Monthly Archives: January 2010

Good to see Grey London continue the fine tradition of originality in ads

Update: In what I’d describe as “a result”, Grey London’s MD has been in touch with Meg – see her blog for details! Advertising. It’s all about creativity, originality, possibly bean bags, yeah? So let’s compare this image, taken by my … Continue reading

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Tumblr is Apple, Posterous is Google

Why Tumblr is kicking Posterous’s ass « PEG on Tech: “The answer is as easy as it is counter-intuitive: Tumblr is a New York company and Posterous is a Silicon Valley company. Or, to put it another way: Posterous is … Continue reading

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HTC Google Tablet: Dead

Remember that rumoured tablet PC that HTC was developing for Google, running Chrome OS? According to an HTC executive, it’s dead. Channelnews Australia quotes Anthony Petts, ANZ Sales and Marketing Director for  HTC as saying that all development on the … Continue reading

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The future of journalism? It’s astronomy

There’s nothing more that journalists like than the opportunity to talk about themselves, thinly disguised as a treatise on the future of journalism This is probably why the “debate” (which it isn’t – not enough listening) on “citizen journalism” (which … Continue reading

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Google finds out retailing is harder than it looks

It looks like Google is finding out that being a retailer selling hardware is a bit harder than it looks: “Google is being inundated with complaints about its Nexus One phone. The touchscreen smartphone was launched on 5 January and … Continue reading

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Fred Wilson’s brave mobile experiment

Fred Wilson did something brave: he dictated a blog post using the voice recognition system on his Nexus One, and posted the unedited results. It was, to say the least, less than stellar: “I am dictating this blog post via … Continue reading

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Today’s Apple Tablet dumbness: Step forward, The Apple Blog

How to put this? Oh yes, “the stupid, it burns”. Liam Cassidy has used his magical gift of clairvoyance and decided that a product about which no one knows any concrete details is better than a product which has been … Continue reading

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Apple ranks joint-first for environmentally-friendly tech

Given that I’ve written extensively before on Apple’s environmental record, this is worth noting: Greenpeace has ranked Apple as joint-top tech company (with Nokia) for its efforts to reduce use of known pollutants in its products. This represents a major … Continue reading

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Proof that thinking about the Apple tablet makes you stupid

Gregg Keizer draws the short straw with this story: ‘”The tablet will be supported by multiple [mobile] carriers,” said Brian Marshall of Broadpoint AmTech, citing unnamed sources he said were close to the situation. “Verizon and others,” he continued. “Definitely … Continue reading

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Idiot post of the day – The Roundup

I’ll keep updating this one as and when they come in. And boy, are they coming in. With the honourable exception of David Pogue, everyone seems to have lost all their critical faculties, journalistic skills, and in some cases basic … Continue reading

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