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We Need to Talk About Android

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if you want it, I assume you're planning to actually use it. If you're going to download and install apps from all over the web, you had better be sure that the base OS is bang up to date with security patches. That's simply not what you get with Android. This is one of those places where Google's inability to move the installed base to new OS releases is actively harmful.
Estimated reading time: 7 min

A Supercomputer in Every Backpack

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The GSMA predict that there will be 50,000,000,000 connected devices on the planet by the year 2025. Think about that: by the time Beth leaves school, there will be something like seven Internet-connected devices on the planet for every person.
Estimated reading time: 5 min

Fraser Speirs - Blog - Thoughts on iPad mini

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I wrote on Twitter this week that the question Apple would answer with this event was whether Apple thought people wanted a smaller iPad or whether Apple thought people wanted a cheaper iPad. The clear answer is that Apple thinks people want a smaller iPad. The iPad mini has clear echoes of the iPod mini: a device less powerful than the top of the line for not much less money. Recall that the iPod offered 10GB of storage for $299 and the iPod mini offered 4GB for $249, yet the mini went on to break completely new ground for the iPod line.
Estimated reading time: 5 min

Misconceptions About iOS Multitasking

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Except in a few cases, which I'll explain, the apps that appear in the multitasking bar are not currently running. When you press the home button, iOS will tell the app to quit. In almost all cases, it quits, it stops using CPU time (and hence battery) and the memory it was using is eventually recovered if required.
Estimated reading time: 5 min

Fraser Speirs - Blog - Thoughts on the Google Nexus 7

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Before I received the Nexus 7, I had expected to like the hardware and hate the software. I thought it would be like test-driving a Citroën car: great design ideas - can't wait until the Germans or Japanese put them in their cars. The reality was a little more subtle.
Estimated reading time: 10 min

Fraser Speirs - Blog - The Web Kids' Kids

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The transition to teaching 'digital children' is long since past. In a sense, they're our missed generation. The children whose first baby photos were digital are about to enter university.
Estimated reading time: 2 min

Ambitious iOS Apps

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The canonical example is GarageBand: an 8-track recording system and playable virtual instruments, all on an iPad, for £2.99? Unbelievable.
Estimated reading time: 3 min