Daily Archives: August 6, 2010

Why Andy Ihnatko is my favourite tech writer

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Because he writes stuff as good as this: “As for Google? Well, the death of Wave doesn’t matter to Google. They still have their ad business, and their search, and their maps, and their mail, and their mobile OS, and … Continue reading →

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iPads only selling to the Apple faithful? Only if you count anyone with an iPod as “the faithful”

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

In search of a headline, Marketing Magazine cites a YouGov survey as showing that the iPad is only “reaching out to the converted“: “In the two months since the iPad launched in the UK, YouGov has found that 96% of … Continue reading →

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No, Apple isn’t patenting developers’ work. But it still has a bigger problem

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Patents are hard to understand. If any government wants to reduce the costs of running a business quickly and easily, it should revamp the system of patents to make them easy for people who aren’t lawyers to read, and harder … Continue reading →

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