Alexa failure…

The background to this is that I have a few Amazon Alexa’s spread around the house, nine at the last count, from the lounge to the garage! They started off as a cheap way to have multi-room music, but they now control lights, TVs and even a clock. Well… I’m currently re-reading In the Beginning… … Continue reading Alexa failure…

Amazon doubles quarterly profits…

This is the most amazing statistic for me. In the first quarter of 2018 Amazon collected more than $550m a day in revenue from Amazon.com sales, web hosting, TV production and Whole Foods Amazon doubles quarterly profits to $1.6bn – and hikes annual cost of Prime | Technology | The Guardian

Paris est la quatrième ville la plus attractive au monde…

La métropole française est la seule à être classée dans le top 10 pour neuf familles de critères sur dix. Source: Paris est la quatrième ville la plus attractive au monde

The People’s Prince…

Shouldn’t treat the playboy prince like any other cheap TV star, he deserves special treatment as a decedent of a medieval royal!!! “The prince, who is third in line to the throne, is shown without clothing in two pictures taken on his trip to Las Vegas.   Royal aides are understood to be urging the British media to … Continue reading The People’s Prince…

Useless cash…

“Meanwhile, as Apple’s foreign cash hoard grows, the money is effectively useless to Apple and its shareholders. They could build a stack of dollar bills 3400 miles tall, but can’t they can’t do much else with it for now.” Most of Apple’s $82 billion cash stockpile is ‘trapped’ overseas | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple … Continue reading Useless cash…

Maybe Facebook is the web…

CHART OF THE DAY: Facebooks Unbelievable Effect On The Rest Of The Web. That is amazing, I’m having trouble believing it. All of the growth of the web is now Facebook? I suppose that it redefines social media.

UI for Tablets…

“Graham’s piece reminds me of what I consider the central hook to a great app for these tablets: that it should seem, when you’re using it, that the entire device was meant for it. E.g., a good chess game for the iPhone should make the iPhone itself feel like a chess playing device. When you’re … Continue reading UI for Tablets…

iPad Apps #2 – Toodledo

Found this by accident and so far it’s worked for me very well. I actually get stuff done (sort of). It’s well worth the money and has more options than you’ll ever use. Their web site is here… http://www.toodledo.com/ And the app is here… http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toodledo-to-do-list/id292755387?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D6