Why Google Failed at Tablets
The iPad is a great device. But it could be better with more competition. Competition that I wish would come from Google.
Yet Another iOS 14 Wishlist
Most of the features I want from the next version of iOS are minor. They are fixes and improvements to things Apple already have. I don’t care about home screen widgets. iOS is past the stage of flashy. It's time to double down on making devices a pleasure to use once again.
How Smartphones Control the Police
In London, there is one CCTV camera for every fourteen people. But there are at least eight million residents with smartphones. When police brutality escalates in Hong Kong, and the murder of a black man is filmed by passers by in the US, they look like our greatest defence.
Podcasts: The Internet’s Greatest Achievement
My love of podcasts comes in waves. In a virus laden world where walks outside are the only sense of normality available, I am once again in love with the internet’s most underrated medium.
The Cloud Storage Conundrum
If I fill my iCloud storage, I have two options: pay up or have my personal data deleted. It shouldn’t have to be this way.
A New iPod: An Exercise in Focus
As our technology does more and more, as the power at our fingertips becomes unwieldy and under-utilised, our expectations grow higher. But to be perfect, to do one thing extremely well, we have to drop those distractions.
This is a Computer
Across the tech blogging sphere, on YouTube and in podcasts, more people have asked if the iPad is a computer than have asked when we’re going to be allowed outside again. So I wonder: Is it even possible to write something new?