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I’m obviously biased, bearing in mind I’ve been responsible for them, but three great new Absolute Radio apps are now available for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.

They combine a really nice alarm clock with bespoke wake-up messages from either Christian O’Connell, Dave Gorman or Frank Skinner. And once the message has played, you’ll automatically [...]

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Is the Nokia N97 the ultimate geek phone? You might need to stick with me for a moment while I explain…
So it’s pretty clear that the consumer smartphone market and awareness belongs to the Apple iPhone 3GS, while the business market is owned primarily by RIM’s Blackberry. (For an interesting discussion of the current statistics framed [...]

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Trying to arrange lunch with the wonderful @angusfarquhar today at short notice somehow managed to involve the use of Twitter, GTalk,  and our mobiles simultaneously in a great example of male geeks communicating in three mediums but still struggling to decide a location and time effectively.
But eventually we finally managed to make it to TheBreakfastClubSoho, [...]

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Having worked on mobile applications, including the Absolute Radio iAmp and LiveAmp for the iPhone and the Absolute Radio iAmp for Android, I’m conscious of the challenges of developing successful mobile applications either in-house or with external developers.
Which is why I was intrigued when someone pointed me towards App School. It’s a five-day course on [...]

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