Aug 7, 2011
Well, the latest statistics are in, and it’s not looking all that good for Windows Phone 7. Comscore advises that Microsoft’s share of the mobile phone space has now dropped, from 7.5% for the three months to March, to just 5.8% as at the end of June. You may recall that when Microsoft announced this new operating system, over a year ago, we were...
Jul 24, 2011
On Tuesday, August 9, Australia is having a Census. And to help us all understand the importance of the data that’s going to be collected, the ABS has created an interactive application on their website that uses a little bit of information about you to tell you a little about yourself, and how you relate to the rest of the people in the country. Start by...
Jul 24, 2011
Just like a condom on your computer’s browser, the Murdoch Alert add-on for Firefox will protect you from potential extreme right wing news sites on the internet. Based upon a Grease Monkey script, this script will tell you if the site that you’re about to visit is owned by interests controlled by the Murdoch empire, and if so, it will give you the...
Jul 17, 2011
Line2 has developed a new app for the iPad that lets you use it as a phone. Yes, that’s right. You can now have people call you on a phone number, and you can receive that call on your iPad. And yes, you can make outgoing calls, too. Available in the US and Canada for around US$10/month, this may well be a great way to not simply use your iPad as a phone,...
Jul 17, 2011
Or at least dying. But not really sick, however. Earlier this week Microsoft announced that its Windows XP operating system, probably the most successful version of Windows thus far, and perhaps the most successful operating system of all OSes (to date) was about to reach its official end of life, with all support for it ending in 1000 days – April 6,...
Jul 10, 2011
Recent figures suggest that Google’s Android phone operating system is now leading the pack in the US. Comscore reports that as at the end of May 2011, the Android OS was occupying 38.1% of the market, ahead of Apple’s iOS with 26.6%. RIM’s share was 24.7%, which, while seemingly good, was in fact down by about 4% from the previous month, and...