Covers everything Applish and Googlish
Greig Byrne
Greig Byrne has been a software engineer for 12 years and is now dabbling with writing, having recently joined TheAppleGoogle and been published in Scottish quality daily broadsheet, The Herald A gadget fiend since he first clapped eyes on a Palm Pilot in 1999, he enjoyed a brief fling with an iPod Touch then surrendered to Apple's wiles to buy an iPhone and has never looked back. Self-confessed GooglePhile Greig uses Google Reader heavily for RSS feeds on today's tech scene, focussing on Google themselves and of course Apple. In addition he swears by Gmail, Google Calendar, Documents, Alerts, Maps, Picasa for picture management, YouTube, Blogspot and scans the web constantly, all through Google Chrome. "Google offers a vastly powerful yet very usable view on the internet to tame what would otherwise be chaos. The iPhone lets me harness Google when I'm on the move, not to mention letting me listen to thumping choons. And make calls." Send Greig an email at greigbyrne@gmail.com
Posts by Greig Byrne
Google Street View in the News
Nov 25th
Google Street View has delighted Googlephiles and armchair explorers alike, yet flirted with controversy and provoked outrage at what critics see as an invasion of privacy. Whilst personally I love the unique detail offered, and use it regularly with success to find football stadiums across my country to write match reports the sheer volume of visual data gathered has made for whole new stream of news.
Top 3 UK TV Apps
Nov 19th
As part of the iPhone’s reach into every and any part of our daily lives previously unexplored by phones, TV guide apps are well represented. With a snappy interface, hooks into Facebook and Twitter and the killer feature of Sky’s Remote Record, a TV guide could just be the most useful application on your iPhone.
Are MP4′s days numbered?
Nov 4th
Internet Explorer 9 – Competition to Google Chrome
Sep 21st
Microsoft recently released their Internet Explorer 9 Beta to less a fanfare and more a raised eyebrow with a surprised murmur. Internet Explorer has been a much maligned browser, particularly since IE6 which was the target of a campaign by web developers to get rid of it.
Marvel and DC Comic Apps for iOS – Experience Sharing and Review
Sep 3rd
When the iPad was launched, something that caught my eye and genuinely made me want to buy it was the Marvel App. If there is a geek that doesn’t like comics, I haven’t interacted with him. And if there’s a geek that doesn’t want an iPad then I haven’t met him either. Even when they claim they don’t.
Extension of the Week – Invisible Hand
Aug 21st
Invisible Hand is a popular Chrome Extension that detects Google Product searches and automatically finds the cheapest price available from a wide selection of online retailers. Over 100 retailers are supported from the US, UK, Germany and Canada is to be added soon.
Google Latitude for iPhone
Aug 17th
As an iPhone user who greatly enjoys the benefits of GPS, I’m perpetually frustrated with the lack of a fully functioning approved Google Latitude App in the App Store. Much comment was made at the time of Latitude’s release, hyped by it’s over-delay, when it emerged, crippled, as a web based app.
