Arguments about the relative merits of Android and iOS smartphones have raged for over a decade, and will continue for many years to come.
One fact which cannot be denied is that the Android ecosystem offers vastly more choice in terms of h...
It’s a self-evident truth that smartphones will never have as much available space as the day they’re first unboxed.
Unfortunately, despite offering quantities of storage which even desktop computers wouldn’t have offered a decade ago...
In the beginning, there was the iPhone. And it was good.
Then came the iPhone S, the C, the Plus, the S Plus, the SE, the R and the S Max. And they were good as well, insofar as anyone could tell the difference between them.
When the eleven...
It’s been 150 years since engineers first developed a system for allowing electronic devices to output sound to a pair of headphones via a plug-in lead.
Developed in the 1870s for switchboard operators in the fledgling telephone network, ...
The ceremonial unboxing of a new iPhone is always an exciting moment.
Even relatively mundane acts like pulling off its protective cellophane wrapping seem exotic, as the minimalist hardware underneath is revealed.
But after unboxing a virg...
It’s fair to say apps are big business nowadays.
The global app market is expected to generate three billion dollars in revenue during 2020, with two thirds of the world’s population now in possession of a mobile phone.
And while a sign...
The Noughties was a time of seismic social and technological change.
It brought broadband into our homes, heralded public adoption of WiFi, saw the creation and emergence of social media, and established email as arguably the communication ...
One of the greatest frustrations surrounding the UK’s seemingly endless lockdown has been the slow pace of progress towards a resolution.
It’s clearly unsustainable to permanently maintain a two-metre gap from everyone else. Our pavemen...
Despite the huge economic, social and mental damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, a few silver linings have emerged amid the storm clouds.
Air pollution has dropped dramatically, many people have rediscovered ...
For such a ubiquitous presence in our lives, Google has a surprisingly patchy track record when it comes to new software applications.
Google Glass augmented reality spectacles, the Google+ social media platform, Google Notebook… the list...