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5 things Ping needs. Desperately.

tom — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:46:08 +0000

Apple’s Ping social network for iTunes has the potential to be massive. Enormo-huge. But at the moment, it’s far too limiting. It’s like going to a pub and only allowing you to talk about beer. And only the beer they have on tap, too. And no sharing drinks. If I had Steve Jobs’ ear, these [...]

Apple iPhone 4: the one that goes nuclear

tom — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:53:52 +0000

The iPhone 4 went on sale just four hours ago, but it’s already a massive hit. And I mean MASSIVE. I’ve just returned from central London – I visited six Carphone Warehouse shops and two Phones4U – all had sold out within the first two hours. So I cycled up to Apple’s flagship Regent Street [...]

The Times iPad app: are papers yesterday’s news?

tom — Sun, 30 May 2010 08:02:01 +0000

I paid £9.99 for a month-long iPad subscription to The Times on Saturday. I wasn’t sure what i was going to get – i’d looked at the new paid-for website and found little that sets it apart from free sites from The Telegraph and The Guardian. Apart from a forest of serifs. The Times iPad [...]

The Apple iPad heralds the age of sit-back computing

tom — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:54:00 +0000

With every hour I spend with the Apple iPad, my initial skepticism evaporates a little more. I thought it was a beautiful gadget looking for a purpose. Now I’m starting to realise that it’s slicing a tidy little niche all of its own. The iPad isn’t a replacement for a laptop. Nor even a netbook. [...]

Vote to upgrade the UK’s operating system.

tom — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:39:16 +0000

This has been a thrilling election. Not just because the outcome is so unclear; but because the depressing dominance of the newspapers has been challenged by new media. Ok, TV isn’t exactly new media – and there’s no denying the leaders debates have engaged the voters and thrust Nick Clegg into the limelight. But what [...]

mFlow: Twitter with a passion for tunes

tom — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:55:36 +0000

Today I managed to bag an invite to mFlow, a new beta music service. To my surprise, it’s brilliant. Not quite fully formed, but very close. And I’m no dewy eyed novice. I’ve see quite a few beta music services in my time, and only occasionally have they really made sense to me. I loved [...]

Why BBC iPhone apps are a bad thing

tom — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:31:20 +0000

BBC iPhone apps: exciting, but they should never see the light of day. Here’s why: The tide is turning against the BBC. Whoever grabs power at the next election will be faced with a gaping black hole where the Bank once stood – every tax will be scrutinised, and the TV licence is likely to [...]

The buzz on Buzz

tom — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:29:07 +0000

I’m not exactly convinced by Google Buzz. And I’m not alone. I was asked by Mercedes Bunz at the Guardian to provide a comment on Google’s new social networking service – and there seems to be a consensus among those polled that Buzz is a long way from success. I was asked “Will Buzz help [...]

VIDEO: CES 2010 in review

tom — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:58:26 +0000

Never one to shy away from the limelight, I humbly present my coverage of CES for Stuff.tv, scripted, recorded and edited from the comfort of Teddington Studios, with the ever-helpful and often abusive Timothy Bunn manning camera and chopping suite.

VIDEO: The Future Squad’s verdict on tech in 2020

tom — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:12:42 +0000

Since the demise of Tomorrow’s World there’s been a disappointing lack of hair-brained futurological speculation on the BBC. Which is why it was an honour to be invited to be a part of The Future Squad for the BBC News website, alongside such luminaries as inventor Trevor Bayliss and scientist Robin Mannings. You can see [...]