Attractive celebs talk tech, issue one

June 14th, 2010Posted by katiesol

Here’s what international silver-fox Keith Murray from We Are Scientists has to say about iPads and mobile phones and whatnot:
As a band we reject the iPad. We’ve picked them up at the Apple store and then immediately put them down again. It’s just an oversized iPhone that you can’t make phonecalls on. And [...]

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While I was away

September 1st, 2009Posted by katiesol

I did not tan.
Apple approved the Spotify iPhone app – oh happy day/oh crap now I have to fork out for a premium Spotify account.
Big Brother walked spanish.
I fell a little bit in love with Hal Incandenza. But now I’m stuck in the longest footnote ever and may require magnifying glasses to get out.

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“Hello everybody.”

July 28th, 2009Posted by katiesol

Sigh. Is there a more heinous sound than the beginning of a Spotify advert? It’s one of the many sounds throughout the day which remind me that actually yes, I do need another cup of tea even though my mug is still warm from the last one. I hate them enough to leave the room [...]

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My second-worst nightmare

June 19th, 2009Posted by katiesol

From b3taboard via Gizmodo

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How you know that you’re too in love with your iPhone

June 18th, 2009Posted by katiesol

My love for my phone is well documented, but today I reached a whole new level of ridiculous. On my way to work, I was walking down Old Brompton Road when suddenly, out of nowhere, came a schoolboy barrelling towards me. He was all overlarge blazer and enormous backpack, head down and in a serious [...]

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Project Squirrel – the internet is missing a trick

May 11th, 2009Posted by katiesol

Internet maestro and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is working on a new service to allow iPhone owners to take payments using their phone, according to a ‘knowledgeable source’ over on TechCrunch.
Whilst this is exciting for people who feel they need to take payments on the move (it’s not something I personally find myself needing to [...]

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iPhone woes

May 10th, 2009Posted by katiesol

As shiny things go, my iPhone is definitely up there with my greatest ever technological investments (see also Sky+, MacBook and DS Lite). Like so many others who wax lyrical about small chunks of metal and glass, I honestly don’t know how I got along without it; I mean, I went literally hours at a [...]

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