Buying by Phone in eBay’s London Store
QR Code Shopping Will Frustrate Some Shoppers Last month I visited eBay’s Christmas store in central London. The company’s first “bricks and mortar” shop in the UK was only there…
Apple Tries to Make Voice Recognition a “Sirious” Feature
The “Best Feature” of the iPhone 4S Must Move beyond a Party Trick Since the iPhone 4S was announced last month it’s been interesting to hear people’s thoughts on…
Nokia Encourages Visitors to Play Tag at the Museum of London
Tourist Attraction Needs to Think Carefully about NFC-Enabled Signs Last weekend I visited the Museum of London. I had heard that Nokia’s NFC Hub initiative had recently set up an…
Your Social Network. Don’t Leave Home Without It
Foursquare’s Deal with American Express Comes at a Critical Time for Both Companies Foursquare, the location-based social network, has shown impressive growth during the past 12 months. Its number of…
Orange Quick Tap Gets Off to a Slow Start
A few weeks ago I wrote about my first impressions of Orange Quick Tap, which uses phones enabled with near field communication (NFC) to pay for things. Now I’ve actually…
Tapping into Location-Based Payments
Orange and Barclays have just released the UK’s first contactless mobile payment service, called Quick Tap. They hope it’ll revolutionise the way we pay for goods. Customers can hold a…
A Lesson in Global Markets
The latest season of The Apprentice has set its contestants some tricky challenges, but the one that caught my eye was creating and marketing a smartphone application. The fact that…
How Low Can Android Go?
A couple of days ago I spotted what may be the best pay-as-you-go deal I’ve ever seen. T-Mobile was selling the T-Mobile Pulse Mini on its Web site for just…
Alcatel Makes a Royal Call
So the royal wedding is almost here; just less than a month to go. And just in case you were still looking for a way to express your national pride…
NFC Chicken and Egg
This week I was surprised to hear unconfirmed rumours that Apple would not be including near-field communication (NFC) technology in the next iteration of the iPhone, due later this…