Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective
Recently a campaign launched by a charity called Invisible Children, which works in northern Uganda, has led to a video being promoted over Twitter, Facebook and no doubt other social media, calling for the...
The other day I finally got round to changing my T-Mobile tariff from a £25/mo tariff which covers the cost of a phone, to a £10/mo SIM-only tariff (which was reduced to half that...
As I think I’ve said before, my main present (from my parents) this past Christmas was a Mac. I laid out my reasons for wanting a Mac in a post a couple of weeks...
In less than a week from now, I expect to be in possession of a Mac, most likely a Mac mini. It's taken a long time since I last had an up-to-date Mac —...
Of late, I’ve noticed that the Android apps I’ve been using aren’t performing anything like as well as they should be. I got a Samsung Galaxy S phone in May, which I paid up-front...
Recently I installed the new version of Ubuntu (actually, it’s still in development as the final version is only due out on the 13th). It was sort of forced on me in one case,...
So, Steve Jobs, the man who invented the Mac, the NeXT box and then merged the two together, is dead. Actually I’m sure a few people helped Jobs on the way, like actual programmers...
Recently Google launched their Google Plus social networking system, and as I write I haven’t been able to get into it, as I still need an invite, despite them having launched the Android client...
How the smartphone is killing the PC | Technology | The Guardian Charles Arthur is the Guardian’s tech correspondent (he used to edit the Thursday Technology supplement, but then they ditched it), and this...
For many years, GNOME has been the default desktop for most Linux users — it’s developed a reputation for almost boring stability, and generally stayed out of the way and didn’t offer too much...
I took delivery of a new phone yesterday — a Samsung Galaxy S. Not the dual-core S II, which was well beyond my price range, but the Galaxy S was pretty much the top...
Yesterday I decided to install the new version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution on my main computer, after a disaster with another distro (or rather, with some new software they had tagged as "stable"...
Last December I wrote about the year I’d had with my Android phone (an HTC Hero, branded a T-Mobile G2 Touch — not to be confused with the G2 that is sold in some...
Android Topples Symbian in Q4 2010 These figures show that Android (which includes two variants, OMS and Tapas) narrowly sold more units than any other individual platform for the first time last quarter, pulling...
Friendship, Facebook-style | Aditya Chakrabortty | Comment is free | The Guardian This appeared in today’s G2 (the A4 supplement to the Guardian) and it yet again raises the issue of the difference between...
Facebook started as a geek’s hobby, now it’s more popular than Google (from the Guardian) Facebook is now a bigger company than Google, in terms of its user base (Facebook has yet to disclose...
This is, as far as I remember, the first time I’ve ever posted a review of a year to my blog, and that’s probably been because no old year has been as different from...
I got the phone I started writing this on about a year ago, just before Christmas 2009. It has really changed the way I use my phone and the way I use the net....
Am I the only person noticing that Google’s web services are getting a bit flaky? Almost every day I notice that web searches fail (as in, fail to connect altogether), and I can’t connect...
Earlier today I saw a comment on Astrid van Woerkom’s blog in response to a criticism of the “communication shutdown” wheeze from various autism chairites. There has been much criticism of the scheme here...