Tech

For the last couple of years I’ve been hard pushed to read a tech blog that doesn’t bang on about ‘the cloud’. For anyone who doesn’t know exactly what the cloud is, it allows you to save files, programmes and vast amounts of data online, securely. This gives you more freedom when you want to access it from more than one location.

When we think of tablets, a fruity-named device always springs to mind. I don’t know if you’re aware, but there are other devices out there. OK, they may not be able to offer the same dazzling retina display that has made the iPad such a huge success, but they have power, speed, and plenty of great features.

They say the digital camera market is slowly dying, killed off by the rise of the smartphone and its ever-increasing pixel capacity.

As consumers, I think we all need to take a moment to thank Amazon for its behaviour in the past twelve months.

Gamers out there, the countdown has officially begun. Gamescom 2012, the gaming industry trade show held in Germany each year, is now just over a month away.

As a tech writer, I feel like I’m constantly covering various patent disputes between the big players from the world of technology.

The avid gamers among you may have noticed that a trailer for GTA 5, the next instalment in the hugely popular Grand Theft Auto series, was released before Christmas. But we haven’t heard a peep since.

As I’m sure you know, things can change very quickly in the world of technology. If you’ve had your laptop for more than a year it can start looking like a relic of a bygone era, and phones are even worse.

The big tech events are coming thick and fast at the moment. After an Eastertime lull to recover from the likes of CES and MWC, the tech calendar is getting exciting once again.

With the rise of the smartphone has come the downfall of a former giant of the mobile world – Finnish manufacturer Nokia.