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iOnAudio introduced the Talking Point at CES 2013 which was developed to make conference calls easier. The device which is the size of a small disk and is light connects by Bluetooth to your smart phone. It has an omnidirectional microphone. It works with several audio profiles and the quality is crisp and clear. It has DSP inside so feedback is
Getting into mobile app development often seems like a path paved with gold, but the reality is very different with many apps failing to succeed. Good apps do not simply "get lucky" but rather their developers work hard at planning a successful app. Smashing Magazine's article "How To Succeed With a Mobile App" shows the elements needed to plan for
Us Brits are pretty good at inventing stuff. Telephone and TV; radar and jet engine; antibiotics and vaccination; pneumatic tyres and hovercraft; these are all great British inventions or discoveries. And don't forget that new-fangled worldwide web thingy from Sir Tim Berners-Lee. We might be a nation of shopkeepers but we're also a nation of cracking inventors. Consequently, I'm delighted to
Following on from my post last week about the role of patron at Kickstarter, NPR has run a piece called, "When A Kickstarter Campaign Fails, Does Anyone Get The Money Back?" This appears to have nudged Kickstarter into responding with a blog post, "Accountability on Kickstarter." I suggest that you read or listen to NPR's show before reading Kickstarter's reply but
I like Kickstarter. It's a world full of promise, where great ideas vie for money. I've pledged for a handful of projects, most of which met their funding targets and of those, all delivered on their promises. A few of the products weren't as I expected but who hasn't bought something that they later regretted? For sure, it's not always
Yesterday everyone was praising the new CEO pick Marissa Mayer, and today a number of tech sites are on master blaster mode, because they say she is a tough micro-managing leader who holds court and rules. I guess they did not get enough hits on day one when they where praising the decision. I'll be honest with the way some
Powerpoint and data projectors have become synonymous with business presentations and I dread to think how many people I have bored over the years. As with almost any technology, the data projectors have got smaller and cheaper, but this was the first time I'd seen how small personal projectors had become. As you can see from the photograph, most would