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Tech Newsround – Day of nonsense

Google vs Epic – Roll of the dice Google’s loss to Epic when Apple won for pretty much the same issue makes very little sense and is a demonstration of...

Google I/O 2023 – Fightback

Google mounts a steady fightback. Google is clearly still on the back foot, but the sense of panic and disarray has gone to be replaced with a sense of purpose...

Google Hardware– The hits keep on coming

Yet another black eye for its floundering hardware business. Google has identified 18 zero-day vulnerabilities related to Samsung Exynos modems the four most serious of which would allow a hacker...

BharOS – The Bollysystem 3.0

A schizophrenic OS that no one will want to use The new Indian OS for smartphones doesn’t really know what it wants to be, but I think it will appeal...

Unity – Love triangle

Two is a company, three is a crowd. AppLovin, a marketing and monetisation toolkit for app developers has offered to acquire Unity in a deal that looks defensive as it...

Nothing Phone – Risky branding

Nothing phone needs to not live up to its name. Another brave soul has decided to have a crack at the highly concentrated and brutally competitive smartphone market which, unless...

Apple WWDC 2022 – Carmageddon?

Apple declares war on short-term loan providers and car makers. Apple produced an ordinary performance but saw announcements that challenge both the vehicle makers and the fintech industry. However, there...

MWC 2022 Day 2 – Absent is good.

5G non-entity 5G is missing in action at its own show but in many ways, this is a good thing. It means that there is no real controversy, problem or...

Digital Ecosystems – Battleground 2022

Cross-device is unlikely to help much. The industry’s move to compete with iOS by improving its cross-device user experience is an old idea that has not really helped to date...

Apple App Store – House of cards

The concession that brings down the house. Apple’s most recent changes to its App Store policy look like little more than an attempt to win favour with both the US...