on 14 September 2010
Apple has published, for the first time, the guidelines according to which it approves or rejects apps submitted to be made available to users of its iOS devices (the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch). continue
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on 31 August 2010
Dennis Baron, Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois, is the latest grammar pundit to write about the lack of English singular pronouns that don’t have to be selected according to the sex of the person referred to. continue
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on 26 March 2010
Bill Clinton told his election team, ‘It’s the economy, stupid,’ but the relationship between prosperity and political attitudes is far from being a no-brainer. continue
on 6 August 2009
So Apple has forced the makers of a dictionary iApp to remove ‘objectionable content’ before approving it for use on the iPhone and iPod touch. ‘They provided screenshots of the words,’ explained the developer, presumably while quietly shaking his head continue
on 14 May 2009
It’s hard to know what to make of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, who prefers regional solidarity and social reform to appeasing a US-centric world economic agenda but doesn’t appear to have a coherent economic agenda of his own, more a make-it-up-as-you-go-along mix of expropriation, energy deals with Mugabe and, oh yes, badly organised coups d’état. continue
on 10 June 2005
Karim Rashid is one of the most prolific product designers of the day, best known for mass-market barnstormers like the Garbino dustbin, which sells for under a tenner. continue
on 19 April 2002
Accompanying an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, this impeccably produced book is bound in squishy covers printed with an irresistible trompe-l’oeil texture. If you can stop squishing long enough to open it, the pictures are stunning and the text, although written as if to be read slowly on Radio 4, worth ploughing through for its well-turned insights. continue
on 22 February 2002
Don’t panic, citizens of W1: Mapplethorpe this ain’t. Accessible art dealer eyestorm has raided its catalogue of limited-edition prints for an exhibition of images ‘inspiring reflections on desire and the physical form’. continue
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