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Nokia, Microsoft and Windows Phone

Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, has now famously been quoted for his “burning platform” memo, but with today’s announcement that Nokia will be taking up Windows Phone 7 as its leading smartphone operating system, what we are seeing is the … Continue reading

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The Smartphone Operating System War

In between History essays I can’t help but get distracted about technology, and my friend’s dilemma about which smartphone to plump for, now, with a year left on his contract, has made me think. He is very enamoured with the … Continue reading

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Just Some Statistics

During the lifetime of my old website I signed up to Google Analytics which is basically a statistical tool to model visits to your website, amongst other things. I signed up quite late to it, so it doesn’t encompass all … Continue reading

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How to Send Email From a Different Address Using Gmail and Thunderbird

This is a problem that’s been plaguing me for years, literally. I’ll outline the problem in brief. Say you’re using Google’s email service Gmail and you use “plus addressing” (which is basically username+tag@gmail.com) and you also use mailing-lists. The popular … Continue reading

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