Author: Martin Garner

Dell’s Mobility Mission

The Time Has Come for Enterprises to Invest Seriously in Mobility I recently moderated a session held by Dell for key UK tech journalists that explored the theme of mobility…

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Using the Amaryllo iCam HD

Skype-Based Internet Camera Needs More Polish Having talked about the Amaryllo iCam HD Internet camera as an interesting Internet of things example in presentations for a few months, I recently…

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Jolla’s Small-Scale Approach to Tackling Android

The Finnish Company Hopes to Carve out a Niche among Android Manufacturers and Users I recently had an interesting update on Jolla and its Sailfish OS from its CMO, Sami…

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AllJoyn Bids for Central Role in the Internet of Things

Qualcomm Aims to Make Its Peer-to-Peer Framework an Essential Part of Connected Devices I’ve been looking again at AllJoyn, Qualcomm’s connectivity software framework. We first covered the technology in 2011…

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Data Tariff Problems Highlighted by 3

SIM Frustrations Reflect the Need for Change Among European Operators Some difficulties I’ve encountered recently with 3 have highlighted an interesting tariff challenge for operators. I subscribe to a SIM-only…

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Going Mobile? Beware of Left-Brainers

Event Reveals Retailers Falling Behind Consumers’ Use of Mobile I attended Google’s ThinkMobile seminar in London last week. The event was part of Google’s efforts to shed more light on…

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Nokia Scores a Hit with Yandex

Mapping Deal Will Help Bid to Broaden the Reach of Nokia’s Location-Based Services Nokia announced at the end of January that it had struck a licensing deal with Russian search…

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HP’s TouchPad Fire Sale Sends a Warning to Web Retailers

Many Sites Fail to Cope with Huge Demand for Discounted TouchPads Watching the precipitous drop in the price of HP’s TouchPad has been interesting, especially now UK retailers have started…

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Nokia Kills Ovi Brand But Keeps Service Ambitions

Nokia’s announced that it will discontinue use of the Ovi brand for its services and simply use “Nokia” instead. The change will start in July this year and — in…

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Baidu Plans Its Own Mobile Platform

Last week Baidu, the Chinese internet search giant, announced that it plans to launch its own operating system for mobile devices over the next three to five years. Details are…

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