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The ultimate intelligence test
November 20th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
If you have half an hour and would like a new measure of your intelligence, try this test.
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The addictive power of Angry Birds
September 18th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I was over in Belfast recently attending a meeting of the Board of Consumer Focus Post. After the meeting, I compared iPhone apps with another fan of Apple’s wonderful smartphone. She introduced me to a game called Angry Birds and I subsequently downloaded it. I’ve found that it’s seriously addictive (thanks, Kellin!). Just one more […]
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The digital state of the nation
August 19th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Each August, Ofcom publishes its “Communications Market Report”- a comprehensive and accessible examination of the UK’s TV, radio, broadband, telecoms and mobile industries – and receives considerable publicity for it. This is partly because it is genuinely fascinating, partly because the media loves to comment on the media, and partly because the media has less […]
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How long will you live?
July 9th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’m prompted to pose this fascinating question by two interesting media items: 1) The news that a woman in Georgia claims to be 130 which, if true, would make her the world’s oldest person. 2) A feature in the “Daily Mail” which reviews various advances in medical science that could allow children born today to […]
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What I love about my iPad
July 1st, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve only had my iPad for a week, but I’m loving it. I took it for its first outing when I attended a meeting of the Ofcom Advisory Committee for England and found that, only a month after the device was launched in the UK, I was one of three colleagues using one at the […]
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I came, I saw, iPad
June 25th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
A few weeks ago, I did a posting about my first experience with the iPad and said that I would treat myself to one as a birthday present to me. Well, today is my birthday and I’ve just unpacked and activated my very own iPad. It synchronised with the contents of my iPhone, so I’m […]
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I have seen the future
May 29th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I bought the iPod; I was one of the first UK purchasers of the iPhone; and I’ve always known that I would buy the latest Apple product the iPad. But I wanted to play with one first and then treat myself for my birthday next month. Sometimes delayed gratification is good for the soul …. […]
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The start of Life 2.0
May 21st, 2010 by Roger Darlington
If the essence of Web 2.0 is user generated content (UGC), then arguably the key point about anything which can be classed as Life 2.0 is that one form of life creates a new form of life – in which case, it seems that we are there with the news this week that scientists have […]
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Does acupuncture work?
April 29th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
And, if so, how? The efficacy of acupuncture was one of many topics which we discussed with our Chinese friends as we spent three weeks travelling around China together [for an account of the holiday, click here]. Unsurprisingly our Chinese companions are convinced that acupuncture works; my wife is sympathetic to it; I am sceptical […]
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The mitzvah app
February 27th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Some of my best friends – OK, most of them – are Jewish. Last night, we celebrated Shabbat with two of them and I found myself browsing through the “Jewish Chronicle”, as you do. Now I’m fascinated by communications technologies and I’m a massive fan of the iPhone which I bought in the first week […]
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