I’m not quite sure what to make of these acquisitions. It reminds me of Yahoo’s binge 10 years ago: After del.icio.us, a Directory of Other Things Yahoo! Should Buy. They snagged up a lot of my favourite stuff back then, and Microsoft is doing the same thing with Sunrise etc: Welcome 6Wunderkinder! Microsoft acquires Wunderlist –… Read More »
The path to a wearable future lies in academia | Reuters: My oblique take on wearables For a glimpse of what is, what might have been and what may lie ahead in wearable devices, look beyond branded tech and Silicon Valley start-ups to the messy labs, dry papers and solemn conferences of academia. There you’d… Read More »
A piece I wrote for Reuters. BBC version here. Making cars safer: have the driver do less By Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE Tue Nov 11, 2014 4:00pm EST Nov 12 (Reuters) – As millions of cars are under recall for potentially lethal air bags, designers are trying to reduce the need for the device – using… Read More »
This is a version of my (and Noel’s) Reuters piece on wireless charging, recorded for the BBC World Service. Without question, in a few years’ time our children will look back at pictures of this era and ask us what those little pieces of string are snaking across our desktops, bedside tables, mantelpieces and car… Read More »
This is a piece I wrote and recorded for the BBC World Service. It’s not Reuters content Until my spoilsport wife told me to stop, I had a brief career battling for the little guy against big corporations and lousy service. I called myself the Consumer’s Caped Crusader. My theory is this: that as companies… Read More »