After a very long wait, Google have finally started distributing the over the air update for the Nexus One, upgrading the Android OS version to 2.3.3 – a.k.a. Gingerbread. I’m happy to say I received mine this evening, which is good because I was starting to become tempted to spend more money on a new […]
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Top 20 Web Brands in UK
February 22, 2011 
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It is amazing how much the Web marketplace can change in just 7 years. Below are the current and past top 20 Web brands in the UK. Some notable appearances in the past 7 years are Youtube, Facebook, Wikipedia and Paypal, while some big names disappearing from the list were Freeserve, Ask Jeaves, Tiscali and […]
Continue readingSome Android Stats
February 16, 2011 0 Comments
Some up-to-date Android statistics announced by Eric Schmidt at Mobile World Congress yesterday: 350,000 smartphone & tablet activations per day 170 unique devices running Android 27 OEMs (but not Nokia!) 169 mobile carriers 69 countries 150,000 Android applications The momentum behind Android continues to build. It would appear that only Apple could stop this train […]
Continue readingBing is Copying Google’s Search Results!
February 1, 2011 0 Comments
According to this article here Microsoft is actually spying on Google’s search results (via the Internet Explorer browser or possibly some of its plugins) to enhance its own. The article is pretty extensive and the evidence appears damning. Bing doesn’t deny Google’s claim. Indeed, the statement that Stefan Weitz, director of Microsoft’s Bing search engine, […]
Continue reading43% of Smartphones Are Now Android
February 1, 2011 0 Comments
As I and many others predicted, Android continues its march upward to become the biggest smartphone OS in the world. 33 million Android smartphones were shipped in the 4th quarter of 2010, larger than any other platform – even Nokia. This has sparked Nokia to review their strategy and I would not be surprised if […]
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Alistair Milne 