Monthly Archives: February 2011

The rise and rise of mobile broadband

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

This table is from the Cisco Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast The table shows that each iPhone or Android device uses as much data as 4 ordinary smartphones, and each iPad or tablet uses 5 ordinary smartphones worth of data. … Continue reading →

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Better by Design CEO Summit videos

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

The videos from the 2010 BBD CEO summit are up. The conference was superb and I do recommend viewing these edited videos. Rob Fyfe: Air NZ’s journey. Strong mesage and well delivered Ingrid Fetell – Human Factors – IDEO. How … Continue reading →

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Dell’s descent into usability hell

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

Is the Original Dell.com homepage better or worse than the current one? The original page let you go directly to what you wanted – be it to buy a particular type of computer, get service or check your order. It … Continue reading →

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The hot weather in Greece

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

I switched a long time ago from watching TV for the weather to using the internet or more recently mobile apps. Perhaps that was a mistake – it seems that in Greece at least the TV weather forecast is compelling. … Continue reading →

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Focusing on the long term

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

The NBR rustled up just four analysts who gave opinions on Telecom’s latest results. Here’s what they had to say: Guy Hallwright, Forsyth Barr: ACCUMULATE Geoff Zame, Deutsche Bank: HOLD Greg Main, Credit Suisse: UNDERPERFORM Tristan Joll, Goldman Sachs: SELL … Continue reading →

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Don’t let your Apple iOS developer license expire

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

One email, no reminder and BOOM. All of our 139 Lingopal applications have been removed from all of the global iTunes stores. Apple is a cruel master – and we’ve been offline for a five days now trying to sort … Continue reading →

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Air New Zealand phone hijack is a rort

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Air New Zealand is testing something which I view with grave concern. They are testing a system that hijacks cell phones on their flights, and charging extortionate data rates along the way. The proposal is to place a mini cell-site … Continue reading →

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It’s all in the eights

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

Apple store in Singapore, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. The Apple store in Singapore shows one difference between there and here – the prices end in the digit ’8′. Eight is an auspicious number, and so I guess the SG$2888 MacBook … Continue reading →

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The Daily don’t

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

It’s new, it’s news but it isn’t anything new. The Daily has certainly created a media fuss, but the experience itself is less than perfect, and I struggle to believe it will succeed as a subscription model. The Daily is … Continue reading →

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What’s the important news Stuff?

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

Stuff.co.nz – Feb 2, 2011, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. I’m disappointed in the ordering of the headlines when I went to Stuff this morning. I have no idea who the person is who has has had a third child. However … Continue reading →

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Saving Working Group report is unreadable

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

I mean that I cannot read it – as the all of the PDF produced text that looks like the above. I hope this gets fixed, as I believe that whatever they are saying is important.

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