I bet this strikes a chord with many an iOS user. How many of you take your device into the throne room with you?

Continue reading → 38 million Americans ‘shop online on the toilet’

Dilbert sums up the John Browett mentality of thinking from his Dixons days. Thankfully he got canned when he did. Just what else went on behind the scenes at Apple where reaching the holiday period Apple would rather be without a Head of Retail Operations at all than keep Browett on.

Continue reading → Dilbert Explains The John Browett Mentality

Dragon dictate gets an update with a rather interesting bug fix consititing of “Corrected issues related to transcription of M4V file formats.” Any ideas anyone? Click for the full bug list for the 26mb download

Continue reading → Dragon Dictate 3.0.1 Released

Vodaphone have just pushed out information about their new range of tariffs.  Those on the older ones pretty much get less data if you have their lowest tariff.  The push to data is starting and it’s looking like plans are afoot to subsidise their 4G offerings.

Continue reading → Vodafone Sim Only Tariffs Get Updated

This might not be our usual style of article but it’s cool none the less.  A cool info graphic on how smartphones are useful during pregnancy from apps to looking up general information.

Continue reading → Ease the Pregnancy Pain With Your Smartphone

Not sure about anyone here but when a CEO of soemone like Microsoft first says “there’s nothing interesting to report” you’d think someone would give Steve Ballmer a nudge and say “you kinda need to shut up or at least take PR lesson”. Not Ballmer, today he drops another precious PR bomb with tablet Surface “are starting modestly,” Updated

Continue reading → Balmer Microsoft CEO Says Surface Sales Starting ‘Modestly’ – Translation “poorly”

BRITAIN’S first 4G mobilephone network promises speeds five times faster than 3G but some users say it is too SLOW.
People in 11 UK cities have had access to 4G since Tuesday. It is supposed to vastly improve down load speeds and streaming. But BBC technology, correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, one of the first to test the network, warned:

Continue reading → EE 4g Service Speed Sketchy At Best

Startups can be a great thing.  Having a small team of people who are abley minded to flex and sway with the immediate needs of a company whilst keeping an eye on the future is no easy task but it does allow ability to make decisions and execute them in a daring style.  The people over at Projectmumu.com have just that announcing a change and indeed an improvement based on customer feedback to their much publicised SLIDE 2.0 case.  Announcing the SLIDE 2.1

Continue reading → Projectmumu.com Slide 2.0 Hardwood iPhone Case Gets A Last Minute Change.

Stores are now rebranded with now with Ee, orange and t-mobile but if that’s not confusing enough their advertising, in my local store at least, is pushing the strap line “the biggest 3G network”

Continue reading → EE the 4g provider touting biggest 3G network.

After a year of “making do” with the old site we decided to give ourselves a bit of a make over. Essentialmac is now a full responsive website that looks great on desktop but really makes a difference when viewing on iPhone or iPad.

Continue reading → Site Re-Launch With A New Responsive Theme

Good news everyone. We can all enjoy the apple event later on today, thanks to an Apple TV update alongside live streaming of the press event. What’s the betting they release the viewing figures shortly afterwards as leverage for the vaunted Apple TV?

Continue reading → Apple to live stream iPad Mini event via Apple TV

It may be one of the world’s great hi-tech companies but Google yesterday saw its shares plunge after a “fat finger” computer mistake saw hugely disappointing results for the company released prematurely.

Continue reading → Googles fat fingers causes share price to plummet but tech press doesn’t care. 

Putting things in perspective for those who thought Apple’s iPhone 5 sales were a touch disappointing.

COMET has been put up for sale just eight months after its owner OpCapita bought the electrical goods retailer. The private-equity firm is considering a sale after approaches from UK and overseas retailers to buy Comet.

Continue reading → UK Chain Comet Up For Sale.

A school has given its 450 pupils an iPad each, claiming they will help improve their sporting ability. This is either a cunning plan or an excellent way to get some PR from the press.

Continue reading → iPads ‘could develop pupils’ football skills