Author: Stuart
Stuart is formerly a Technology Production Editor for The Evening Standard and lives in Battersea
Ad-blocking software is ‘the Napster of the advertising industry’
Blocking adverts on the internet is the equivalent of theft, according to the chief executive of PageFair. Sean Blanchfield, who is also the founder of the anti-adblocking company, described adblockers as “like the Napster of the advertising industry”. “[Adblocking] is really concentrated on exactly the kind of people that advertisers are targeting - millennials," he…
iPhone is the most-stolen handset in Britain
As the Apple fans gear up for the excitement of the launch of the new iPhone, we get the news that their beloved handset is the most-stolen mobile phone in the UK. And statistics published by the Home Office show that the previous four models of the device are the most likely to be targeted…
Panasonic previews the future at IFA2014
The future will be in extreme high definitition, and every device in our lives will be connected and smart, according to Panasonic. Yesterday I took a brief tour around Panasonic's booth at the IFA tech conference in Berlin, and was somewhat taken with the amount of innovation on show. Most of that innovation could be…
Panasonic’s new Toughpad tablets will let you tweet whatever the circumstances
Panasonic is known for its range of Toughpad enterprise tablets, and now it adds two new 5-inch handheld devices to the lineup. Careful, there's a bowl of ice beneath the device... The two new Toughpads are the Android-based F-X1 and the FZ-E1, which runs embedded Windows Phone 8.1. The Toughpads are…
Windows 9 accidentally teased by Microsoft China
Microsoft's Chinese division seems to have accidentally let the Windows 9 cat out of the bag. On the Chinese social network Weibo, Microsoft China launched a post asking the question: "Microsoft’s latest OS Windows 9 is coming soon, do you think the start menu at the left bottom will make a comeback?" The post -…
Nintendo unveils new 3DS handhelds
As Nintendo continues to struggle with its Wii U console, the Japanese games giant has turned its attention back to its handheld device. The Kyoto-based company has announced a new version of its successful 3DS console - cleverly called the New Nintendo 3DS. As with the current models, the New 3DS will come in regular…
Are mobile payments coming to the iPhone 6?
It appears that a virtual wallet is most likely going to be one of the biggest features of the new iPhone 6. According to the website Re/Code: "Apple has reached an agreement with American Express to work together on its new iPhone payments system." Re/Code says the new payments system is expected to let iPhone 6…
Google ‘discourages’ users of out-of-date web browsers
Are you still using IE7, Firefox 22 or even Netscape Navigator 9? Then Google has a bit of a problem with you. Google is trying to encourage users away from out-of-date browsers by intentionally serving up an old version of its search homepage to them. Many people reported recently in a Google forum they were…
Microsoft rolls out Xbox One updates for SmartGlass, Media Player and more
Microsoft has got a head start on its roll-out of the September Xbox One system update that brings many new features and updates to the console. The latest firmware update, available now, adds a new media player app with improved media management, a new Party app, improvements to SmartGlass, and more. The Media Player will…
Apple announces September 9 event – iPhone 6 and iWatch on the way?
Apple will hold its highly-anticipated iPhone 6 launch event on September 9 at the Flint Centre for the Performing Arts in Cupertino, California, the company has announced. The invitations, sent to the world's technology press on Thursday, features a close-up image of the top of the Apple logo and the tagline: "Wish we could say…
