Technology - Sam Hardacre

Moving back to iOS

Last Summer I switched my old iPhone 4S for a Nexus 4. I'd had a Nexus 7 for some months by that point so I was familiar with Android and going by my expreience with the tablet, felt comfortable that the Nexus 4 would be a good fit. The first

Web

Merging lives

Activity in social media has grown exponentially over the last ten years. It's gone from a way to simply keep in touch with friends to sharing scores of information with the world. The things we watch, read, the places we visit and the things we see in our day-to-day lives

Apps

No pushing

This morning saw Twitter going a but mental for the release of the popular desktop email client Sparrow's iPhone app. I tried the desktop version a long time ago, and found it didn't quite have the features I was looking for but looking again at it this morning means I'll

Apple

Steve Jobs

Like many today, I woke to hear the sad news that Steve Jobs had passed away. There have been many wonderfully eloquent blog posts published in tribute to a true visionary and I wanted to add my own to show my appreciation in my own humble way. I will of

User Experience

Just a thought

Like many people, I use my iPhone all day every day. I use various apps for various jobs and on occasion I like to share certain bits of information on a social network like Twitter or Facebook. There's one thing about sharing on iPhone which has bothered me for some

Apps

Invisible Interface (round 2)

Not to be confused with my article from earlier this year. I've been thinking a lot lately about how we go about using our devices and computers. Times are changing and people don't see devices the same way they did ten or fifteen years ago. When I was at school,

Technology

The Daily Stack

This is The Daily Stack, a little device that helps you keep track of your workflow in a tangible way.

Technology

The future is geo-based

Yesterday, photo-sharing website, Flickr, published an article detailing a number of improvements they've made to the user interface. Among them a more prominent Map feature, allowing users to add geo-location data to their photos which harks back to my thoughts on the maps feature in the new iPhone iOS4. Sharing

iOS

iPhone iOS4 update

Yesterday Apple released their latest iPhone software update. I wasn't as quick off the mark as some of my friends so this morning I deliberately ignored Twitter and other social media so I could make my own mind up without being influenced. I don't like doing major iPhone updates as

Apple

First impressions on the iPad

For the most part, Connected are an Apple loving company so there was a lot of excitement among us yesterday as we awaited the arrival of Apple's latest piece of kit. Despite my initial skepticism when it was announced, my opinion quickly changed and I couldn't wait to get my

Apps

The Invisible Interface

Having used the majority of standard word processing applications over the years I, like many I'm sure, have become used to the features that now come as standard with most applications, the ability to change font sizes, weight, typeface, colour, alignment etc. which are lovely features to have but with

Opinion

If I could change anything on the iPhone 3G...

...it would be the ability to flip between apps without returning to the homescreen. Today I was watching Cloverfield and got a text. I hit "Reply" which pulled up the keyboard. Once I'd sent the text, I had to return to the homepage, access the iPod and find

Apple

First post on my new MacBook

Yes! I'm glad to report I've finally made the transfer back to Apple and about time too! My old PC threw in the towel last Wednesday and as I need a computer I had no choice but to scamper off to my nearest Mac stockist. I'm still getting to grips