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Nokia Loses Mobile Phone Crown To Samsung After 14 Years On Top
30 Apr 2012 by Dave Parrack / 1 Comment
Nokia has finally succumbed to pressure from the leading smartphone handset manufacturers and lost its crown as the leading cellphone vendor in the world. Samsung has taken its place at the top, while Apple remains in third place. Focusing in on just smartphone sales reveals Apple is still number one, with Samsung a very close second, and Nokia a long way behind in third. This sets up a couple of ...
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Samsung Galaxy Note – Phone, Tablet, or Worthless Piece of Junk?
27 Feb 2012 by Dave Parrack / 9 Comments
Mobile phones started out resembling bricks. They were monsters, with the internal components necessary to make them work taking up so much space as to make early examples look ludicrous in hindsight. And then they shrank until the smaller they became, the better they were supposed to be. But that trend has now reversed, as we’re all doing much more than just phoning and texting on our mobil...
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The Emerging Trends of CES 2012
18 Jan 2012 by Dave Parrack
CES 2012 has ended – drawing to a close rather too quickly for those of us either in attendance or glued to the Web watching endless coverage of it. The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show was a triumph in terms of visitor numbers, with a record attendance. But many reported it being a trifle dull in terms of what was on display. Craig Lloyd gave us great recaps of Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 of CES ...
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Rupert Murdoch joins Twitter, the world laughs
06 Jan 2012 by Dave Parrack
I never thought I’d live to see the day Rupert Murdoch joined Twitter. But it’s happened. And it’s wildly entertaining watching the most-famous n00b in the world try to get his head around the micro-blogging social network. Long may it continue. Rupe Is No Dupe If a celebrity or famous face isn’t on Twitter then there will be an account either claiming to be them or openly ...
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Louis C.K. Treads New Media Distribution Path
21 Dec 2011 by Dave Parrack / 2 Comments
In case you hadn’t noticed, there is something of a revolution kicking off in the way media is distributed. It’s all going digital, the idea of ownership is changing, and, most crucially, the big media companies who currently act as middle-men are being subtly shunted out of the picture. The latest advocate of this new way of doing business is Louis C.K. His self-distribution and honor...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Shopping on a Budget Edition
13 Dec 2011 by Dave Parrack
In case you haven’t been following the news over the past few years, the economies of most countries around the world are failing. This means a lot of people will be tightening their belts this year as they seek to hold onto what little they have left in the way of assets. This means those extravagant, expensive gifts such as televisions and laptops bought in previous years may be out of the...
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales suggest the 99% are still spending
05 Dec 2011 by Dave Parrack / 2 Comments
Black Friday is now as much a part of the Thanksgiving celebrations as a big turkey and a huge family get-together. Some people even forgo the latter to ensure their place at the front of the queue for the former. Big-ticket consumer tech has always been the focus of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and this year was no different. Prices may have been cut substantially – which is the whole poi...
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Kindle Fire proves that reviews are meaningless
28 Nov 2011 by Dave Parrack / 3 Comments
If you’re serious about purchasing a new piece of technology, do yourself a favor and try before you buy. Because relying on reviews, especially from just one or two people, is tantamount to gambling your money on one person’s opinion. We’ve all looked at reviews online. We even write them here at Techerator. And they can make for fun reading, and writing. But their worth is up f...
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Why Ashton Kutcher, aka “aplusk”, hates Twitter
17 Nov 2011 by Dave Parrack / 2 Comments
I can’t say I’ve ever been a particular fan of Ashton Kutcher. But his erroneous, ill-informed tweet and subsequent throwing of toys out of his Twitter-branded pram has me thinking he’s an absolute idiot. In a nutshell: Kutcher claims to have heard about the firing of Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno in passing without hearing the full facts. He tweeted in defense of Pa...
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NaNoWriMo – Write a Novel In a Month
02 Nov 2011 by Dave Parrack / 10 Comments
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is an annual event whereby people with too much time on their hands and not enough brain cells in their heads embark on a mission to write a novel in a month. I know, it sounds mad, but it’s actually surprisingly doable with a little commitment and consistency. There is only really one rule: write 50,000 words of a novel between November 1 and Novembe...
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