Kenny Hemphill

The shape of things to come

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 May 2010 in Analysis

Apple’s new tablet may have its many detractors, but don’t let them fool you because the iPad will change the way we all use computers forever. There are many reasons to doubt that Apple’s iPad will repeat the phenomenal success of the iPod and iPhone. For one thing, it seems to be a platform without [...]

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How to get ahead in advertising

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 May 2010 in Analysis

With mobile devices set to overtake computers as the way most of us access the web, is Apple getting ready to start developing mobile ads? Earlier this month, when most of us were still recovering from New Year hangovers and the excesses of the Christmas season, it emerged that Apple had bought a company called [...]

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Online delivery

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 May 2010 in Analysis

Forget the much-hyped and as-yet-unconfirmed tablet. The big news is the unprecedented growth in Mac sales at a time of economic hardship. Given the sheer volume of speculation surrounding the as-yet-unannounced Apple tablet, and the acres of space on the Internet devoted to the iPhone and its apps, you’d be forgiven for thinking that these [...]

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Arrested development

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 May 2010 in Analysis

The different interpretations of the GPU are threatening to shake the bedrock of the WordPress open-source developer community. There’s a row brewing in cyberspace and its outcome could materially affect nothing less than the content management system that underpins thousands of the world’s websites. The CMS in question is WordPress, a blogging platform that has [...]

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Life’s little apps and Zunes

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 May 2010 in Analysis

Contrary to what Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie believes, apps are the way forward for the smartphone market, so Apple must get its approval process sorted. Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, recently told attendees at the company’s Professional Developer Conference that applications won’t be important on smartphones soon because ‘all the apps that count’ will be [...]

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Don’t blame it on the Google

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 May 2010 in Analysis

Instead of blaming Google for lost ad revenue, newspaper publishers need to work out how to make the most of visitors to their websites. Times are tough in the newspaper industry. As copy sales have plummeted, publishers, trying desperately to protect advertising revenue, have invested millions in online editions of their publications. The problem is, [...]

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