dominance by Google ? I suspect so, but am also looking forward to seeing Microsoft’s Bing continue to grow in prescence. As to fourth place, Ask – I suspect it will take a further battering in 2010. January 2010 – UK Search Engine Market Share Google 91.2% Yahoo 3.82% MSN & Live 2.07% Ask 0.87% Other [...]

Google Buzz & Another Cartoon

Missed this one coming… but Google has just unwrapped its latest social network, called as Buzz. The service is a little different to the likes of Twitter and Facebook, being integrated directly with its Gmail e-mail service, although common communication tools are available. Buzz will allow its 170 million user network to post status updates, share [...]

Safer Internet Day

Today is European Safer Internet Day (SID). It is organised by Insafe and is supported by countries throughout Europe, and an annual event to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones. It is great to see campaigns such as SID, and to see them get some air time across TV and [...]

Toyota Global Car Recall

Unless you have been away for the last 3 month, you will not have failed to hear the endless stories of problems plaguing a various Toyota car models. Following today’s announcement of further recall’s of 436,000 hybrid vehicles worldwide, I have heard commentators questioning how Toyota will recover. Their is little question in my mind that Toyota will recover. They [...]

Bit.ly Pro launches

Recent years have seen the wonders of URL shortening take hold in more mainstream sections of the web. Bit.ly launches a new service in which you can brand your short links, and get a real-time view of how your content is being distributed across Twitter, Facebook and services like e-mail, SMS and Instant Messenger, through enabling publishers [...]

Apple iPad

Today was the launch of one of the most awaited and expected products ever – the Apple iPad. As expected it has typically gorgeous form factor, a clean and inviting user interface and not a bad price point. Superficially it is a great concept. However, the more I look at this and cut my way through [...]

Google Nexus One (Googlephone)

Another announcement and release from Google – although this one has been anticipated for sometime – yes it is here – the Googlephone; and what a phone. Rightly, this is one of the most hotly-anticipated new mobile phones, and yet another challenger to Apple’s crown. The Nexus One boasts a highly-developed touch screen and a number [...]

Browser Market Share (2009)

2009 saw a flurry of new browsers and updated browsers, and became the year of the 2nd ‘Browser Wars’. The market leader is still Microsoft, but they have done little to stop the falling market share. Google’s entry into the marketsaw them shoot past other established brands such as Opera, and gain an impressive 5% [...]

Search Engine Market Share (2009)

2009 saw continued market dominance by Google to over an 85% share of the UK search engine market. Microsoft relaunched it’s browser as Bing, combining MSN and Live… and possibly Yahoo in 2010? Ask is there somewhere, but seemed to take the brunt of Google and Microsoft’s battle. November 2009 – UK Search Engine Market Share Google [...]

Google Chrome OS – Why ?

With the launch of Google Chrome OS, there are many articles about how Chrome OS is a game changer and the future of computing etc… but I just don’t get it. Don’t get me wrong I love Google and understand the premise of ‘cloud’ computing – not only does that all makes sense – but most [...]

New Twitter Home Page

Twitter has updated the home page with an all new look and much anticipated search box allowing visitors to quickly and easily search topics and other users. The interface is clean and uncluttered with a list of popular topic links, by minute, day and week. Using the links or the search returns a nice clean interface [...]

Yahoo and Microsoft partnership

Microsoft and Yahoo, have at last, announced a search partnership, using the new Bing search engine to take on the dominance of Google. The partnership has been rumoured for months with Steve Blamer stating “Through this agreement with Yahoo, we will create more innovation in search, better value for advertisers, and real consumer choice in [...]