Cloud computing means exporting your IT infrastructure to the Internet
I’ve just attended my first cloudcamp unconference, held during QCon London. We ended up debating how you would explain cloud computing to a non-technical audience. The problem is that different people...
View ArticleFlash library for Facebook, Silverlight library for MySpace
Adobe and Facebook have announced that ActionScript 3, the language of Flash 9 and higher, is now officially supported by FaceBook along with JavaScript and PHP. Information about coding for Facebook...
View ArticleO2 router attack shows danger of staying logged in
Concerned about web security? One thing that may prove more valuable than any amount of supposed security software (anti-virus and the like) is the simple good practice of logging out of web sites at...
View ArticleFuture of Web Apps cheers the independent Web
The Future of Web Applications conference in London is always a thought-provoking event, thanks to its diversity, independence and character. That said, it is a frustrating creature at times. The...
View ArticleBBC iPlayer goes social
I’m just back from the BBC’s press briefing on the new iPlayer. This is a public beta. The press release is here. The big story is that social media features are now integrated. The idea is that you...
View ArticleWhich mobile platforms will fail?
Gartner’s Nick Jones addressed this question in a blog post yesterday. He refers to the “rule of three” which conjectures that no more than three large vendors can succeed in a mature market. If this...
View ArticleSingle sign-on from Active Directory to Windows Azure: big feature, still...
Microsoft has posted a white paper setting out what you need to do in order to have users who are signed on to a local Windows domain seamlessly use an Azure-hosted application, without having to sign...
View ArticleWindows Phone “Mango” shown, looks good but still no Adobe Flash
I attended the London press briefing for Windows Phone “Mango”, also known as Windows Phone 7.1. This will be on new phones in the Autumn, and will be a free update for all existing Windows Phone 7...
View ArticleThe frustration of developing for Facebook with C#
I am researching a piece on developing for Facebook with Microsoft Azure, and of course the first thing I did was to try it out. It is not easy. The first problem is that Facebook does not care about...
View ArticleNokia’s Windows Phone gamble
At Nokia World in London on Wednesday, CEO Stephen Elop presented the new Lumia range of Windows Phones. You can watch the keynote here – I was impressed by Elop’s clarity and conviction, and also by...
View ArticleITWriting.com awards 2011: ten key happenings, from Nokia’s burning platform...
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...
View ArticleFinancial Times thrives on HTML 5, paywall, and snubbing Apple iTunes
I spoke to Rob Grimshaw, Managing Director of FT.Com, shortly after Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the FT web app won an award for “Best Mobile Innovation for Publishing”. I was interested...
View ArticleReflecting on 2013: the year of not the PC, no privacy, and the Internet of...
In last year’s review I wrote “Android up, Apple down, Microsoft so near, so far”. Same again? The headline still rings true, though I would not write “Apple down” today. Android ended Apple’s chance...
View ArticleWhat’s up with Facebook acquiring “we don’t sell ads” WhatsApp
Facebook has acquired WhatsApp for a breathtaking $16 billion. Too much money by any normal valuation; but that might not matter if it makes sense strategically. What is the value of WhatsApp? WhatsApp...
View ArticlePrivacy and online data sharing is a journey into the unknown: report from...
I’m at QCon London, an annual developer conference which is among my favourites thanks to its vendor-neutral content. One session which stood out for me was from Robin Wilton, Director for Identity and...
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