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Category Archives: Computers/Technology

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On Instagram the Users are the Product

The outpouring of rage over the upcoming change of terms and conditions at Instagram, the mobile based photo sharing application snapped up by Facebook for $1bn earlier in the year, has been so big that the story ended up on the main news bulletins here in the UK. But is the change really a surprise?Continue Reading

Windows 8 sales figures point to sluggish start

Microsoft were looking for the arrival of Windows 8 to turn around the ongoing decline in PC sales, with the first sales numbers released, it looks like the hoped for turnaround hasn’t occurred… Since the launch of Windows 8, sales of Windows devices in the US have dropped 21 per cent compared to the sameContinue Reading

Tony Fadell: Father of the iPod

This is an interesting article from the BBC about what Tony Fadell, the person widely credited as the Father of the iPod is doing now – starting again with a great little intelligent thermostat that learns patterns of how you control the temperature. However whilst Nest is interesting, the article is more interesting for hisContinue Reading

Keeping Track of SQL Statements in an Entity Framework Code First Project

One of the more annoying omissions from the Microsoft Entity Framework is the out of the box ability to easily trace the SQL statements produced by the framework. In the past we’ve got around that using Community Entity Framework Provider Wrappers which includes EFTracingProvider that can log the generated SQL statements to the console orContinue Reading

Apple fires head of mapping team after backlash from customers

The Apple management cull as a result of the iOS Maps debacle continues… Richard Williamson was manager of troubled maps division that has been dogged by glitches since dropping Google Share Email Rory Carroll in Los Angeles guardian.co.uk , buy cheap generic cialis online Tuesday 27 November 2012 16.44 EST The mapping bungle also ledContinue Reading