Technology Archives - Will Francis

Strap In: Smartwatch and Virtual Reality Wars About To Kick Off, Will Either Succeed?

As this year’s Mobile World Congress draws to a close, the big takeaways from Barcelona’s annual tech-fest are: smartphones have all gotten a little better, again smartwatches are landing in a big way this summer VR is going to be mainstream by Spring 2016 Whilst...

Vodafone’s Twitter Account Hijacked With Obscenity

‘About an hour ago’ Vodafone UK’s corporate Twitter account sent out the message “@VodafoneUK: is fed up of dirty homo’s and is going after beaver”. They deleted the tweet shortly afterwards and have spent the last hour sending out a constant stream of apologies insisting...

LG Optimus 3D and Pad: Hands On

Having had a thorough play with LG’s Optimus 3D - the first smartphone to shoot in 3D and with 3D screen - as well as their tablet the Optimus Pad which shoots in 3D I’m definitely feeling a little more agnostic about my technology...

Xbox Kinect Hands-On Event & Chat With Kudo Tsunoda

Last night (Monday 14th June) we went to a rooftop party courtesy of Xbox and their campaign around the release of Kinect, a peripheral for the console which allows you to control games with just your body. Cue flailing around and looking like a...

I Took a Month Off Social Media: 7 Things I Found Out

Today I’ve started using social media again after a month-long hiatus. It wasn’t a January detox thing, more just that I got busy writing a book, realised I’d been absent from Twitter, Instagram et al for a while and decided to round it up...

My Two Conclusions on Apple’s iPad

1. Its success will rely on the apps that developers make for it. They’ve been given the SDK so many are hard at work to have apps out for the March launch. If the iPhone’s history is anything to go by there will be some...

Mobile World Congress: Top Things To Get Excited About

This Monday, 14th February, will see 50,000 people descend on Fira de Barcelona in the centre of the Catalonian capital to gather at Mobile World Congress, the biggest date in the mobile communications industry’s calendar. It is typically where the big players like LG,...

Twitter Launches ‘Local Trends’ – Does This Dissipate The ‘Global Conversation’?

Twitter have just switched on the ability to display trending topics from a range of locations (or keep it Worldwide) Countries: Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States. Cities: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Antonio,...

Public Twitter Booths Installed In Russia

On the off-chance that you 1. feel the irresistible urge to tweet 2. reach into your pocket to find your phone is dead and 3. happen to be walking past one of these public Twitter booths recently installed in Russia’s tech hub Skolkova, all at the same time, then...

Moleskine Bring Class To Your iPad & iPhone

If, like me, you have an iPad with the standard Apple cover, the one that looks scrappy within a week of owning it, then you’re always on the lookout for something better. It’s still the best option though in a market flooded with pointless...

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Strap In: Smartwatch and Virtual Reality Wars About To Kick Off, Will Either Succeed?

Vodafone’s Twitter Account Hijacked With Obscenity

LG Optimus 3D and Pad: Hands On

Xbox Kinect Hands-On Event & Chat With Kudo Tsunoda

I Took a Month Off Social Media: 7 Things I Found Out

My Two Conclusions on Apple’s iPad

Mobile World Congress: Top Things To Get Excited About

Twitter Launches ‘Local Trends’ – Does This Dissipate The ‘Global Conversation’?

Public Twitter Booths Installed In Russia

Moleskine Bring Class To Your iPad & iPhone