Windows Phone 8 “Apollo”: Windows 8 kernel, more form factors

By tim, on February 2nd, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Microsoft’s partner ecosystem is vulnerable to leaks, as demonstrated today by reports of a video said to have been made for Nokia, which arrived in the hands of a smartphone review website. The leaked information was corroborated by Windows journalist Paul Thurrott who has received advance information independently from Microsoft, but under non-disclosure:

Thanks

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One of the best features of Office 365 vs BPOS: setting passwords not to expire

By tim, on January 31st, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Should passwords expire? Most of the best practice guides I have seen say that they should, but there are downsides. The more often passwords expire, the more likely users are to forget them and contact support, or write them down, which is insecure. Further, it is all friction that means users get less work

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PHP Developer survey shows dominance of mobile, social media and cloud

By tim, on January 12th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Zend, a company which specialises in PHP frameworks and tools, has released the results of a developer survey from November 2011.

The survey attracted 3,335 respondents drawn, it says, from “enterprise, SMB and independent developers worldwide.” I have a quibble with this, since I believe the survey should state that these were PHP

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Trying out nide – a cloud IDE for Node.js

By tim, on January 6th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

I was intrigued by reports of nide, a web-based IDE for Node.js. It was one of the entries in the Node.js Knockout challenge last summer.

So how do you install it? One line on Linux; but I did not want to put it on my web server and I re-purposed my spare Linux machine

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ITWriting.com awards 2011: ten key happenings, from Nokia’s burning platform to HP’s nightmare year

By tim, on December 29th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

2011 felt like a pivotal year in technology. What was pivoting? Well, users are pivoting away from networks and PCs and towards cloud and devices. The obvious loser is Microsoft, which owns PCs and networks but is a distant follower in devices and has mixed prospects in the cloud. Winners include Apple, Google, Amazon,

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Why there are no tablets running Windows Phone 7

By tim, on December 6th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Once again people are asking why Microsoft has not allowed OEMs to build tablets running Windows Phone 7. Matthew Baxter-Reynolds says it is to do with income from OEM licenses:

Now, Microsoft charges OEMs far less for Windows Phone licenses (about $15 per unit) than for full-on Windows licenses (on average, working out to

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Google and the UK Citizens Advice Bureau – an uncomfortable alliance

By tim, on December 5th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

I picked up a Guardian newspaper today and could not miss the full-page Google+ advertisement. Or was it? The advertisement stated that it was from the Citizens Advice Bureau in partnership with Google. The Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB) is a well-respected (and genuinely useful) service which runs a network of offices in the UK

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Google App Inventor not dead, MIT to offer public service in 2012

By tim, on November 10th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Google’s App Inventor is a visual and mostly browser-hosted development environment for Android. There is a design tool:

and a "Blocks Editor” which lets you create program logic using visual blocks:

App Inventor is a great concept but in practice most developers find it easier to use more traditional tools to code

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Twilio: programmable telephony, SMS comes to the UK, Europe

By tim, on October 26th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Web telephony provider twilio, which is based in San Francisco, has today announced its first international office, in London. You can now purchase UK telephone numbers at a cost of $1.00 per month, or Freephone numbers for $2.00 per month.

Twilio is not in competition with Skype or Google Voice; rather it offers

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Adobe Debut: my favourite of the new touch apps, cloud-side rendering

By tim, on October 4th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Adobe announced six touch apps for Android and Apple iPad tablets yesterday at its MAX conference in Los Angeles. These hook into cloud services offered by the Creative Cloud, also just announced.

My favourite among the new apps is Adobe Debut. The problem this addresses: you want to show your client the work you

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