Fruity firm flings out pre-release version of Photos app-loaded OS X 10.10.3 to devs
Apple has pushed out a pre-release version of OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 to developers, ahead of Cupertino’s planned Spring arrival of its iPhoto killer – Photos.…
WHERE’S WALLY? He’s in this algorithm, says developer
Stripey-shirted cartoon fugitive spotted by Python program
The location of stripe-shirt-wearing picture book character Wally has been nailed down by cold hard algorithms.…
Legion of Superheroes fly in from Redmond for SQLBits bash
Is it a bird? Is it a…Oh, it’s a data expert
Promo A whole flock of Microsoft techies will be heading to the Excel Centre next month for this year’s SQLBits conference.…
Ubuntu smartphone to go on sale: It’ll be HARDER to get than a new iPhone
‘Flash sales’ – not that kind of Flash, silly
The first Ubuntu Linux smartphones go on sale next week, after more than a year of chatter about the upcoming release.…
Legalese and coding? Yup, it’s the open-source FOSDEM shindig
Where there’s money there’s muck, lad
FOSDEM doesn’t get the ra-ra headlines or (thankfully) the “booth babes” but the conference does get networking and top technologists (and Belgian beer). I saw a couple of my tech heroes and big cheeses here a few minutes apart just before writing this, for example, and got some top advice for a specific tech issue a breath later.…
Veeam proclaims VICTORY in Symantec patent spat
Upstart cleared of pinching IP, claims $1bn sales barrier breached
Virtualisation management outfit Veeam is claiming twin victories today.…
Satya Nadella, Year One: Has Microsoft’s new CEO cut the mustard?
Ten highlights from Ballmer’s successor’s first 12 months
One year ago, on February 4, 2013, Microsoft’s board of directors appointed Satya Nadella the third chief executive in the company’s history. So what do we have to show for it, so far?…
First look: Ordnance Survey lifts kimono on next-gen map app
It’s disruptive, It’s flippy. It’s got coniferous tree textures…
Exclusive The UK’s Ordnance Survey is making a bold stab at “disrupting” smartphone and tablet mapping apps with a freemium app that yokes the OS’s peerless geographical data to modern app features.…
Get off Twitter – and onto Google if you want to find twits and tweets
Ad-smeared microbloggle firehose sure to be of great use
Twitter has reportedly signed a deal with Google so its tweets are once again embedded in the advertising giant’s search results.…
Swap your keyless key for keyless key-less key. You’ll need: a Tesla S and Apple Watch
Oh and an app…
An experiment to control a Tesla Model S using an Apple Watch has been documented by UK/Ukrainian global technology company and developer Eleks.…