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About Benny Taylor
Posts by Benny Taylor
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iOS App Roundup: 3 apps that keep me glued to my phone
05 Apr 2013 by Benny Taylor
According to a recent study, the average smartphone user has 41 apps on their device. It interests me to know how many of these are in regular use. While I have a small set of core apps that never move from my home screen, I tend to go through phases with others. Several things from last year, for example, have fallen out of favor and been deleted. Examples include Words with Friends (there’s on...
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Skype is getting worse
19 Mar 2013 by Benny Taylor / 2 Comments
“Can you hear me now? “Is that any better?” “How about now?” In recent times, the above three phrases are heard frequently emanating from various rooms in our apartment, where my wife and I both work as full-time freelancers. Skype is an essential part of both of our respective businesses. We do work for clients in various countries, and being able to interact with them by phone at a low...
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Your iPhone or iPad warranty: check the fine print!
11 Mar 2013 by Benny Taylor
At Christmas, I bought my wife an iPhone as a gift. I live in Portugal, but purchased the device (unlocked and SIM-free) in a London Apple store during a work trip to the UK. There is an Apple store in Lisbon, Portugal’s capital, but it is three hours drive from our home, so buying the phone in London made sense. Or so I thought at the time. Six weeks later, my wife’s iPhone developed a fault....
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Why Nintendo must “up their game”
30 Jan 2013 by Benny Taylor
I’m a huge Nintendo fan, and have been since the 1980s. Nintendo gaming has given me an abundance of wonderful memories: from my first race on Super Mario Kart on the SNES, via Mario’s groundbreaking first 3D outing on the Nintendo 64, to the wow-factor of swinging a virtual tennis racket using the Wii Remote. I’m remained fiercely loyal to Nintendo over the years, and despite occasional fli...
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The new Apple TV: compact, stylish, and riddled with issues
29 Jan 2013 by Benny Taylor
I really want to love my tiny, stylish new Apple TV box, but I’m finding it rather difficult. For those that don’t know, the Apple TV is a streaming media device. It connects to your TV via an HDMI cable and allows you to buy and play content from Apples iTunes store and a few third-party providers. It also lets you play shared iTunes content held on other computers on your network, and use Ai...
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My first month with the Nintendo Wii U
21 Jan 2013 by Benny Taylor / 1 Comment
The launch day for the new Nintendo Wii U saw my wife and I rush out to buy one like excited children. As committed Nintendo fans we had waited eagerly for our chance, and we were lucky enough to find one in the first shop we visited. With time off work booked in advance, specifically for this moment, we drove quickly home to get started. This article discusses our first month with the new console...
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iPad Mini shortages – An “own goal” for Apple?
16 Jan 2013 by Benny Taylor
When a new product hits the market, there’s often a shortage. It happened with the Nintendo Wii, the original iPod and with numerous different iPhones. I’m not here to have a detailed debate as to whether manufacturers should, by now, have brought their supply chains up to speed. I will also limit my speculation as to whether sometimes these shortages are engineered to increase hype and demand...
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What Nintendo must do to make the upcoming Wii U game console a success
21 Nov 2012 by Benny Taylor
Winter 2012 will see the global release of Nintendo’s brand new games console, the Wii U, just in time for the holiday season. As the first TV adverts have been careful to point out, the Wii U is a completely new console, and not just an upgrade to the Wii. The Wii U comes with a brand new gamepad, which incorporates a large touchscreen display, allowing for a new kind of multiplayer gaming know...
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Why I think businesses will ignore Windows 8
05 Nov 2012 by Benny Taylor / 16 Comments
Let’s get one thing straight from the beginning; I’m no Microsoft hater. I’ve designed networks around Windows for many years and happily supported them. I have many client companies going about their business with no Apple products or Linux boxes in sight. But, I’m going to stick my neck out on one thing: I think a large number of businesses will completely ignore Windows 8. Windows 8’s...
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iOS 6: The Good and the Bad
02 Nov 2012 by Benny Taylor / 4 Comments
iOS 6, the most recent incarnation of Apple’s mobile operating system, was met with mixed reviews on release. Some people lamented the fact that it seemed like a rather insignificant change, hoping for a major design overhaul to something that has looked and felt very unchanged for quite some time. Others criticized specific features, with Apple’s new Maps app first in line for a hammering. Th...
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