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What’s after the iPhone?

Friday, October 23, 2009

2 billion applications have been downloaded for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and the iPhone has achieved about 1% of the global market for mobile phones. These are great achievements, and it’s easy to see why the iPhone has become so popular. Compared to its predecessors it’s revolutionary, a clear advance, and it’s transforming the [...]

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iphones (and everyone else on O2) lose data connection

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

According to this article (and several frustrated colleagues) O2’s packet data network is down. This means lots of iphone owners are sans-Internet. I’m wondering if they will experience the same lack of direction the Borg felt when they lost contact with each other. Will they have to start making decisions without their iphones? How will [...]

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How dangerous are mobile phones?

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

While I was reading this story earlier about a mother who left her child near an open window for a few seconds while she went to get her mobile phone, it occurred to me that I read a lot of stories nowadays along similar lines. It seems we’re prepared to take all sorts of [...]

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Sign of the times?

Sunday, November 23, 2008
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Google print ads are using QR codes

Friday, November 23, 2007

Google have started selling print ads in the US, which is an interesting venture in its own right, but the most interesting thing in this example is the extent to which they’re using the ads to drive potential customers online.

Aside from the URLs in the ad, we’re also encouraged to search Google for specific search [...]

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QR codes – a worthwhile implementation

Monday, November 12, 2007

We’ve been keen to do something with QR codes for some time, and have run up against practical obstacles to their effectiveness each time, so it’s good to see an example that does make sense. Thanks to Blognation for the details.
QR codes are 2 dimensional bar codes. They look a bit like this normally.

This one [...]

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