Tag Archives: mobile

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Nov 10

Flight Safe Mode; The Sequel

Posted on 1st November 2010 by Gary

This is mercifully brief follow up to my previous post on British Airways proscriptions on enabling flight safe mode on your mobile phone and hails jointly from the departments of “be careful what you ask for, it might come true” … Continue reading →

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Oct 10

Geolocating Yourself? In Europe, You’re Not Alone

Posted on 14th October 2010 by Gary

Exposure 2010, the recent study by Orange and TNS, makes for some interesting reading for the location industry. Although it should be taken with a large pinch of salt from the pot labelled lies, damned lies and statistics, the study’s … Continue reading →

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Sep 10

Flight Safe Mode

Posted on 23rd September 2010 by Gary

As part of the security and safety announcement that gets made each time you get onto a plane these days, there’s invariably a bit which goes something like this … “all electrical equipment should be switched off during taxiing, take … Continue reading →

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Aug 10

Roughly Halfway Between England And France

Posted on 7th August 2010 by Gary

As a race and as a society we just love our boundaries and our borders; go here, don’t go here, this is yours, this is ours. We put up border controls, we tax dependent on what side of the street … Continue reading →

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May 10

Reaching The Limits Of Unlimited

Posted on 6th May 2010 by Gary

Consider for a moment the word unlimited; it’s an adjective and, if you’ll pardon the condescension, it means the following: not limited; unrestricted; unconfined boundless; infinite; vast without any qualification or exception; unconditional Except in the world of mobile data … Continue reading →

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